Saudi Arabia: Detainees and Travel Restrictions
Commons · Question 69307 · Tabled 21 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 3 Sep 2025
Question
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...