Saudi Arabia: Freedom of Expression
Commons · Question 122992 · Tabled 23 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 2 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Markus Campbell-Savours
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Saudi counterpart on (a) freedom of expression, (b) the cases of arbitrarily detained journalists and (c) the recently reported arrest a
Answer
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 2 Apr 2026
The Government continues to monitor individual cases of concern in Saudi Arabia, and we regularly raise human rights with the Saudi authorities, including at ministerial level.The UK is concerned over the arrests and continued detention of a number of ind...