American actress and UN goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie skipped an event in Khartoum, Sudan after she was denied an entry visa. Speaking at the event on Friday, British ambassador to Sudan, Peter Tibber, confirmed the developments. The event was jointly organised by some civil society organisations and foreign embassies. At the same event, the British High Commissioner criticised Khartoum for declining to sign the international declaration of commitment to end violence in conflict areas, calling on Sudan to respect its international obligations in the human rights field. Addressing the event via video, Ms Jolie hit at the Bashir administration for sentencing a Christian woman to hang for apostasy. “Khartoum should respect the fundamental right to freedom of religion, and to repeal its laws that ban people from converting their faith, as they are inconsistent with its 2005 Interim Constitution, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights” she urged. She also called on the international community to intensify diplomatic efforts to help create a single, unified, broadly inclusive peace process across the country, warning that Sudan’s silent suffering is getting worse. She further accused Khartoum of wresting control of natural resources and transferring national wealth to top-level regime officials. “They steal wealth then funds the Janjaweed, the internal security organs, and the Sudanese Air Force, and ensures that those brutal instruments of control are held by a small circle of ruling party officials” she claimed. The Sudanese authorities is yet to comment on Ms Jolie’s accusations. Her appeal comes in a time more than 300 international government ministers concluded a Global Summit in London to end sexual violence in the war zones. At the summit, Ms Jolie urged the international leaders to work together to eliminate sexual violence in war zones. In the past, Ms Jolie, visited refugees and IDPS camps in Darfur region. She is also a founder of the Satellite Sentinel Project created in 2011 by the American star George Clooney to facilitate forensic investigations on the Sudanese government violation in Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile states.