Parliamentary question answered on Alia Abdel Nour
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Question asked by Mr Tom Brake MP (Carshalton and Wallington)
Asked on: 03 June 2019
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will ask his Emirati counterpart to establish an urgent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of UAE prisoner of conscience Alia Abdel Nour, who passed away from breast cancer in Tawam hospital on 4 May 2019.”
Answered by: Dr Andrew Murrison
Answered on: 11 June 2019
“I refer the hon. Member to answer of 12 March 2019 (PQ 228081). We are aware of reports regarding the death of Alia Abdel Nour. Our close relationship with the United Arab Emirates allows us to discuss important issues and where the UK has cause for concern, we raise these concerns at official and Ministerial level.”
