Azerbaijan: Prisoners
Commons · Question 8830 · Tabled 14 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Ruth Cadbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make a request to his Azerbaijani counterpart for a UK delegation to visit the 23 Armenian prisoners being held by Azerbaijan in order to (a) verify their conditio
Answer
Answered by Stephen Doughty, 23 Oct 2024
The UK has consistently urged the Azerbaijani authorities, including ahead of COP29, to ensure that those in detention are afforded a fair trial and are provided safe conditions, in accordance with Azerbaijan's international obligations and commitments. W...