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1003869

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date	09/11/2018
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	Azza Soliman
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 has made to the Egyptian Government on the (a) detention and (b) interrogation of Azza Soliman, the Egyptian human rights activist and co-founder of Lawyers for Justice and Peace.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	189540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>We have followed Azza Soliman's case closely, as well as the related Foreign Funding case. We understand that Ms Soliman was released on bail, pending further investigation, in December 2016. On 6 December 2017, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon highlighted Ms Soliman's case in his speech at an Amnesty International Human Rights Day event. UK officials raised the Foreign Funding case with the Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights on 18 April 2018. On 18 September 2018, we made a statement at the UN Human Rights Council in which we expressed concern about the &quot;arrests of activists, bloggers and journalists&quot;.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/11/2018 13:00:31 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

939935

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	Cameroon: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will help secure access to British Southern Cameroons territory for the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	163505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>I met the Cameroonian Commonwealth Minister Mbayu and the then Foreign Secretary met Prime Minister Yang at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April. We both pressed for action to resolve the ongoing dispute in the Anglophone regions and for adherence to core Commonwealth values and principles, including tolerance, respect and understanding.</p><p>The UK ensured that the European Union Statement at the Human Rights Council meeting, in Geneva in June, included a call for access to the Anglophone regions of Cameroon for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR). We also welcomed the statement by the UNHCHR, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, at that meeting, in which he called for the Cameroonian authorities swiftly to approve a mission by his Office to all parts of the country. We will continue to work with international partners and through Ministerial engagement and our High Commission in Yaoundé to urge the Cameroonians to allow UNHCHR unhindered access.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/07/2018 15:38:23 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

886390

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Western Sahara: Peacekeeping Operations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will help ensure the UN peacekeeping mission to Western Sahara is given a mandate to monitor and report on human rights abuses in the region at the next meeting of the UN Security Council.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	136585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>We are working with our UN Security Council partners to ensure that the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) continues to enable it to promote peace and security in Western Sahara. We have consistently supported language in the relevant UN Security Council resolutions to encourage the parties to continue their efforts to enhance the promotion and protection of human rights in Western Sahara.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/04/2018 14:15:19 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

886391

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Western Sahara: Natural Resources
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 representations he has made to his Moroccan counterpart on the extraction of natural resources from occupied Western Sahara.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	136586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>We do not consider that Western Sahara is occupied; we consider that its status is undetermined. We look to all parties in Western Sahara, including businesses, to conduct their activities in accordance with international law, respecting the interests of the people of Western Sahara. I discussed with the Moroccan Foreign Minister, Mr Nasser Bourita, in January the UK's desire for a lasting and mutually acceptable solution to the dispute over Western Sahara that provides for the self-determination of the people of the territory.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/04/2018 14:17:29 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

886392

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Western Sahara: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his officials will call for a date to be set for a free and fair referendum to be carried out in Western Sahara at the next meeting of the UN Security Council.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	136587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>We are working with our UN Security Council partners to support the UN-led process to reach a solution to the dispute over Western Sahara. The UK wants to see a lasting and mutually acceptable solution that provides for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara. It is for the parties to the dispute to agree a solution.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/04/2018 14:19:04 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe