Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 73535

Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 17 September 2025

Question

Ben Maguire

Liberal DemocratNorth Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Saudi counterpart on the cases of seven Egyptian nationals facing execution for non-lethal drug offences.

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
The UK strongly opposes the death penalty in all countries and circumstances. We regularly discuss human rights with the Saudi authorities, including individual cases of concern. I raised the cases of several Egyptian nationals with the Saudi authorities ...

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