PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Bahrain (5 February 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the government of Bahrain on recent decisions to deprive people in that country of their nationality without due process; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Jeremy Corbyn (Your Party)

The British Ambassador to Bahrain has raised the revocation of citizenship of 72 Bahraini nationals at Ministerial level with the Government of Bahrain on 4 February. All of the individuals affected have the right to appeal. The British Embassy in Bahrain will continue to follow these cases closely.

Answered by:
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Conservative)
11 February 2015