| Heading: |
Myanmar: Freedom of Expression |
| Question ID: |
1810099 |
| UIN: |
HL8149 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
738 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Alton of Liverpool
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| Asking Member handle: |
DavidAltonHL
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@DavidAltonHL
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support freedom of expression in Myanmar in the context of the Myanmar military’s restrictions on independent media. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-16 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3972 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
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| Answering Member handle: |
JennyChapman
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JennyChapman
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| Answer text: |
We are concerned by the recent UN High Commissioner for Human Rights report, which stated since the coup in February 2021 that 15 media outlets have been shut down and 193 media workers arrested, of whom at least 57 remain in detention. The UK continues t... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |