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939923

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	Nicaragua: Politics and Government
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 implications for his policies of the report, Nicaragua: Shoot to kill: Nicaragua's strategy to repress protest, published by Amnesty International in May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	163552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The May 2018 Amnesty International report on Nicaragua is alarming. We continue to follow developments closely, including through contacts with EU and US partners and local stakeholders in the country. We have expressed our deep concern about the violence to the Nicaraguan government and urged them to take responsibility for ending the repression against their own citizens.</p><p>We welcome the work of international institutions in Nicaragua, such as the UN and Organisation of American States (OAS) and I welcome the government's invitations to the Inter American Commission on Human Rights, the UN, and the EU to support the resolution of the crisis and urge the authorities to allow them to carry out their work fully without hindrance.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/07/2018 14:35:29 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

939933

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	Western Sahara: 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, what assessment he has made of the implications of the judgment of the European Court of Justice in cases C-104/16 P Council V Front Polisario and C-266/16 Western Sahara Campaign UK for his policies on the territory of, and products originating from, Western Sahara.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	163610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>​I refer the Hon. Member to the Financial Secretary to the Treasury’s recent answer to a similar question regarding imports from Western Sahara (158256).</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/07/2018 16:40:42 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

939934

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	Western Sahara: 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, what assessment his Department has made of the implications of the judgment of the European Court of Justice in cases C-104/16 P Council V Front Polisario and C-266/16 Western Sahara Campaign UK for the recent trade proposals to the European Council of Ministers.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	163611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK accepts the judgement of the European Court of Justice in these cases, and has always been clear that any new proposals to the Council which address the substance of the judgement should conform with international law.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/07/2018 16:41:51 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

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

939965

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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the Government abstained in the vote on the UN Human Rights Council resolution to dispatch an independent commission to investigate whether Israel breached international humanitarian law with its use of force against Palestinian civilians.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	163632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>​I refer the Hon. Member to my answer of 21 May 2018 (PQ 146276).</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/07/2018 14:08:55 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

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

939991

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	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
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 has taken since his appointment to secure the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from imprisonment in Iran; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	163618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>​We remain very concerned about all our dual nationals detained in Iran. We continue to raise their cases with the Iranian Government at every opportunity, and make decisions in line with what we believe will produce the best outcomes in their cases. However, we will not be providing a running commentary. We judge this will not be helpful, or in the best interest of each case.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/07/2018 15:08:24 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

940020

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	Hassan Mushaima
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 have been made to the Government of Bahrain on the denial of access to adequate medical treatment of imprisoned Bahraini political leader Hassan Mushaima.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karen Lee
uin	163627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>We have raised the case of Hasan Mushaima at a senior level. The UK encourages those with concerns about treatment in detention to report these to the relevant human rights oversight bodies. We urge those bodies to carry out swift and thorough investigations. The UK continues to encourage the Government of Bahrain to deliver on its international and domestic human rights commitments.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/07/2018 15:39:38 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4664 label Biography information for Karen Lee

940031

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	Turkey: LGBT+ People
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 the Government has made to the Turkish Government on the cancellation of Istanbul Pride.
tabling member constituency	Arundel and South Downs
tabling member printed	Nick Herbert
uin	163524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>In the run-up to the Istanbul Pride March planned for early July our missions in Turkey raised the issue with the Turkish authorities in both Ankara and Istanbul. We urged Turkey to allow the march to go ahead and were disappointed that the ban was maintained and I stated as such in public comments. We will continue to encourage Turkey to respect the rights of the LGBTI community.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/07/2018 14:45:50 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1479 label Biography information for Lord Herbert of South Downs

940032

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	Turkey: LGBT+ People
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 the Government has taken to support LGBT Rights in Turkey.
tabling member constituency	Arundel and South Downs
tabling member printed	Nick Herbert
uin	163525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>We fully support the rights of LGBTI groups in Turkey. We regularly urge Turkey to work towards full protection of their fundamental rights, including with respect to freedom of expression and assembly, and will continue to do so. The British Embassy in Ankara provides project support to a number of Turkish civil society organisations working in the area of fundamental freedoms. In recent years this has included groups working on LGBTI issues.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/07/2018 15:59:11 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1479 label Biography information for Lord Herbert of South Downs