Tag: Sanctions
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Australia Imposes Sanctions on Taliban Officials
SYDNEY: Australia imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on four officials in Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Saturday over what it said was a deteriorating human rights situation in the country, especially for women and girls. Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the officials were involved “in the oppression of women and girls and in undermining…
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India and U.S. Push for Stricter Sanctions on LeT, JeM, and Their Supporters
India and the U.S. deliberated on boosting cooperation to combat terrorism at a meeting of their joint working group on counter terrorism as well as during deliberations at ‘designations dialogue. File. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar India and the U.S. have sought additional punitive measures like asset freeze and arms embargo by the UN…
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UK Sanctions British Sikh Businessman and Group for Supporting Pro-Khalistan Terrorism in India
The UK government has announced sanctions against a British Sikh businessman and a group associated with him in the first use of the country’s ‘Domestic Counter-Terrorism Regime’ to disrupt funding for the pro-Khalistan militant group Babbar Khalsa. Gurpreet Singh Rehal, linked with the Panjab Warriors sports investment firm, faces an asset freeze and director disqualification…