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Kazakhstan and Tajikistan: Human Rights

Commons · Question 42559 · Tabled 31 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 9 Apr 2025

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Asked by Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his (a) Kazakhstani and (b) Tajikistani counterpart on obligations under international law prohibiting the (i) expulsion and (ii) r

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Answered by Stephen Doughty, 9 Apr 2025

The British Embassies in Astana and Dushanbe monitor the situation in country for refugees, including from Afghanistan, and lobby relevant authorities on their obligations under international law when necessary. I raised human rights with my Kazakh and Ta...