Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 100850

Bahrain: Political Prisoners

Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 6 January 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of allegations that prisoners in Bahrain have been subject to torture and other c

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided in the House of Lords on 15 July in response to Question HL8922, which - for ease of reference - is reproduced below:The UK regularly engages with the Government of Bahrain and, where appropriate, the independ...
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