Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what further steps she will take to increase pressure on the military in Sudan to address the (a) the continued use of excessive and lethal force used by security forces against civilians in Sudan and (b) lack of accountability for those acts.

We remain concerned at the political crisis in Sudan and the use of violence against protestors, at least 100 of whom have been killed calling for a return to Sudan's democratic transition. At the UN Security Council (UNSC) on 3 June and in a statement with our partners on 8 June, we called for an end to the use of violence and increased accountability of the security forces. We will also use the current session of the UN Human Rights Council to raise our concerns and maintain pressure on the Sudanese authorities to allow peaceful protests, protect human rights and deliver on accountability.