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Ann Clwyd

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Speaker’s Statement
Tuesday 15th May 2018

(6 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Our determined efforts to support reform and change in Bahrain are aimed at improving the conditions that I indicated earlier we keep in constant contact with the authorities in Bahrain about. In relation to the death penalty, we welcome the decision by His Majesty the King on 26 April to commute the death sentences handed down in a recent court case.

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Is it true that UK-funded institutions in Bahrain have been responsible for covering up torture allegations regarding death row inmates?

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