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	date	22/07/2019
	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	Ahmed Mansoor
	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 make representations to his Emirati counterpart on the prison conditions of the Emirati prisoner of conscience Ahmed Mansoor.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	280180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The case of Ahmed Mansoor was previously raised by our officials with senior Emirati officials in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The UK urges all countries to comply with their human rights obligations. Our close relationship with the UAE allows us to discuss important issues such as human rights and where the UK has cause for concern, we raise these concerns at official and Ministerial level.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 30/07/2019 14:42:23 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1132891

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Aung Marm Oo
	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 his Burmese counterpart on the charges of unlawful association against the journalist Aung Marm Oo.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	266124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>Press freedom and the rule of law are fundamental to any democratic society, and journalists must be allowed to work freely and without intimidation. The British Ambassador has been clear in making this point, and recently raised this case with Burma's Minister for International Cooperation. The UK will continue to work hard to support media freedom within Myanmar.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 26/06/2019 13:26:34 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson