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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

November 3, 2016

Northern Ireland refuses to suspend Middle East security projects

Northern Ireland’s Economy Minister has rejected calls to suspend security and justice projects with Bahrain and Egypt.
October 18, 2016

Boris Johnson refuses to answer MPs on Briton held in Ethiopia

The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has today refused to answer questions in the House of Commons about the case of Andargachew ‘Andy’ Tsege, a British father of three who is held on Ethiopia’s death row.
October 15, 2016

Secrecy over UK work at Bahrain’s death-row jail challenged

Britain’s secretive work at a death-row jail in Bahrain is being challenged by the international human rights group Reprieve.
October 12, 2016

Call for government to secure release of Briton held in Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s government has declared a ‘state of emergency’ as part of an ongoing crackdown on protests, raising fears for a British man who is held under a political death sentence in the country.
September 26, 2016

UK fails to check whether Saudi police training led to torture

The UK has failed to check whether training it has provided to Saudi police has contributed to abuses including torture and the death penalty, new research by human rights organisation Reprieve has revealed.
September 2, 2016

Johnson refuses to act on Briton unlawfully detained in Ethiopia

The Foreign Secretary has refused to request the release of a British father who yesterday (1 September 2016) spent his 800th day in unlawful detention in Ethiopia, after being kidnapped and rendered to the country by Ethiopian forces in 2014.
August 15, 2016

Fears for Briton following Ethiopian crackdown

The killing of almost 100 street protestors in Ethiopia and a new round of political trials have raised fears for a British political activist on death row there, international human rights charity Reprieve has said.
August 1, 2016

Ministers urged to correct claims on Saudi juveniles

The international human rights organisation Reprieve is urging the UK Government to correct inaccurate statements it has made about three juveniles facing beheading in Saudi Arabia.
July 25, 2016

Foreign Office reveals ‘step-change’ in Egypt approach

Foreign Office concerns over Egypt’s human rights record have led to a “step-change” in the UK’s approach to that government, according to a new FCO human rights report.
July 9, 2016

MPs condemn government secrecy on overseas police training

Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee has condemned the Government for the secrecy surrounding the approval of overseas police training, saying the current policy to guard against the human rights risks of such training may not be “fit for purpose.”