Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many peaceful protesters have been (a) killed and (b) injured by Government of Sudan's security forces since December 2018.

Reports of the number of deaths and injuries vary. On 24 January the Government of Sudan reported that 29 deaths had occurred. Activist groups and Non-Governmental Organisations assess the number to be considerably higher. We are unable to verify these figures independently, but we continue to express our deep concern at the current situation, both bilaterally and as part of the Troika (with the USA and Norway). We continue to monitor the situation closely.