§ Lord McNairasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean on 13 April (WA 115), what efforts they have made to secure the release of the four Sudanese abducted by the Sudanese People's Liberation Army while assisting International Committee of the Red Cross activities in southern Sudan. [HL2075]
§ Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanAs I said in my Answer of 13 April, we understand that the four men were killed at end of March.
We have condemned these deaths and have called on the SPLA to permit a thorough investigation of the incident and to co-operate with the International 39WA Committee of the Red Cross in returning the bodies to their families.
§ Lord McNairasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean on 13 April (WA 115) concerning the murder in March of the four Sudanese abducted by the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) while assisting International Committee of the Red Cross activities in southern Sudan, whether they will review Sudanese government claims that the SPLA were also responsible for the murder of World Food Programme and Sudanese Red Crescent aid workers in the Nuba mountains in June 1998. [HL2076]
§ Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanWe have not received any further reports on the deaths last June to which the noble Lord refers since I last answered him on this issue on 4 February 1999 (WA 229).