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Eritrea: Prisoners

Commons · Question 48417 · Tabled 28 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 7 May 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his counterpart in Eritrea on releasing prisoners of conscience detained without trial.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 7 May 2025

We consistently raise the human rights situation with the Eritrean Government, most recently by way of a statement at the 58th Human Rights Council in February and also during a senior Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) official visit to ...