In your WikiLeaks round-up (After WikiLeaks, 5 February) there is a reference to the claim by the international criminal court's chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, that President Omar al-Bashir siphoned off $9bn of state funds and that some of it might be in a British bank. But Moreno-Ocampo did not say "a British bank". He named Lloyds. The claim has been investigated three times and Lloyds has denied it.
The Treasury minister, Lord Sassoon, said: "Lloyds Banking Group has conducted their own internal investigation into the claim that President al-Bashir holds accounts with the group, and is confident that the group does not hold any account for Mr al-Bashir, or any individuals or entities associated with him. The Financial Services Authority has reviewed this report and has not raised any further concerns."
This proves that Luis Moreno-Ocampo's campaign against President Bashir is groundless. This targeting of our president has indeed increased his popularity among the Sudanese people, who re-elected him in April.
Abdullahi Alazreg
Ambassador, Embassy of Sudan
• Simon Tisdall (8 February) judges President Bashir more successful than President Mubarak in neutralising protests. But the relative quiet on Khartoum's streets is misleading – the National Congress party has led a systematic crackdown with arrests, new forms of torture and one killing. Only last week, Bashir ordered air strikes on villages in Darfur, killing civilians.
Mubarak's downfall has come from domestic resentment at his appalling human rights record and a failing economy. The NCP can match this and more. The west should be circumspect in its support of the Sudanese regime and listen carefully to the voices of ordinary Sudanese. The NCP is yet to concede anything on its split with the south and it is early days to be congratulating it when young people, like their Egyptian counterparts, are crying out in the streets for "hurriya" – freedom.
Olivia Warham Waging Peace, Kamal Kambal Nuba Mountains Solidarity Abroad, Osman Hummaida African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies, Hussain Begira Darfur Union, Peter Verney Sudan Update, Gill Lusk Sudan specialist
• Maybe Iran and Syria won't allow foreigners in to train their police and judges in better procedures (Comment, 15 February). But working from within can give surprising results. In Zimbabwe, a local women's organisation, Envision Zimbabwe, runs conflict transformation workshops to professionalise the police, prison wardens and army officials, so that they are able to respond to conflict without violence. If the west wants to be part of the solution, then supporting these local initiatives, not just with funding, but by recognising the effectiveness of local people, is the way to go.
Carolyn Hayman
Chief executive, Peace Direct