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International Human Rights Day

Proceeding contribution from Virendra Sharma (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 20 December 2017. It occurred during Debate on International Human Rights Day.

I congratulate my right hon. Friend on securing this important and timely debate. Staff from the Department for International Development and many from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office do fantastic work in defending and promoting human rights around the world, but sadly the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs has severely harmed the human rights of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe by his mistakes. My hon. Friend the Member for Hampstead and Kilburn (Tulip Siddiq) has been more effective in helping Nazanin. I would like to put on the record my thanks to her and to suggest—

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
633 c424WH 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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