Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 195239

Sudan: Gender Based Violence

Tabled: 19 July 2023
Answered: 8 September 2023

Question

Stephen Morgan

LabourPortsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reported incidents of gender-based violence against women and girls in Sudan are properly investigated.

Answer

Sir Andrew Mitchell
The UK has consistently denounced all human rights violations that have taken place since the military coup on 25 October 2021, and the escalation in incidents since 15 April 2023. The escalation of violence, killing of civilians, sexual assault of women ...

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