Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his counterpart in Bahrain on the health risks to Zainab al-Khawaja and her child in detention; and if he will press for the release of Ms al-Khawaja and her child.
We have raised Zainab Al Khawaja’s case regularly with the Government of Bahrain at the highest levels. I am pleased to inform you that shortly after the Foreign Secretary visited, Zainab Al Khawaja and her 18 month son were released from prison on 31 May.