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Saudi Arabia: Detainees and Travel Restrictions

Commons · Question 69307 · Tabled 21 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 3 Sep 2025

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Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his counterpart in Saudi Arabia on (a) releasing people detained and (b) lifting travel bans imposed on people for participating

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 3 Sep 2025

No aspect of our relationship with Saudi Arabia prevents us from speaking frankly about human rights. The UK is concerned over the arrests and continued detention of a number of individuals, particularly those detained for expressing their political views...