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star this property date less than 2016-10-26more like thismore than 2016-10-26
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office remove filter
star this property answering dept id 16 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Syria: Armed Conflict more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the political implications of alleged war crimes committed in Syria during the present conflict. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central more like this
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Dan Jarvis more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
unstar this property date of answer remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2016-10-31
star this property answer text <p>We condemn violations of human rights by all parties in Syria. We are very concerned about reports of high civilian casualties in west Aleppo resulting from an Opposition offensive. It is essential that all parties to the conflict comply with international humanitarian law and minimise civilian casualties. We are absolutely clear, however, that it is the relentless airstrikes and barbaric attacks by the regime and its backers which are fuelling this violence, prolonging the conflict, deepening civilian suffering, and driving terrorism. The UN-Mandated Joint Investigative Mechanism has now concluded that the Asad regime has used chemical weapons against the Syrian people on at least three occasions and Daesh on one.</p><p>It is for a competent court to decide when a war crime has been committed. The UK co-sponsored a UN Security Council resolution in 2014 to refer all those who are alleged to be responsible for war-crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria, regardless of affiliation, to the International Criminal Court. Russia and China chose to veto this resolution. Russia has used its veto at the Security Council five times in recent years on resolutions about Syria.</p><p>We discuss the situation in Syria regularly with international counterparts, including alleged atrocities being committed in Syria. We raised our concerns in the UN Human Rights Council's Special Session on Aleppo which was held at the UK's request on 21 October and which passed a resolution mandating the UN Commission of Inquiry to investigate the bombing of the humanitarian aid convoy on 19 September. We consistently use our interventions at the UN Security Council to highlight the suffering of the Syrian people and to urge an end to the violence and the indiscriminate bombing of civilians.</p><p>We continue to support the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, which is mandated by the Human Rights Council to investigate all alleged violations of international human rights law and humanitarian law in Syria. We also fund non-governmental organisations to gather evidence on violations with a view to ensuring perpetrators are one day held to account.</p>
unstar this property answering member constituency Bournemouth East remove filter
star this property answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood more like this
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less than 2016-10-31T16:23:44.743Zmore like thismore than 2016-10-31T16:23:44.743Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Dan Jarvis more like this
622181
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2016-10-26more like thismore than 2016-10-26
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office remove filter
star this property answering dept id 16 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Kamal Foroughi more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Iran on the imprisonment of Kamal Foroughi. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Sheffield Central more like this
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Paul Blomfield more like this
star this property uin 50487 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
unstar this property date of answer remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2016-10-31
star this property answer text <p>The Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) raised Mr Foroughi’s case with Iranian President Rouhani in person on 20 September, and followed up by letter on 3 October. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson) raised Mr Foroughi’s case with Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif on 22 September. We remain very concerned for Mr Foroughi’s health and have repeatedly raised this with the Iranian authorities, urging them to provide regular medical assistance and access to a lawyer. We will continue to raise Mr Foroughi’s case with the Iranian Government at every available opportunity, seeking his release on medical grounds.</p> more like this
unstar this property answering member constituency Bournemouth East remove filter
star this property answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood more like this
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less than 2016-10-31T16:19:26.83Zmore like thismore than 2016-10-31T16:19:26.83Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Paul Blomfield more like this
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star this property date less than 2016-10-26more like thismore than 2016-10-26
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office remove filter
star this property answering dept id 16 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Andargachew Tsege more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Ethiopia on whether Mr Andargachew Tsege has received the legal advice promised by the Ethiopian Prime Minister on 1 June 2016. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency East Ham more like this
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Stephen Timms more like this
star this property uin 50490 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
unstar this property date of answer remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2016-10-31
star this property answer text <p>Since Prime Minister Hailemariam promised that Mr Tsege would be given access to legal advice, the Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson) has raised Mr Tsege’s case with his Ethiopian counterpart, Foreign Minister Tedros, on three occasions, most recently during the UN General Assembly in New York on 22 September. Each time he has insisted that the Ethiopians follow through with their commitment to allow legal access.</p> more like this
unstar this property answering member constituency Bournemouth East remove filter
star this property answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood more like this
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less than 2016-10-31T16:15:01.497Zmore like thismore than 2016-10-31T16:15:01.497Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms more like this