Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made representations to Sudanese Government on the death sentence of Noura Hussein.

​The UK Ambassador to Sudan most recently raised our concerns about Noura Hussein's case with senior members of the Government of Sudan on 15 May. On the same day, we released a statement alongside other EU Heads of Mission to make clear our firm opposition to the use of the death penalty under any circumstances, and recalling the principle of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that marriage should be entered into only with the free and full consent of spouses. We will continue to raise the case at a high level with the Government of Sudan.