Sudan: Press Freedom

(asked on 19th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Sudan about (1) the harassment of the British citizen, Yousra Elbagir, after reporting for Channel Four News about protests in Sudan, and (2) the jailing of Sudanese journalists.


Answered by
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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 28th February 2019

We have not been made aware of Yousra Elbagir's case. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office stand ready to offer consular assistance to British Citizens in Sudan. Through regular official engagement in Khartoum, and as previously made clear in our Troika statement of 8 January, we continue to support the Sudanese people's right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, and call for the immediate release of political activists, human rights defenders, journalists and others detained without charge.

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