Foreign and Commonwealth Office written question – answered at on 7 July 2017.
Tom Brake
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (International Trade), Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Exiting the European Union)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Bahrain on its decision to suspend indefinitely the newspaper Al Wasat.
Alistair Burt
Minister of State (Department for International Development) (Joint with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Joint with the Department for International Development)
The Bahraini Ministry of Interior suspended Al Wasat in June. We are monitoring the situation closely. Where we have concerns we raise them at an appropriate level with the Government of Bahrain.
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No4 people think not
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