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The meeting was the first in a series of calls on Israeli officials that the Minister will be making during his four day visit.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
"It is deeply worrying that civilians are being tried before tribunals chaired by a military judge, with reports of abuse in detention, lack of access to legal counsel and coerced confessions."
Alistair Burt, FCO Minister for Middle East and North Africa spoke to people in the Libya Western Mountains about what they have seen, heard and experienced in the third Eyewitness Libya event.
Minister for the Middle East, Alistair Burt, today met a group of young, Egyptian activists from across the new political spectrum.
Minister Alistair Burt discusses the UK’s position on efforts to reconcile and reintegrate members of the Taliban on the terms set out by the Afghan Government.
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt met with Mawlawi Shazada Shahed, Deputy Chair of the National Assembly of Afghanistan’s Counter Narcotics Committee.
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt: “I was shocked by the horrific scenes I saw in the documentary that was broadcast on 14 June."
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt calls on the Iranian authorities to release immediately all those detained yesterday and in the past two years for simply exercising what should be legitimate freedoms.
Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt will attend the Libya Contact Group meeting in Abu Dhabi on 9 June.
Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt condemned the attack on a Palestinian Mosque on Tuesday in the West Bank.
FCO Minister Alistair Burt: "Today's Contact Group reaffirmed the international community's commitment to implementing UN Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973."
Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt said he "firmly believes that the Libyan people will achieve their vision for a free, prosperous and democratic Libya".
"I again call on the Government of Syria to meet all its human rights obligations and uphold political freedoms, equal access to justice and the rule of law" said Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt.
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has welcomed Morocco's decision to ratify the Optional Protocol for the Convention Against Torture.
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt comments on the publication of a report by the UN Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry into Libya.
Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt said it is now critical that there is concrete change and genuine political reform, to ensure long term stability in Bahrain.
Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt has condemned the violence in Yemen on 29 May.
A Foreign Office Minister welcomed the Nepali political parties’ agreement to extend the term of the Constituent Assembly for a further three months.
Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt has commented on the bomb attack in Lebanon.
Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt has condemned the continued detention of opposition politicians in Iran.
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