Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent reports regarding the imprisonment and treatment of Johan Teterissa in Indonesia.

Ministers and Embassy officials routinely raise human rights issues with the Indonesian Government. Most recently, the Minister for Asia and the Pacific, the Rt. Hon. Mark Field MP and I discussed the death penalty and rights of LGBT people with the Indonesian Ambassador to the UK. We have not to date raised the specific case of Johan Teterissa. While we will continue to press for further progress, it is worth noting that under the current administration the number of prisoners held on political grounds has decreased significantly.

​