European Union raise the case of Ahmed Mansoor with the Government of the United Arab Emirates
On 10th September 2018, Martyn Day, Member of Parliament for Linlithgow and East Falkirk, asked Alistair Burt, the Minister of State (Department for International Development) the following question:
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with this Emirati counterpart on the sentencing of the human rights activist, Ahmed Mansoor.”
To which Alistair Burt replied:
“My officials raised the case of Ahmed Mansoor with their Emirati counterparts at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 15 April. Similarly, in coordination with my officials and other EU member states, the EU Delegation to the UAE raised this case with Emirati officials on 5 July. “
