The UK announced on Monday new economic sanctions targeting individuals and organizations in Saudi Arabia, Russia, Myanmar, and North Korea. Britain has previously imposed sanctions as part of the European Union and the UN, but this is the first time the UK has done so independently after the country formally left the EU earlier this year.
The sanctions are modeled after the US Magnitsky Act, which gives Washington the power to freeze economic assets of individuals and groups it accuses of violating human rights.
The sanctions target 25 Russian nationals allegedly involved in the death of Sergei Magnitsky, a tax lawyer who died in a Russian prison in 2009. Twenty Saudi officials accused of being involved in the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi are also targeted by the new sanctions, along with two high-ranking Myanmar military officials accused of systematic violence and brutality against Rohingya Muslims, and two North Korean companies accused of running prison camps.
“You cannot set foot in this country, and we will seize your blood-drenched ill-gotten gains if you try,” UK Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said when he announced the sanctions. “This is a demonstration of Global Britain’s commitment to acting as a force for good in the world.”
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised the UK for implementing the new sanctions. “The UK Global Human Rights sanctions regime will give the UK a powerful new economic tool to promote accountability for human rights abuse on a global scale. The UK’s new powers will complement the efforts of the United States and Canada, further enhancing our ability to act together,” Pompeo said in a statement.
“You cannot set foot in this country, and we will seize your blood-drenched ill-gotten gains if you try,”
I;m sure that is aimed at the Israelis.
I guess the target practice the IDF does with Gazans doesn’t qualify. Sanctions themselves are violation of human rights since their intended target doesn’t suffer while the innocents do. And of course the sadistic prick Pompeo welcomes fellow sick bastards into the fold.
about time. we need to ratchet up the sanctions that are already in place along with implementing new ones.
I thought you were from the US?
along with the UK’s sanctions and ours should be enough to keep them being third world countries. much easier to control that way.
Do you crave control! Not enough for you to have Palestinians to kick around and rejoice watching them suffer? No, no! You have bigger dreams!
not true. i’ve been searching for a new spot for them but there are too many of them. i erroneously thought the population was 450k when it is ten times that. no wonder the tamimi’s fled.
What is a country for a globalist? Just a convenient place to suck out dry anything producing value and use anybody for global agenda.
I was just waiting for the Raab dude to show his colors. Britain will regret having Johnson ride the mood of angry electorate to come to power.
How about sanctioning the US, UK, Israel, France and NAT0 for crimes against humanity and war crimes.
The problem with this “sanctions” is in targeting prosecutors and judges. Not rich people. The idea is cleat — keep judiciary of other countries subject to UK or US judgment.
This is getting bizarre. No facts of Magnitsky case are known to UK or US public — yet it became a symbol of righteous sanctions! And to top it off — Kashoggi case is definitely not clear. I am sure it is clear to Saudis — qui bono? The plot to undermine MBS by the toppled Crown Prince MBN. Who having plotted with US a coup in March got ensnared by intelligence by many countries that provided info to Saudis. Now — the best Crown Prince money can buy (or blackmail). is sitting in jail.
UK and US invested so much in the man — it must really hurt. No more money for Islamists, now money for ISIS must come from debt-ridden US/UK duo.
Pathetic — and a huge overreach.