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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-05-25more like thismore than 2023-05-25
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 Bahrain: Press Freedom 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, what recent assessment he has made of the level of press freedom in Bahrain. more like this
tabling member constituency Coventry South more like this
tabling member printed
Zarah Sultana more like this
uin 186936 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-06-09more like thismore than 2023-06-09
answer text <p>The FCDO most recently published our assessment of the human rights situation in Bahrain in the annual FCDO Human Rights and Democracy Report, in December 2022 [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/human-rights-and-democracy-report-2021]. Bahrain remains a FCDO Human Rights Priority Country and we continue to engage regularly, privately and effectively across a range of areas with the Government of Bahrain. During Bahrain's Universal Periodic Review in November 2022, the UK recommended Bahrain move quickly to pass a new Journalism and E-Media Law, to ensure stronger protections for journalists and enhance wider media freedoms.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Macclesfield more like this
answering member printed David Rutley more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-06-09T09:41:11.12Zmore like thismore than 2023-06-09T09:41:11.12Z
answering member
4033
label Biography information for David Rutley more like this
tabling member
4786
label Biography information for Zarah Sultana more like this