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Detainees

Commons · Question 22166 · Tabled 6 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 14 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Claire Young

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to help tackle extra-judicial imprisonment.

Answer

Answered by Anneliese Dodds, 14 Jan 2025

The UK is committed to working with partners bilaterally, and at the UN, to end arbitrary detention, advocate for those who have been arbitrarily detained, and demand accountability. The UK is a vocal supporter of the Canadian initiative against the use o...