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1109484

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Najah Ahmed Yousif
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the validity of allegations that the Bahraini Embassy in London forged evidence against female activist Najah Yusuf by attributing to her tweets which were posted eight months after her conviction.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	240622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Bahrain and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office continue to monitor the case of Najah Ahmed Yusuf and have raised her case at a senior level with the Government of Bahrain. I would also refer the Honourable Member to the statement made on 28 March by the Bahraini Government.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 12/04/2019 13:57:51 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1105317

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Bahrain: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he his making to his Bahraini counterpart on the welfare of female human rights defenders detained in Isa Town Prison.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	237192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK has a continuing dialogue with the Government of Bahrain and all Bahraini human rights oversight bodies. We continue to encourage those with concerns about treatment in detention to report these to the relevant human rights oversight body. We urge these oversight bodies to carry out swift and thorough investigations.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 03/04/2019 16:16:08 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

939987

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Bangladesh: Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to monitor reports of state-sponsored violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	163608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>​The British Government is monitoring the human rights situation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) through discussions with NGOs, with local residents and leaders, as well as through monitoring reports by credible international development and human rights organisations. Officials in London met the MP for Rangmati Hill District, Ushatan Talukder, last year to discuss the situation on the ground. British High Commission officials visited the CHT to see conditions first-hand in April, and subsequently briefed the APPG on Human Rights regarding the situation there.</p><p>At the 30th Session of the Human Rights Universal Periodic Review on 21 May, the Minister responsible for Human Rights, Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, noted the pressures on freedom of expression and assembly in the CHT in his closing statement, and called on the Government of Bangladesh to address these issues. I condemn all violence in the CHT and I encourage the Government of Bangladesh to investigate allegations of abuses and hold perpetrators to account.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 18/07/2018 13:35:02 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

846083

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Rohingya refugees are repatriated to Myanmar with guarantees made to protect their (a) physical safety and (b) material and legal rights, under the supervision of UNHCR.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	128791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>During the Foreign Secretary's visit to Burma on 10-11 February, he urged State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to work with the international community to create conditions in Rakhine which will allow Rohingya refugees to return safely, voluntarily and in dignity to their homes under the international oversight of the UNHCR.</p><p>The UN Security Council, in response to a UK-led call, convened a session on 13 February to discuss the Rohingya crisis. Our intervention made clear that the UNHCR should have a formal role in any returns process. This role would include providing an independent assessment of conditions in Rakhine, including security, allowing Rohingya refugees to make informed decisions.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 26/02/2018 16:58:51 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

843898

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that strong conclusions are adopted on the Rohingya crisis at the EU Foreign Affairs Council on 26 February.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	128307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Since his visit in mid-February to the region, the Foreign Secretary has continued to discuss with EU colleagues what actions the EU and the international community should take to press for and support the safe, voluntary and dignified return of the Rohingya refuges under international oversight. We look forward to furthering these discussions on 26 February.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 22/02/2018 17:32:06 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

816902

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	North Korea: Guided Weapons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Japanese counterpart on the situation in North Korea; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	121329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>​The Foreign Secretary met Japanese Foreign Minister Kono on 14 December for the annual UK-Japan 2+2 security and defence talks. The focus was on tackling global security issues, such as the threat posed by North Korea, and agreeing frameworks for greater bilateral security and defence cooperation.</p><p>The UK and Japanese Ministers affirmed at the meeting that they would apply maximum pressure on North Korea to urge it to take concrete actions towards abandoning its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 10/01/2018 17:18:29 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle