Sudan: Politics and Government

(asked on 13th December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to prevent the (a) suppression of democracy in Sudan and (b) killing and oppression of people trying to achieve democracy in that country through peaceful means.


Answered by
Vicky Ford Portrait
Vicky Ford
This question was answered on 21st December 2021

I condemned the actions of the Sudanese military in the strongest terms in the House of Commons on 25 October. My call from that day remains: for the transition to be restored fully, for all detainees to be released and for Sudanese people be able to protest without fear of violence. We have delivered this message to the military leadership in Khartoum, in statements the Foreign Secretary and I made, and in international fora such as securing unanimous support for a resolution on Sudan at the UN Human Rights Council on 5 November.

I am pleased that Dr Hamdok has since been reinstated as the Prime Minister of Sudan and that many detainees have been released following the Political Agreement on 21 November. The Agreement is an important first step towards restoring Sudan's transition to democracy, but we will continue to work with our international partners to maintain pressure on the military to deliver their commitments and, through their actions, rebuild trust with the Sudanese public and international community. Most recently we reinforced this at the UN Security Council on 10 December and at the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers meeting in Liverpool on 11 December.

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