{"id":2411,"date":"2026-08-11T08:15:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T08:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/?post_type=campaigns&#038;p=2411"},"modified":"2026-09-18T10:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T09:54:31","slug":"eyes-on-sudan-hold-the-uae-to-account","status":"publish","type":"campaigns","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/campaigns\/eyes-on-sudan-hold-the-uae-to-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirada en Sud\u00e1n: Que los EAU rindan cuentas."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conflict between the&nbsp;<strong>Rapid Support Forces (RSF)<\/strong>&nbsp;y&nbsp;<strong>Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)<\/strong>&nbsp;has plunged Sudan into one of the world\u2019s most severe humanitarian crises. Over 30 million people, including nearly 15 million children, are in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/press-releases\/iom-unhcr-unicef-and-wfp-urge-immediate-action-address-escalating-humanitarian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">urgent need<\/a>&nbsp;of assistance,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cjel2nn22z9o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">at least 150,000 have been killed<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2025\/06\/sudan-war-intensifying-devastating-consequences-civilians-un-fact-finding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">over 13 million have been displaced.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The issue:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While both warring parties are backed by various international actors, there is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/09\/29\/world\/africa\/sudan-war-united-arab-emirates-chad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">credible evidence<\/a>&nbsp;that the&nbsp;<strong>United Arab Emirates (UAE)&nbsp;<\/strong>continues to provide extensive military and financial support to the RSF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As vice-president and deputy prime minister of the UAE, Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour is well-placed to intervene in the UAE&#8217;s role in this conflict. Concerningly,&nbsp;Mansour has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/29\/world\/middleeast\/emirates-manchester-city-soccer-sudan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v\u00ednculos bien documentados<\/a>&nbsp;with the leader of the RSF, Mohamed Hamdan \u2018Hemedti\u2019 Dagalo, and has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/04\/22\/world\/africa\/sudan-war-international-relations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">described<\/a>&nbsp;as his closest ally in the Emirates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March 2023 Premier League&nbsp;clubs&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/en\/news\/3124956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unanimously approved<\/a>&nbsp;new rules that should disqualify individuals involved in &#8216;human rights abuses&#8217; from club ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And yet Mansour has not been held accountable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How can you help?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sign our petition<\/strong>&nbsp;to the Premier League, calling on it to uphold its&nbsp;obligations to prevent human rights abuses by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Raising these issues with Sheikh Mansour as a matter of urgency.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Holding Sheikh Mansour to account for the role his country is playing in prolonging and profiting from the conflict.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Insisting that the UAE ends its support for the RSF and provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Sudan as a means of reparation.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an initial step towards what we really want to see in Sudan: a return to a civilian-led democratic transition, and ultimately justice and accountability for violations committed both before and during the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can read the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/main-petition-to-pl.pdf\">full text of our petition here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The conflict between the&nbsp;Rapid Support Forces (RSF)&nbsp;and&nbsp;Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)&nbsp;has plunged Sudan into one of the world\u2019s most severe humanitarian crises. Over 30 million people, including nearly 15 million children, are in&nbsp;urgent need&nbsp;of assistance,&nbsp;at least 150,000 have been killed, and&nbsp;over 13 million have been displaced. The issue: While both warring parties are backed by various [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2414,"template":"","categories":[],"regions":[152,157],"class_list":["post-2411","campaigns","type-campaigns","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-sub-saharan-africa","regions-sudan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaigns\/2411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaigns"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/campaigns"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaigns\/2411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13695,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaigns\/2411\/revisions\/13695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411"},{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=2411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}