This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government
Rejected petition UK Government to pass into law legal obligation 2 protect UK citizens abroad
Today over 2000 UK citizens are in jail around the world , 1000 without charge , in Iran Nazanin Zachary-Ratcliffe a UK citizen has been in jail almost 4 years without any details of her charges being made public whilst her 5 year old child has grown up without her Mum & Dad UK citizens
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We at the Kath Duncan Equality & Civil Rights Network support British Rights Abroad Group campaign & believe that if the Government has in law, a legal obligation , families of victims will have a better chance of securing their love ones' release
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