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Anti-Slavery International welcomes Immigration Minister Beverly
Hughes's announcement that the UK Government will reconsider Mende
Nazer's asylum application.
Anti-Slavery International believes that should Mende Nazer be
sent back to Sudan, she would be at risk of reprisals from the Government.
Her request for asylum should be granted to provide her protection
from persecution.
Despite the Sudan Government's denial of slavery in the country,
its existence is an established fact, confirmed by Anti-Slavery
International's research and most recently by the International
Eminent Persons Group, as well as the United Nations and other bodies.
In Sudan, those who raise the issue of slavery face harassment
and imprisonment. As recently as January 2002 a Sudanese journalist
was arrested for publishing an article on slavery, despite the information
already being in the public domain and well known to the authorities.
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