Events

British Detainees and the Legal Right to Consular Assistance

Committee Room 18, House of Commons
June 3, 2025
18:00 - 19:00

Join us for a panel discussion in the UK Parliament on the need for the Labour government to fulfil its campaign promise to introduce a legal right to consular assistance for British nationals arbitrarily detained abroad.

When: 03 June 2025, 18:00 – 19:00

Where: Committee Room 18, House of Commons

Host:

Greg Stafford MP

Panel:

Blair McDougall MP, Chair of the APPG on Hong Kong and responsible for introducing the Consular Assistance (Journalists) Bill 

Quinn McKew, Executive Director at ARTICLE 19

Adam Wagner KC, Doughty Street Chambers (representing families of hostages abroad)

Mark Sabah, Director, Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation

To RSVP please email Robert.Clark@thecfhk.org

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