Crushing dissent: The Saudi kill team behind Jamal Khashoggi’s death
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Crushing dissent: The Saudi kill team behind Jamal Khashoggi’s death
Mark Mazzetti / NYT News Service / Updated: Feb 28, 2021, 20:06 IST
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WASHINGTON Seven Saudis involved in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi belonged to an elite unit charged with protecting crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to a declassified report on the assassination released Friday.
The New York Times has linked the group to a brutal campaign to crush dissent inside the kingdom and abroad, citing interviews with US officials who have read classified intelligence reports about the campaign.
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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
UK slaps sanctions on former SSP Rao Anwar
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The British government imposes a travel ban on Rao Anwar
The British government also orders the freezing of Anwar s assets
The United States had already slapped sanctions on him last year for massive human rights violations
LONDON: The British government on Thursday decided to impose a travel restriction on Former Malir SSP Rao Anwar for human rights abuses.
The British government also ordered the freezing of Rao Anwar assets.
Speaking to Geo News, a spokesman of UK s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which issued the list, confirmed that “Anwar Ahmad Khan: Former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in Malir District, Karachi” has been sanctioned.