Saudi Arabia: Political Prisoners

(asked on 16th September 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Prime Minister's comment of 10 September 2021 on the UK being the Saudi Arabia of penal policy, on efforts by the UK and its allies to argue for a more ethical approach by Saudi Arabia to its political detainees.


Answered by
James Cleverly Portrait
James Cleverly
Home Secretary
This question was answered on 21st September 2021

Our views are well known by the Saudi Arabian authorities. The UK will continue to encourage further human rights reform in the Kingdom.

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