UK Sanctions Sudanese Warlords, Spares Their UAE Backers
The Guardian reports the UK is sanctioning four commanders from Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for "heinous" violence in El Fasher. It's a bold move, if you ignore the part where they explicitly decided *not* to sanction the UAE—the RSF's "key military and diplomatic backer." Apparently, some human rights violations are more equal than others when state-level finance is involved. This isn't
about principle; it's about privilege. The UK asserts it prefers 'private leverage' with the UAE, which sounds suspiciously like 'we don't bite the hand that feeds.' One might wonder how many more mass killings, sexual violence, and 'deliberate attacks' have to occur before a truly 'heinous' actor faces sanctions, or if the price tag simply keeps going up.