§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the human rights implications of the trial of Hilary Boma and Lino Sebit in Sudan; and if he will make a statement. [64841]
§ Mr. FatchettThere have been a number of disturbing allegations about the trial of those people charged with plotting and carrying out the bombings in Khartoum in June 1998. We have raised these with the Sudanese authorities in Khartoum and in London.
At the end of December, the Constitutional Circle of the Sudanese High Court ruled that the trial of 20 defendants, including the two Catholic priests Hilary Boma and Lino Sebit, be suspended while the High Court considers an appeal challenging the legality of the defendants being tried before a military court.