Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to protect health professionals from the violence being perpetrated by Sudanese security forces during the current protests in that country.

​The UK remains deeply concerned by the level of violence and tactics used by the Government of Sudan in response to peaceful protests, in particular at reports of the targeting of medical facilities and those providing assistance. Both bilaterally and alongside Troika partners, we have called for restraint by the Government of Sudan and raised at the highest levels our specific concern regarding the treatment of health professionals. Most recently, I raised my concerns with the Sudanese Foreign Minister on 22 January, stressing the need for an end to violence and for much needed political reforms.