WASHINGTON – New wave of sanctions from the United States, in collaboration with the United Kingdom and Canada. The US Treasury Department approved the measures for 15 people and 10 entities for violation of human rights. The countries involved are in particular China, Bangladesh, Russia, North Korea and Myanmar.
China, new “leaks” show that the squeeze on the Uighurs was planned by the leaders of the CCP
by our correspondent Gianluca Modolo
“On International Human Rights Day, the Treasury uses the tools at its disposal to expose and prosecute those perpetrating serious human rights abuses. Our actions today, particularly those conducted in partnership with the UK and Canada, send the message. that democracies around the world will act against those who abuse the power of the state to inflict suffering and repression “, declared the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo.
China and the Uighurs
The current interim president of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China, Early Tuniiasis, is, together with its predecessor Shohrat Zakir, among the personalities sanctioned for abuses against the Uyghur monority.
“During their administration, over one million Uighurs and members of other minority groups were arrested in Xinjiang. On July 9, 2020, the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau, a department that is part of the regional administration, was sanctioned for his role in serious human rights abuses in Xinjiang since at least 2016 “.
A Chinese company, SenseTime, has also been sanctioned for its activity in the technological surveillance sector: the company, the Treasury Department says, has developed facial recognition programs that can determine who belongs to a certain ethnic group.
Myanmar and repression against protesters
Sanctioned by the USA, UK and Canada, the chief minister of the Burmese region of Bago, Myo Swe Win. In Bago, the On 9 April, the armed forces killed at least 82 people in a single day as part of the crackdown on demonstrators protesting against the military coup of last February 1st. Other sanctions have also been launched against the heads of ministers of the state of Kayin, the region of Mandalay and the state of Kachin, respectively. Saw Myint Oo, Maung Ko e Khat Htein Nan.
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North Korea: Biden’s first sanctions on Kim Yong-un
These are the first sanctions that Washington imposes on North Korea under the president’s administration Joe Biden. The Treasury has blacklisted North Korea’s Central Prosecutor’s Office, along with the former Minister of Social Security, recently appointed Minister of the People’s Armed Forces, Ri Yong Gil.
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A Russian university that facilitates the export of workers from North Korea is also targeted. The Pyongyang regime has long sought to lift US and international punitive sanctions imposed on its weapons programs, and denounced US criticism of its human rights situation as instead calling it evidence of hostile policy towards it. The Biden administration has repeatedly called on North Korea to engage in dialogue about its nuclear and missile programs, without success.
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