European Parliament resolution of 15 March 2018 on the arrest of human rights defenders in Sudan, notably the case of Sakharov Prize laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman

22 March 2018

The European Parliament,
– having regard to its previous resolutions on Sudan,
– having regard to the statement of 9 February 2018 by its Vice-President responsible for the Sakharov Prize Network and by the Chair of its Human Rights Subcommittee on the Sakharov Laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman,
– having regard to the local statement of 11 January 2018 by the Heads of Mission of EU Embassies on the recent protests in Khartoum,
– having regard to UN Security Council resolution 2400 (2018), adopted at its 8177th meeting on 8 February 2018,
– having regard to the statement of 31 January 2018 by the President of the UN Security Council in connection with the Security Council’s consideration of the item entitled ‘Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan’,
– having regard to the statement by the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan on the abduction of an aid worker in Darfur, issued in Khartoum on 9 October 2017,
– having regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
– having regard to Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, both of which provide that no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,

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European Parliament resolution of 15 March 2018 on the arrest of human rights