Friday, 8 August 2025

Very Wrong

The British government was due to hold a peace conference on the war in Sudan on 15th April, a war which has gone on for years and has Sudanese Arm on one side and the United Arab Emirates backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the other.
The UAE, a major trading partner for Britain, said that they: 'Firmly rejects any claims of providing arms or military equipment to the RSF' although United Nations evidence very much shows that they do and continue to do so.
Britain invited 20 nations to the discussions including the UAE but on the eve of the Conference, the RSF paramilitary launched a 72 hour massacre in Zamzam refugee camp which killed 1,500 people with as many again unaccounted for and missing.
Witnesses tell of men and boys being dragged out, lined up and shot, women and girls being raped and nurses and doctors who went to aid the injured, being killed.
News of the slaughter filtered through to the British Government and human rights groups were calling for the Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office into making a statement on Zamzam ahead of the conference but no statement was forthcoming, just a Tweet that said: 'Shocking reports from Darfur. All sides must commit to the protection of civilians.'
At the end of the Conference, the UAE refused to sign up to a statement that mentioned the massacre or the RSF so what was put out was a bland statement which stated: The conference participants focused on making progress on our shared goals of ending this conflict and alleviating the suffering of the Sudanese people'.
The International Criminal Court are now looking into war crimes and crimes against humanity which unfolded in Zamzam but what did the UK Government do?
What it did was weeks after the massacre, the UK declared it's desire to conclude a £1.6 trade deal with the Emirates.
Something is very, very VERY morally rotten in this world when mass killing is swept under the carpet as not to upset a nation you want to trade with.

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