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631853

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date	08/11/2016
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	Uzbekistan: Press Freedom
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 reports he has received on the freedom of the press in Uzbekistan.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	52263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has noted a recent Freedom House report on press freedom in Uzbekistan, and the 10 October statement by the OSCE Representative for Freedom of the Media. Our own concerns are detailed in regular updates to “Human Rights and Democracy: The 2015 Foreign and Commonwealth Report”.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 18/11/2016 14:34:36 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

631854

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	Uzbekistan: 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 recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Uzbekistan.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	52264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>Uzbekistan is a Human Rights Priority Country for the FCO. The section on Uzbekistan in:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/turkmenistan-human-rights-priority-country/turkmenistan-human-rights-priority-country" target="_blank">“Human Rights and Democracy: The 2015 Foreign and Commonwealth Report”</a> details our concerns.</p><p>Last month the Uzbek authorities signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations on implementing Uzbekistan’s National Human Rights Action Plan. We welcome this and also the interim President’s decree of 21 October, which includes measures to strengthen the independence of the judiciary, strengthen the rights of the accused, and reduce periods of detention without trial.</p><p>We continue to raise individual human rights cases with the Uzbek authorities, play an active and visible part in human rights activities in , Uzbekistan, and fund projects on governance reform, anti-corruption, torture prevention and strengthening women’s rights.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 18/11/2016 14:36:30 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

631132

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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: Arrests
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 discussions he has had on the arrest and detention of elected representatives from the Peoples' Democratic Party in Turkey.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	52107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>We continue to follow developments in Turkey closely and underline the importance of the rule of law and the protection of freedom of expression. I raised these issues most recently with Turkey's Minister for Europe, Omer Celik, in a phone call on 7 November.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/11/2016 17:53:06 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

631134

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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: 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 recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Turkey (a) generally and (b) for the predominantly Kurdish and Alevi areas of the country.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	52117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>​We monitor the situation in Turkey closely. We continue to encourage Turkey to work towards the full protection of fundamental rights, especially in the areas of minority rights, freedom of religion and freedom of expression.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/11/2016 17:51:57 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

631136

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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, what discussions he has had with the US administration on a UN Security Council resolution on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	52164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>​The UK Government is in regular contact with the US on a range of Middle East matters, including the Middle East Peace Process. We expect to continue this engagement with the incoming US administration.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 18/11/2016 14:55:24 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne