Each case is different, and it always boils down to determining whether sharing the information will help the situation or harm it.
We're seeing greater instances of transnational repression against family members and those seeking to support political prisoner cases, whether it's the counsel of prisoners of conscience being targeted or their family members. This is a rising trend, so it's an important question.
Ultimately, the release and dissemination of information provide a protective cover, and it should be up to the family members whether this information is released. I believe this bill already embeds the correct safeguards. There's a mention of exceptions if the minister feels this information shouldn't be disclosed, or that it could cause harm if it were; however, by default, more public reporting can be helpful. We've found cases in which it has, more often than not, led to release.
There is a critical mass of pressure on the imprisoning regimes that encourages them to realize that it would cost them more to keep this prisoner of conscience in prison than it would to release them.
