UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’

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The UK imposed travel bans and asset freezes on Sudanese military commanders suspected of involvement in sexual violence during the siege and fall of El Fasher. The sanctions were announced on the anniversary of a mass atrocity amid Sudan’s ongoing conflict.

Commanders suspected of sexual violence during the largest and fastest slaughter of civilians in more than 30 years have been subjected to travel ban and asset freeze Senior Sudanese commanders implicated in a “campaign of rape” have been targeted by the UK on the first anniversary of a mass atrocity that saw tens of thousands of civilians killed over several days. A year after the fall of El Fasher, the British government said it had sanctioned military leaders from both sides in the country’s ongoing conflict whom it suspected of sexual violence during the siege of the city. Continue reading...