Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Bahraini counterpart on the status of Sheikh Zuhair Ashoor who has been detained incommunicado in Bahrain since July 2020.

We are aware of the case of Zuhair Ashoor and welcome the public statement from the National Institute Human Rights confirming both Mr Ashoor's wellbeing and his personal decision not to communicate with anyone, including his family. We note family statements on social media that Mr Ashoor has now been in touch.