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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
28 February 2017, Central government
The complainant submitted a request to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) for information it held about the death of a British citizen, Bilal Ahmed, in Kashmir in 2000. The FCO provided the complainant with the documents it held which fell within the scope of his request but redacted certain parts on the basis of the exemptions contained at section 23(1) (security bodies), section 27(1)(a) (international relations), section 40(2) (personal data) and section 41(1) (information provided in confidence) of FOIA. The Commissioner has concluded that the FCO has correctly applied sections 23(1), 40(2) and 43(2). However, the Commissioner has also concluded that section 27(1)(a) is not engaged.
FOI 23: Not upheld FOI 27: Upheld FOI 40: Not upheld FOI 43: Not upheld