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Saudi Arabia: Human Rights

Asked by Dame Chi OnwurahLabourForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 17 September 2025UIN 74581

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the reported increase in the use of (a) judicial and (b) non-judicial travel bans imposed on (i) released prisoners of conscience and (ii) family members of peaceful activists.

Answered by Mr Hamish Falconer

The Government and our Embassy in Riyadh regularly monitor the human rights landscape in Saudi Arabia and engage with the Saudi authorities on these matters. We discuss human rights, including individual cases who have been subject to travel bans, with the Saudi Government.

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