Bahrain

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 3 September 2014.

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Photo of Richard Burden Richard Burden Shadow Minister (Transport)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the Foreign Affairs Committee's recommendation in the Fifth Report of Session 2013-14, The UK's Relations with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, HC 88, paragraph 214, that Bahrain should be designated as a country of concern if no significant progress had been made by the start of 2014.

Photo of Tobias Ellwood Tobias Ellwood The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Bahrain is a country case study in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's human rights report, and as such we continue to monitor the human rights situation there and issue a biannual update. Bahrain's designation as a country case study in the 2013 FCO Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy Report strikes an appropriate balance between the undoubted progress made in some areas and our continuing concerns in others. We will review all countries with human rights issues in our preparation for the 2014 Annual Report, which will be published in early 2015. Bahrain is making substantial progress in respect of political reforms and will continue to receive our support.

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