Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 70303

Tunisia: Political Prisoners

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 18 September 2025

Question

Fabian Hamilton

LabourLeeds North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Tunisian counterpart on (a) the mass trial of political figures in April 2025 and (b) the need for (i) due process and (ii) hum

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
The UK monitors the situation in Tunisia closely. As noted in a statement by the UK at the Human Rights Council last October, the space for political participation in Tunisia has shrunk considerably and the way legitimate political actors have been arrest...

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