This morning, Stephen asked the government why the Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, had not intervened to stop the execution of Hussein Abo Al-Kheir by the Saudi Arabian government.
Hussein Abo Al-Kheir was executed on 12 March 2023. He was arrested by Saudi Arabia in 2014 and sentenced to death in 2017. His trial was widely condemned by international organisations due to the alleged use of torture to extract a confession.
Stephen asked,“why did the Foreign Secretary himself not make representations to stop this execution given that that approach has succeeded in the past?” Leo Docherty, speaking for the government, promised “energetic ministerial attention was given to this.”