Human rights, Aaudi Arabia Bahrain, Foreign Affairs Committee
Human rights representatives questioned on Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
10 May 2013
This is the fifth evidence session for the Committee’s inquiry into the UK’s relations with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
- Parliament TV: The UK's relations with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
- Inquiry: UK's relations with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
- Foreign Affairs Committee
The Committee will hear from human rights organisations, the main Bahraini opposition and from academic commentators on human rights.
Witnesses
At 2.30pm, Tuesday 14 May, Wilson Room, Portcullis House
- David Mepham, UK Director of Human Rights Watch
- Phil Luther, Middle East and North Africa Director for Amnesty International
At 3.10pm (approximately)
- Ali Alaswad, Former MP for Al Wefaq
- Maryam Alkhawaja, Bahrain Center for Human Rights
At 3.45 (approximately)
- Sir Nigel Rodley KBE, Member (and Vice-Chair) of the UN Human Rights Committee, former Commissioner on the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry
At 4.15
- Caroline Montagu, Countess of Sandwich