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Minatu Ahl Shikh

Foreign and Commonwealth Office written question – answered at on 15 November 2017.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise with the Moroccan Ambassador to the UK the need for an independent investigation into the death of Minatu Ahl Shikh.

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We are aware of the death of Minatu Ahl Shikh. The local public prosecutor issued a statement confirming the conclusions of a private autopsy that she had drowned and that there was no evidence of physical or sexual violence.

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  • (Citation: HC Deb, 15 November 2017, cW)

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