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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Answer

Mr. Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many UK nationals are (i) being detained, post conviction and (ii) awaiting trial in (a) Egypt, (b) Jordan, (c) Lebanon, (d) Syria, (e) Turkey, (f) Iraq, (g) Iran, (h) Israel, (i) Algeria, (j) Morocco, (k) Libya, (l) Tunisia, (m) Pakistan, (n) Nigeria, (o) Sudan, (p) Ethiopia, (q) Saudi Arabia, (r) Oman, (s) Yemen, (t) Kuwait and (u) UAE. [63539] Mr. Mike O'Brien: [holding answer 21 June 2002]: The following table gives details of British nationals detained overseas in the countries referred to. As legal systems differ considerably around the world, we have interpreted the `pre-conviction' cases as those that are generally still subject to the initial local legal procedure. This includes, for example, all detainees on remand, those currently undergoing trial and those whose trials have finished but where sentences have not yet been passed. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Country Number of British nationals in detention Number of British nationals in detention, pre-conviction serving prison sentences Egypt 5 1 Jordan 0 0 Lebanon 1 0 Syria 1 0 Turkey 1 1 Iraq 0 0 Iran 0 0 Israel 2 1 Algeria 0 0 Morocco 0 11 Libya 0 0 Tunisia 0 0 Pakistan 3 2 Nigeria 1 0 Sudan 0 0 Ethiopia 2 0 Saudi Arabia 7 3 Oman 2 1 Yemen 0 4 Kuwait 0 1 UAE 8 13 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

387 c691-2W;387 c689-90W; 63539

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Detainees British nationality Convictions Iraq Kuwait Prisoners Pakistan Trials Saudi Arabia Israel Turkey Sudan Iran Nigeria Syria Yemen Morocco Egypt Libya Lebanon Ethiopia Tunisia Jordan Algeria United Arab Emirates Oman

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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