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687025

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date	08/02/2017
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	Ibrahim Sharif
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 Bahrainian Government on the case of Ebrahim Sharif.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	63682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>The Office of the Public Prosecution announced on 23 November 2016 that the case against Ebrahim Sharif had been closed and the charges against him dropped. We welcome the positive outcome on this case.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/02/2017 16:32:33 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

687026

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
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	Sheikh Isa Qassim
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 Bahrainian Government on the case of Sheikh Isa Qassim.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	63683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office issued a statement at the time, expressing concern at the revocation of Sheikh Isa Qassim’s nationality. We have also raised this at Ministerial level. Sheikh Isa is currently the subject of a separate, ongoing court case. Embassy officials have attended every hearing in this trial to date and we will continue to monitor the case closely.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/02/2017 16:36:07 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

687027

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
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: Journalism
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 Bahrainian Government on licence renewals for journalists.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	63684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government has continued to emphasise to the Bahraini Government the need to respect the rights of all citizens and to act proportionately to protect human rights, including freedom of expression.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/02/2017 16:38:06 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

687028

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
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: Al Wefaq
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 Bahrainian Government on the (a) dissolution of the Al-Wefaq political party and (b) imprisonment of Sheikh Ali Salman.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	63681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson), issued a statement expressing concerns on the day of the Bahraini High Administrative Court’s decision to dissolve the main Bahraini Shia opposition political society Al Wefaq. <br> <br>We have raised our concerns about the case of Sheikh Ali Salman at Ministerial level, including during the visit of the former Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), to Bahrain in May 2016. Embassy officials have attended every hearing and we continue to monitor the case closely.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/02/2017 16:30:59 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake