Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assistance they are providing to the people of Sudan, in particular those in Darfur, following the fall of El Fasher, and what estimate they have made of the number of people who are benefitting from that assistance.

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development)

I refer the Noble Lord to the answers I gave in response to the Urgent Question on Sudan: Protection of Civilians, heard in the House of Lords on 4 November.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they last conducted a joint analysis of conflict and stability assessment for Sudan, and what steps they have taken as a result of the findings of that assessment.

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development)

The last Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability (JACS) assessment for Sudan was completed in 2019. Regular and ongoing analysis, from across the UK Government and from external experts, covering all aspects of the situation in Sudan forms a crucial part of the policy making process.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what involvement the Mass Atrocity Assessment Hub has in assessing the scale and nature of atrocity crimes in Sudan, and how that analysis is shaping the response to those atrocities.

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development)

The Mass Atrocity Hub is now part of The Conflict and Atrocity Prevention Department, which has been working closely with the Africa Directorate on Sudan since April 2023. Support has included assessing the risk of atrocities in Sudan, providing analytical capabilities to collect, verify and preserve open-source data relating to potential atrocity crimes and violations of international humanitarian law, as well as technical advisory support on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's atrocity prevention and response workstreams.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of executions and ethnic cleansing in El Fasher and Darfur; what steps they are taking in response; and what plans they have to raise those atrocities at the United Nations Security Council and with countries that support the Rapid Support Forces.

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development)

I refer the Noble Lord to the answers I gave in response to the Urgent Question on Sudan: Protection of Civilians, heard in the House of Lords on 4 November.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the situation in Sudan, in particular in El Fasher, following that city's fall to the Rapid Support Forces.

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development)

I refer the Noble Lord to the answers I gave in response to the Urgent Question on Sudan: Protection of Civilians, heard in the House of Lords on 4 November.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement made by Diene Keita, a director of the United Nations Population Fund, on a reported mass killing of patients and their families at El Fasher Maternity Hospital in Sudan after the seizure of the city by the Rapid Support Forces; and what steps they are taking in response.

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development)

I refer the Noble Lord to the answers I gave in response to the Urgent Question on Sudan: Protection of Civilians, heard in the House of Lords on 4 November.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that a BBC journalist in Vietnam has had her passport and identity card withheld and been subject to questioning, and whether they will raise that case with the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam during his visit to the United Kingdom.

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development)

We remain concerned by the reported harassment of non-governmental organisations (NGO), journalists, and rights activists and communities in Vietnam and continue to raise these concerns directly with our Vietnamese counterparts. The Minister for the Indo-Pacific raised this case with Vice Foreign Minister Hang on 13 October, as did the Prime Minister with General Secretary To Lam of Vietnam on 29 October, and the Foreign Secretary with Vietnamese Foreign Minister, Le Hoai Trung on 30 October.

Found: Yours sincerely, Lord Alton of Liverpool Chair, Joint Committee on Human Rights

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