Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 18 October 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions the Government has had with the President of Gambia, and his officials on the execution of death row prisoners on 19 August 2012 and the future possibility of other death row prisoners being executed if the new moratorium is lifted.
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We welcome the statement issued by the Gambian Government on
We support the concern expressed by Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, about the executions, and will seek opportunities, including within the UN system, to reinforce it. In November, the UN General Assembly will vote on a Resolution in favour of a world-wide moratorium on the death penalty, which we are actively supporting.
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