Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy and Human Rights Watch "The Court is Satisfied with the Confession”: Bahrain Death Sentences Follow Torture, Sham Trials, published on 10 October; and what representations they will make to the government of Bahrain concerning implementing its recommendations.

The UK Government has taken note of the report in question. Ministers and officials continue to reiterate the UK's opposition to use of the death penalty with senior members of the Bahraini Government. The UK's position on the use of the death penalty is longstanding and clear. The Government of Bahrain is fully aware of our position.