Britain Sanctions Sudan’s Commanders After El Fasher — But Sovereignty-Minded Voters Ask What Consequence Really Means
The British government has imposed a travel ban and asset freeze on military leaders from both sides in Sudan’s conflict, suspected of sexual violence during the siege of El Fasher. For many voters, the test is whether law-and-order language abroad is matched by real consequences.
The British government has sanctioned Sudanese military leaders suspected of sexual violence during the siege of El Fasher, imposing a travel ban and asset freeze on the sanctioned commanders. It said it sanctioned military leaders from both sides in Sudan’s ongoing conflict.
The sanctions were announced on the first anniversary of the mass atrocity and a year after the fall of El Fasher. Tens of thousands of civilians were killed over several days during the mass atrocity, and The Guardian described the killing as the largest and fastest slaughter of civilians in more than 30 years.
The phrase attached to the allegations is a “campaign of rape.” For nationalist-minded readers, the episode is a reminder that sovereignty is not an abstraction: authority and the duty to protect are supposed to mean something. Critics of officialdom will ask whether a travel ban and asset freeze are equal to a slaughter on this scale.
Original reporting
The Guardian
UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’
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…
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- The UK sanctioned Sudanese military leaders suspected of sexual violence during the siege of El Fasher.
- The British government imposed a travel ban and asset freeze on the sanctioned commanders.
- The British government said it sanctioned military leaders from both sides in Sudan's ongoing conflict.
- Tens of thousands of civilians were killed over several days during the mass atrocity.
- The sanctions were announced on the first anniversary of the mass atrocity.
- The sanctions were announced a year after the fall of El Fasher.
- "campaign of rape"
- El Fasher
- Sudan
- The British government
- The Guardian described the killing as the largest and fastest slaughter of civilians in more than 30 years.
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