Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 74537

Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment

Tabled: 2 September 2025

Answered: 17 September 2025

Named Day

Question

Nadia Whittome

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the government of Saudi Arabia on the death sentences given to (a) Rami Gamal Shafik al-Najjar, (b) Ahmed Zeinhom Omar, (c

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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