Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of international activists and artists in raising awareness of human rights abuses in Myanmar, and what steps they are taking to support such individuals in their advocacy work and ensure that bureaucratic barriers do not prevent their contribution to cultural and political life in the United Kingdom.

The UK supports the role of international activism and art as powerful expressions to raise awareness of human rights abuses in Myanmar. We condemn all human rights atrocities committed in Myanmar, notably by the military regime. In April, we co-sponsored the UN Human Rights Council resolution on Myanmar calling for the Myanmar military to fully respect and protect the human rights of all persons in Myanmar, including Rohingya and other persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities. We will continue to support the role of activists and artists, in our shared commitment to shining a light on the grave human rights atrocities taking place in Myanmar.