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Document 92003E001341

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1341/03 by Marco Cappato (NI) to the Council. Arrest of the Sudanese national Tawfiq Salih Abu Kadouk.

Dz.U. C 51E z 26.2.2004, pp. 79–80 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

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Date of document:
09/04/2003; Data przesłania
Date of dispatch:
09/04/2003
Date of reply:
29/09/2003; Odpowiedź pisemna
Author:
Parlament Europejski, Not available
Form:
Pisemne zapytanie
Addressee:
Rada Unii Europejskiej
Parliamentary term:
piąta kadencja
Political group:
Niezrzeszeni

92003E1341

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1341/03 by Marco Cappato (NI) to the Council. Arrest of the Sudanese national Tawfiq Salih Abu Kadouk.

Official Journal 051 E , 26/02/2004 P. 0079 - 0080


WRITTEN QUESTION E-1341/03

by Marco Cappato (NI) to the Council

(9 April 2003)

Subject: Arrest of the Sudanese national Tawfiq Salih Abu Kadouk

On 16 March this year Tawfiq Salih Abu Kadouk, chairman of the Justice Party, was taken from his home by the Sudanese security forces, who did not offer any explanation at the time of the arrest. The Justice party is one of the legally recognised opposition parties which are, according to Sudanese law, authorised to engage in political activity.

Is the Council aware of the arrest?

What steps will it take to persuade the Sudanese authorities to release Tawfiq Salih Abu Kadouk immediately?

Does it not consider that implementation of the agreement signed with the government in Khartoum last December which envisages the use of initial funding for the technical preparation of cooperation programmes should be made subject to full respect for fundamental rights and freedoms, starting with those officially recognised by the law currently in force in that country?

Reply

(29 September 2003)

The Council does not have information on the arrest of the chairman of the Justice Party, Mr Tawfiq Salih Abu Kadouk, which apparently had taken place on 16 March this year.

If this is confirmed the EU will have to consider what action it could take in this case.

The main interest of the EU in the relations with the Sudan is, at this conjuncture, the promotion of a comprehensive peace settlement and to pursue the linked issues of democracy, rule of law, respect for human rights as a pre-condition for normalisation of EU Sudanese relations including resumption of cooperation. The EU is confident that a peace agreement would facilitate further progress in these areas.

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