Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 9858
Azerbaijan: Prisoners
Tabled: 17 October 2024
Answered: 23 October 2024
Question
Joe Powell
Labour — Kensington 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 DoughtyThe 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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