Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 38707

Bahrain: Demonstrations and Social Media

Tabled: 17 March 2025
Answered: 27 March 2025

Question

Blair McDougall

LabourEast Renfrewshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the approach taken by the Bahrain Government to (a) pro-democracy protests and (b) social media

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
Our close and long-standing relationship with Bahrain continues to allow for a genuine and open dialogue in a range of areas, including human rights, on which we also recognise a number of positive steps taken by the Government of Bahrain over recent year...

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