Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of reports that officials of the Srinagar Deputy Commissioner’s office banned Amnesty International from holding an event for the publication of its report on alleged human rights and rule of law violations by Indian state authorities under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act.

We are aware of the Amnesty International report and understand that an event was cancelled, the reasons for which are a matter for Amnesty International and the Indian authorities.