Reuters, Washington :
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on 52 people and entities for alleged human rights violations and corruption, including Myanmar military officer Maung Maung Soe, who oversaw a brutal crackdown against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
The U.S. Treasury Department said the United States had “examined credible evidence of Maung Maung Soe’s activities, including allegations against Burmese security forces of extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and arbitrary arrest as well as the widespread burning of villages.”
Others hit with sanctions included Benjamin Bol Mel, who has served as an adviser to South Sudan President Salva Kiir, and former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh, the department said.
The sanctions filed under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act showed the United States was “taking a strong stand against human rights abuse and corruption globally by shutting these bad actors out of the U.S. financial system,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in the statement.
The move freezes any assets the sanctioned individuals and entities may hold under U.S. jurisdiction and blocks Americans from dealing with them.
Among others targeted were Gulnara Karimova, the daughter Of former Uzbekistan leader Islam Karimov, citing “corrupt activities,” the statement said.
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on 52 people and entities for alleged human rights violations and corruption, including Myanmar military officer Maung Maung Soe, who oversaw a brutal crackdown against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
The U.S. Treasury Department said the United States had “examined credible evidence of Maung Maung Soe’s activities, including allegations against Burmese security forces of extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and arbitrary arrest as well as the widespread burning of villages.”
Others hit with sanctions included Benjamin Bol Mel, who has served as an adviser to South Sudan President Salva Kiir, and former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh, the department said.
The sanctions filed under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act showed the United States was “taking a strong stand against human rights abuse and corruption globally by shutting these bad actors out of the U.S. financial system,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in the statement.
The move freezes any assets the sanctioned individuals and entities may hold under U.S. jurisdiction and blocks Americans from dealing with them.
Among others targeted were Gulnara Karimova, the daughter Of former Uzbekistan leader Islam Karimov, citing “corrupt activities,” the statement said.
