Posts Tagged ‘sanction’

US To Sanction Entire IDF Battalion Over Alleged Human Rights Abuses

US To Sanction Entire IDF Battalion Over Alleged Human Rights Abuses Axios is reporting what marks an unexpected and unprecedented development in US-Israel relations: the Biden administration will in the coming days announce sanctions against an entire battalion of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Three US officials told the outlet that US Secretary of State Antony […]

U.S. to sanction Iran for drone strikes but refuses to sanction Israel for genocide

(NaturalNews) The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a trio of sanction bills against Iran following the country’s retaliatory attack on… Source Views: 0

EU Moves To Sanction ‘Extremist’ Israeli Settlers, Following Biden Administration

The European Union is moving toward imposing sanctions against “extremist” Israeli settlers who are caught waging attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. “I am in favor of sanctioning those involved in the attacks in the West Bank. They must be held accountable. This violence has nothing to do with the fight against Hamas […]

Human rights group wants U.S. to sanction notorious Israeli battalion with Leahy Law

The human rights group DAWN is calling for Leahy Law sanctions to be placed on the Israel’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion. Source Views: 0

EU Parliamentarian Calls to Sanction Vanessa Beeley and All Observers of Donbass Referendums

Global Research, September 30, 2022 By Max Blumenthal and Anya Parampil The Grayzone 29 September 2022 All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate This Article button below the author’s name. To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. […]

Brain Freeze: Joe Biden Says North Korea Joined with U.S. to Sanction Vladimir Putin

President Joe Biden mistakenly claimed Friday that North Korea joined the United States to sanction Russian President Vladimir Putin. Views: 0

EU Correctly asks to Sanction Belarus for Allowing Arab Army to Invade Poland but why not ask to Sanction Turkey also?

    European Union officials are backing Poland’s accusations that Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko is conducting a form of “hybrid warfare” in unleashing armies of Arabs on the Polish border into the EU and yes these EU officials are right to blame Belarus for this but why aren’t these officials demanding the same thing for […]

Australian Govt. Urged to Sanction Burma Military Leaders Immediately

The Australian government is facing renewed calls to place new sanctions on Burma’s (also known as Myanmar) military junta. An analysis (pdf) by the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for Australian non-government organisations, has criticised the government’s decision not to impose any new sanctions since the military coup in February, likening […]

Newsom may have to decide whether to sanction heroin injection sites

“The Democrats are the party of enablers right now — and at taxpayer expense,” Senate Republican Leader Scott Wilk, who called the sites “drug dens,” said in a statement Thursday after his chamber narrowly approved CA SB 57 (21R). FILE – In this Jan. 21, 2020, file photo, state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, speaks […]

Canada’s New Democratic Party passes motion to sanction Israel

At the New Democratic Party’s (NDP) convention last week, party members overwhelmingly passed a motion to sanction Israel. The policy book forthe center-left political party, which has existed in Canada since 1961, will now include a boycott of goods from illegal settlements and an arms embargo on the country. “The adoption of this policy today […]

EU set to sanction more Iranians for rights abuses, first since 2013, diplomats say

The European Union is set to agree to sanction several Iranian individuals on Wednesday for human rights abuses, the first such measures since 2013, three EU diplomats said, Reuters reported. EU envoys are expected to agree to impose travel bans and asset freezes on the individuals, the diplomats said, and their names would be published […]

U.S. And Allies Sanction Senior Chinese Officials Over Uighur Abuses

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union, Britain, Canada and the United States on Monday launched coordinated sanctions against officials in China over human rights abuses in the far western Xinjiang region, provoking swift retaliation from Beijing. The EU targeted four senior officials in Xinjiang. The sanctions involve a freeze on the officials’ assets and a ban on […]

‘Don’t give murderers a free pass’: Outrage as Biden refuses to sanction MBS

Activists and lawmakers say Saudi crown prince must face consequences after US intelligence report confirmed he was responsible for Khashoggi murder US intelligence assessment revealed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman authorised the assassination (AFP/File photo) By Ali Harb, Umar A Farooq in Washington Published date: 27 February 2021 00:06 UTC | The virtual ink on a US intelligence report blaming Mohammed […]

Sanction the Axis of Mercenary and Terrorist Evil: Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Georgia

Credit Asbarez.com Azerbaijan deployed thousands of mercenaries in last year’s 44-day war that it and Turkey waged against Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabagh and Armenia. Azerbaijan thereby flagrantly violated the UN’s International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries (UNMERC) which it signed in 1997. Forty-six countries have signed UNMERC including Belgium, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, New […]

Iranian PM Zarif Calls on Unconditional Lifting of All Sanction as US Retreats From Some Anti-Iran Steps

Zarif calls on unconditional lifting of all sanctions as US retreats from some anti-Iran steps Feb 19, 2021 11:36 UTC Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on the Joe Biden administration to unconditionally lift all sanctions imposed on Iran under former US president Donald Trump after the US retreated from some of Trump’s anti-Iran […]

Every single sanction an obstacle to reviving JCPOA

TEHRAN – With the Biden team gearing up to take the helm in the White House, opponents of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal do their utmost to undercut any U.S. plan to rejoin the nuclear deal and ensure that the current economic pressure on Iran would continue for the foreseeable future. After Joe Biden won […]

Turkey avoids EU sanction threat after agreeing to Greece talks

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Trump said preparing executive order to sanction any who break Iran arms embargo

US President Donald Trump is planning to sign an executive order authorizing him to enact sanctions against anyone who breaks an arms embargo on Iran which is set to expire in October, Reuters reported Friday, citing multiple sources with knowledge of the matter. The measure will allow Washington to bar access to US markets to […]

China To Sanction US Senators, NED And NGO Chiefs Over Hong Kong

Above photo: Florida Republican senator Marco Rubio is among those targeted. AFP. Move follows Washington’s decision to target Hong Kong and mainland officials over city’s national security law. Beijing says the sanctions will take place immediately but has not provided details of how they will work. China on Monday announced sanctions on a group of […]

Russian MP blasts US sanction threats against EU firms over Iran ties as blackmail

TASS– Threats by US administration representatives to impose sanctions against European companies for cooperation with Iran are nothing more than flagrant and unabashed blackmail, Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Foreign Affairs Leonid Slutsky said on Monday. Earlier, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused European countries of rejecting the US demand to revise […]

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