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Quote: June 29, 2017 For Immediate Release THE U.S. EMBASSY ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN SUDAN Khartoum, Sudan – The United States remains very concerned about Sudan’s human rights record, including the continued closing of political space, and restrictions on religious freedom, freedom of expression, including press freedom. We have outlined our concerns in detail in our annual Human Rights Report, and continue to press the Government of Sudan to improve its performance in these areas. As we have repeatedly stated in Washington, New York, Geneva, and Khartoum, the protection of human rights is deeply intertwined with peace and security. We continue to monitor the Government of Sudan’s progress in the five key areas noted in Executive Order 13761 to determine if it has met the order’s requirements for the lifting of certain sanctions in July 2017. In this process we have pressed to ensure Sudan has adhered to its unilateral cessation of hostilities in conflict areas and ceased all indiscriminate aerial bombardment, a key human rights concern. While we have worked for progress in the five areas, we have also engaged intensively on human rights concerns. We have raised at all levels our concerns regarding jailed activists, newspaper confiscations, church demolitions, constricted political space, and restrictions on personal and religious freedom. Moving forward, we want to see stronger progress in these areas by the Sudanese government. The United States remains committed to the Sudanese people and to continued policy engagement with the Government of Sudan, and the opposition, to realize peace and further the protection of human rights in Sudan