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<p>The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon. Friend
the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson) has not recently met with
his counterparts in Sudan and South Sudan. However, Sudan and South Sudan are human
rights priority countries for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. We regularly raise
our concerns with senior Ministers in both governments and, where relevant, in the
United Nations.</p><p>In Sudan, our Embassy staff regularly attend trials of human
rights defenders and human rights is a key objective for our biannual UK-Sudan Strategic
Dialogue. In South Sudan, the UK provides funding to programmes that support survivors
of sexual and gender-based violence. During a visit to South Sudan in May 2017, my
noble Friend, the Rt Hon. Baroness Anelay of St Johns (the Prime Minister's former
Special Representative for Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict) raised numerous
human rights related issues with members of the government and encouraged them to
take action.</p>
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