PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Saudi Arabia: Political Prisoners (22 July 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the legality of the continued detention of Saudi political detainees, including Prince Turki Bin Abdullah.

Asked by:
Mohammad Yasin (Labour)

The UK assessment is clear. All political detainees should be released. We publicly supported a statement at the September 2020 UN Human Rights Council, which reiterated this point and raised concerns about the use of arbitrary detention.

Answered by:
Mr James Cleverly (Conservative)
10 September 2021