Zineb and Yahya Jammeh retained on new UK, US sanction lists
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Gambia Truth Commission: Darboe, the faithful silent agent of the NIA
9 February 2021By Mustapha K. Darboe, our correspondent in Banjul
With lot of expectations, a notorious member of a ‘Special Operations Unit’ involved in allegations of torture under Yahya Jammeh’s rule, appeared before the Gambian Truth Commission. Allegedly, Lamin Darboe arrested at least 115 people as an agent of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). But Darboe denied everything, while some of his colleagues confessed all, at the same time, in a continued series of hearings on the NIA.
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By Sujeeva Nivunhella in London
The British government sounded a stern warning to, what it termed “human rights violators in the world” by announcing travel bans and freezing of assets of 11 Russian, Venezuelan, Gambian and Pakistani politicians and officials, on December 10, which marked International Human Rights Day.
Announcing the sanctions, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said, “Today’s sanctions send a clear message to human rights violators that the UK will hold them to account.
“The UK and our allies are shining a light on the severe and systematic human rights violations perpetrated by those sanctioned today. Globally Britain will stand up for democracy, human rights and the rule of law as a force for good in the world.”
UK slaps travel ban, economic curbs on Rao Anwar
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December 12, 2020
LONDON: Britain has slapped travel ban and economic sanctions on former Karachi SSP Rao Anwar Ahmed Khan and 64 other individuals and three entities for being involved in gross human rights abuses including torture and murder including the killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud in 2018.
Speaking to The News and Geo here, a spokesman of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which issued the list, confirmed that Rao Anwar Ahmad Khan, former senior superintendent of police (SSP) of Malir District, Karachi, has been sanctioned.
Rao Anwar has been added to the damning list by the British government on suspicions of being behind 190 staged police encounters that led to more than 400 deaths in Karachi. The Foreign Office said Anwar and former president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, are facing sanctions for historic human rights violations including extrajudicial killings of protesters and minority groups. On the design
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