Mentions:
1: None A deal with Hamas for a pause in the fighting would involve exchanging hundreds of Palestinian prisoners - Speech Link
2: None in charge in Gaza; the formation of a new Palestinian Government for the West Bank and Gaza; and a political - Speech Link
3: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) in Gaza, free the hostages, alleviate the humanitarian crisis and create a pathway towards a lasting political - Speech Link
4: Baroness Northover (LD - Life peer) The Statement refers to“a political horizon for the Palestinians, providing a credible and irreversible - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) agreements have been signed with Jordan and Egypt, but there are further chapters in that process with Bahrain - Speech Link
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make representations to his Bahraini counterpart on the release of (a) Sheikh Ali Salman, (b) Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, (c) Hassan Mushaima and (d) other members of the political opposition in that country.
Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
The FCDO continues to follow matters that relate to human rights within Bahrain closely, including some individual cases. The Minister of State for the Middle East, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, discussed human rights with Bahrain Foreign Minister Al Zayani on 22 April. The UK remains committed to supporting reforms in Bahrain and to encouraging the government to meet its human rights commitments.
Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: a.GCC, especially Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Bahrain: Negotiations for a free trade agreement between
Mentions:
1: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) with Christian groups and the Ahmadiyya Muslim community reporting difficulties, or in the Gulf, in Bahrain - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) international alliance, the special envoy established a scheme to raise awareness each month of different prisoners - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) Since 7 October, she and I have been in Bahrain together, meeting with middle east leaders to talk about - Speech Link
2: Liam Fox (Con - North Somerset) The Governments of Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco have been far sighted in maintaining - Speech Link
3: Tobias Ellwood (Con - Bournemouth East) Bahrain was the only country to say that it condemned what Hamas had done. - Speech Link
4: Kenny MacAskill (Alba - East Lothian) now doing is not a natural consequence of what Hamas did, which was evil and wicked—the retention of prisoners - Speech Link
5: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) Hostages and prisoners must be released, and we must stop the arms export licences to Israel. - Speech Link
Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2022 to Question 102994 on Bahrain: Political Prisoners, what progress has been made on the human rights of (a) Hassan Mushaima, (b) Abduljalil al-Singace, (c) Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, (d) Abdulwahab Husain, (e) Sheikh Mohammed Habib al-Muqdad, (f) Mohammed Ramadhan and (g) Husain Moosa following the Foreign Secretary's meetings on 19 and 20 November 2022.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The FCDO continues to follow matters that relate to human rights within Bahrain closely, including some individual cases. The Minister of State for the Middle East, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, recently raised a range of human rights concerns during his visit to Bahrain on Sunday 12 February.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether HM Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Interior Minister of Bahrain discussed (a) human rights and (b) political prisoners' cases during their meeting on 2 April 2023.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The FCDO follows matters that relate to human rights within Bahrain closely, including some individual cases. UK Ministers and senior officials regularly raise sensitive issues. Recently the Minister of State for the Middle East, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, discussed a range of human rights issues and individual cases during his visit to Bahrain on Sunday 12 February. We also encourage those with issues to raise them directly with the appropriate Bahraini independent oversight body.