Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered am ar 1 Medi 2014.
Jim Shannon
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Health), Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Transport), Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Human Rights)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions Ministers in his Department have had with the Government of Kazakstan on human rights, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of religion.
Tobias Ellwood
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
The Prime Minister visited Kazakhstan last year and had a wide-ranging discussion on human rights with President Nazarbayev. The former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend
We continue to raise our concerns about human rights, freedoms of expression, assembly and religion directly with the Government of Kazakhstan, and in relevant international fora, at every appropriate opportunity.
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