UK urges accountability at UN for abuses in Sudan

THE UK called for an emergency meeting of UN Human Rights Council held today to push for accountability over violence and rights abuses in Sudan. 

Report from MSN.com

By REUTERS

Reporting by Emma Farge; editing by Matthias Williams

Published Thursday 11 May 2023 c.10:00 am BST UK - full copy:

Britain urges accountability at UN for rights abuses in Sudan

GENEVA (Reuters) – Britain urged the U.N. Human Rights Council to push for accountability over violence in Sudan at an emergency meeting in Geneva on Thursday but Sudan pushed back, saying the events unfolding there were an “internal affair”.

Britain’s minister of state for development and Africa Andrew Mitchell urged the 47-member council to “send a united message of concern and horror” ahead of an expected vote. Sudan’s ambassador told the council: “What’s happening in Sudan is an internal affair”.

Fleeing Sudanese seek refuge in Chad copyright Thomson Reuters

View original: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/britain-urges-accountability-at-un-for-rights-abuses-in-sudan/ar-AA1b2peL

[Ends]