Linked Data API

Show Search Form

Search Results

1567719
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-01-17more like thismore than 2023-01-17
answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept id 208 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
hansard heading Zimbabwe: Elections more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) the arrest, detention and alleged torture of opposition activists on 14 January 2023 and (b) other recent developments in Zimbabwe on (i) rights of expression, assembly and association and (ii) the freedom, fairness, peacefulness and credibility of the forthcoming elections in that country. more like this
tabling member constituency West Ham more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Lyn Brown more like this
uin 125304 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false remove filter
date of answer less than 2023-01-25more like thismore than 2023-01-25
answer text <p>The UK is aware of the arrest of 25 opposition members on the 14 January. All incidents of violence should be investigated in full.</p><p>We continue to monitor the human rights situation in Zimbabwe. As the British Ambassador to Zimbabwe publicly stated on 2 October 2022, the UK is committed to the fundamental rights to peaceful assembly, association and due process enshrined in Zimbabwe's constitution.</p><p>It is for the people of Zimbabwe to choose their government through peaceful, credible and inclusive elections. We encourage the Government of Zimbabwe to implement the recommendations of the 2018 Electoral Observation Missions and to allow space for political opposition and civil society organisations to operate freely ahead of elections in 2023.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield more like this
answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-01-25T10:05:09.81Zmore like thismore than 2023-01-25T10:05:09.81Z
answering member
1211
label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell more like this
tabling member
1583
label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown more like this