Dear Lord Malloch-Brown,
A few days ago the Prime Minister welcomed the President of Somaliland and his colleagues who were on a visit to Britain,.amd said we would help them build the institutions of democracy. As a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Somaliland, I am pleased to know that we are so active in promoting democracy in Somaliland, but I wonder if the Prime Minister said anything to the President about the continued bar on the Qaran Political Association, following the prolonged arbitrary detention of its three leaders, which I raised with you in my letter of December 26.
The coup by which the government took over Shuro-Net last October is also a signal that there are severe constraints on freedom of expression.
I am very much in favour of engagement with Somaliland, and of helping their government to forge links with the EU, but that doesn’t mean we should be silent when they make serious mistakes.
The Rt Hon the Lord Malloch-Brown KCMG,
Foreign & Commonwealth Office,
London SW1A 2AH
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