Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 9858

Azerbaijan: Prisoners

Tabled: 17 October 2024
Answered: 23 October 2024

Question

Joe Powell

LabourKensington and Bayswater

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the arbitrary detention of prisoners in Azerbaijan.

Answer

Stephen Doughty
The UK remains concerned at the increased number of detentions of independent journalists, human rights defenders and civil society representatives over the last year, and we continue to urge Azerbaijan to improve human rights protections for all its citi...

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