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<p>On 3 June, the Foreign Secretary condemned the attack on protestors by Sudanese
security forces, and held the Transitional Military Council (TMC) fully responsible.
On 6 June, I summoned the Sudanese Ambassador to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
to express our grave concerns at the use of all forms of violence, including sexual
violence against civilians by the Sudanese authorities. This was reiterated in a recent
statement issued by the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 17 June, which called
for the immediate cessation of all violence against the Sudanese people, including
extrajudicial, arbitrary and summary killings, beatings and sexual and gender-based
violence, arrests and disappearances.</p><p>We have been consistent in public and
in private that there must be accountability for the crimes committed by members of
the former regime. The UK strongly supports the mission of the International Criminal
Court; due legal process must be followed. I also set out the UK's position at the
FAC that called for the human rights of all Sudanese people to be respected, and the
resumption of the political process leading to an agreed peaceful transfer of power
to a civilian-led government, as demanded by the Sudanese people.</p>
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