Andrew Buncombe

(asked on 20th July 2020) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his US counterpart on the arrest and detention in Seattle of the Independent's correspondent Andrew Buncombe.


Answered by
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Wendy Morton
This question was answered on 1st September 2020

The arrest is very concerning. Our Embassy in Washington has registered our concern with US authorities. Journalists all around the world must be free to do their jobs and to hold authorities to account without fear of arrest or violence.

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