Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they were represented by observers from the British Embassy at the trial on 12–14 April of 117 leaders and members of the HDP Party in Turkey; and, if not, why not.

British Embassy officials have been closely monitoring the Kobane trials. There were no British Embassy observers in court on 12-14 April. However, we are engaging with The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), media, judicial and civil society contacts and, in coordination with other like-mind missions, send observers in person to the trial whenever possible.