Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 69307
Saudi Arabia: Detainees and Travel Restrictions
Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his counterpart in Saudi Arabia on (a) releasing people detained and (b) lifting travel bans imposed on people for participating
Answer
Mr Hamish FalconerNo aspect of our relationship with Saudi Arabia prevents us from speaking frankly about human rights. The UK is concerned over the arrests and continued detention of a number of individuals, particularly those detained for expressing their political views...
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