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1086325

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date	11/03/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Sudan: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that nine Sudanese women have been sentenced to flogging for protesting against President Omar al-Bashir.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL14367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK remains deeply concerned by the Government of Sudan's response to recent protests, including the implementation of a state of emergency and the issuing of emergency orders to criminalise peaceful and legitimate demonstrations. The Minister for Africa most recently raised our concerns with the Foreign Minister of Sudan on 13 March. Our Ambassador in Khartoum has raised the cases of individuals detained with senior officials in the Government of Sudan. This included expressing outrage at the case of nine women sentenced to flogging and a call for their immediate release; we are pleased that these sentences have now been overturned. The UK continues to call publicly for the immediate release of those detained and for the government to respect the rights of the Sudanese people, including their right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/03/2019 15:02:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1086327

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Sudan: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that eight Sudanese men have been sentenced to jail for terms of between six months and five years for protesting against President Omar al-Bashir.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL14368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK remains deeply concerned by the Government of Sudan's response to recent protests, including the implementation of a state of emergency and the issuing of emergency orders to criminalise peaceful and legitimate demonstrations. Our Ambassador in Khartoum recently raised the cases of individuals detained in relation to protests with senior officials in the Government of Sudan. This included expressing outrage at the case of nine women sentenced to flogging and a call for their immediate release; we are pleased that these sentences have now been overturned. The UK continues to call publicly for the immediate release of those detained and for the Government to respect the rights of the Sudanese people, including their right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. The Minister for Africa most recently raised our concerns at the situation with the Foreign Minister of Sudan on 13 March.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/03/2019 15:04:29 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox