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Venezuela: Human Rights and Politics and Government

Commons · Question 50066 · Tabled 6 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 15 May 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support civil society organisations working on (a) human rights and (b) democratic freedoms in Venezuela.

Answer

Answered by Catherine West, 15 May 2025

The UK firmly supports the right of civil society to operate freely in all countries, including Venezuela. We remain deeply concerned by restrictive legislation brought into law last year and publicly raised our concerns about the bill. We actively engage...