Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether any taxpayer-funded training has been provided to Brigadier Abdulsalam Al Oraifi, the Director General of Reformation and Rehabilitation in Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior in the past ten years; and, if so, what assessment they have made of allegations he has been implicated in human rights abuses.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) does not provide direct funding to the Bahraini government or related security bodies or individuals. All FCDO-funded projects are delivered through implementing partners who provide training or technical assistance to local beneficiaries. Implementing partners have provided technical assistance to the Ministry of Interior in the last ten years. The FCDO does not hold records of individuals within the Ministry who have received technical assistance.

All cooperation through FCDO-funded programmes is subject to rigorous risk assessments, both at the outset and on an ongoing basis, to ensure all work meets our human rights obligations and values. We encourage individuals alleging concerns about treatment in detention to report them to Bahrain's independent oversight bodies, which are established to deal with such matters.