Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent reports of human rights abuses in Bahrain’s Jau Prison, including arbitrary solitary confinement, physical assaults, and the prolonged use of shackles causing injury; what representations they have made to the government of Bahrain regarding these alleged violations; and what assessment they have made of the role played by Brigadier Abdulsalam Al Oraifi, the Director General of Reformation and Rehabilitation in Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior.

The UK maintains a dialogue with Bahrain on issues including detention and prison conditions at Jau. 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.