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Diana Johnson

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Tuesday 14th May 2019

(5 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Shall I say diplomatically that I was as intrigued by those media reports as my hon. Friend was?

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T3. What representations have Ministers made regarding the persecution and mistreatment of members of the Baha’i faith by the Iran-backed Houthi authorities in Yemen, in particular on getting Hamed bin Haydara’s death sentence from January 2018 overturned and getting him and other detainees released?

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We have not had good relations with the Houthis since the start of the Yemen conflict. I have met them twice, most recently on 1 March and before that on 13 December, and we are establishing a sort of relationship. We can start to raise that issue.

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