PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Tanzania: Non-governmental Organisations (10 July 2019)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the treatment of NGOs by the Tanzanian Government.
Asked by:
Alberto Costa (Conservative)
Asked by:
Alberto Costa (Conservative)
Answer
We are concerned about the treatment of Non-Governmental Organisations in Tanzania and increasing restrictions on the democratic space in which they operate. The UK Government is working closely with civil society, including through the Department for International Development Accountability in Tanzania programme, to strengthen civil society and promote positive and constructive engagement with the Tanzanian authorities on difficult issues. I raised our concerns regarding the protection of civil and political rights with the Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Defending Media Freedom conference in London on 11 July 2019.
Answered by:
Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative)
18 July 2019
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