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 Re: خليل ابراهيم وعوض بن عوف في قائمة العقوبات الأمريكية (Re: ابوهريرة زين العابدين)
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Treasury Designation Targets Sudanese Government, Rebel Leader
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today blocked the assets of three
Sudanese individuals, including two high-ranking government officials
and a
rebel leader, for their roles in fomenting violence and human rights
abuses
in Darfur. The Treasury also acted today to sanction 30 Sudanese
companies
owned or controlled by the Government of Sudan, and one company that
has
violated the arms embargo in Darfur.
"Even in the face of sanctions, these individuals have continued to
play
direct roles in the terrible atrocities of Darfur," said Treasury
Secretary
Henry M. Paulson, Jr. "We are working to call attention to their
horrific
acts and further isolate them from the international community."
Ahmad Muhammed Harun, Sudan's State Minister for Humanitarian Affairs,
has
been accused of war crimes in Darfur by the International Criminal
Court in
the The Hague. Sudan's head of Military Intelligence and Security, Awad
Ibn
Auf, was also designated today, along with Khalil Ibrahim, leader of
the
Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), a rebel group that has refused to
sign
the Darfur Peace Agreement.
Harun and Auf are among Khartoum's senior leadership and have acted as
liaisons between the Sudanese government and the Government-supported
Janjaweed militias, which have attacked and brutalized innocent
civilians in
the region. The two individuals also have provided the Janjaweed with
logistical support and directed attacks. Hundreds of thousands of
people
have been killed and more than 2.5 million people have been displaced
by
violence and war since 2003. Previously, Harun served as State Minister
for
the Interior, and played a central role in coordinating and planning
military operations in Darfur between 2003 and 2005. In the 1990s he
was
responsible for massacres in the Nuba Mountains and was nicknamed "the
Butcher of Nuba."
Fighting between the Government of Sudan, the Janjaweed, and splintered
rebel groups has continued unabated in Sudan, despite the signing of
the
African Union-brokered Darfur Peace Agreement in May 2006. The
Government of
Sudan and the largest rebel group, the Sudan Liberation Movement,
signed the
agreement, but other rebel groups, including the JEM, declined to do
so. The
JEM is responsible for violence and suffering in Darfur and Khalil
Ibrahim,
as leader of the JEM, is personally responsible for rebel activity
aimed at
further destabilizing the situation on the ground.
Today's action brings to seven the number of Sudanese individuals for
whom
access to the U.S. financial system is prohibited under Executive Order
13400, which targets perpetrators of human rights abuses in Darfur in
western Sudan. Azza Air Transport Company has also been sanctioned
under
Executive Order 13400 for transferring small arms, ammunition and
artillery
to Sudanese government forces and Janjaweed militia in Darfur.
An additional 30 companies have been designated today pursuant to
Executive
Orders 13067 and 13412 because they are owned or controlled by the
Government of Sudan. These orders permit the imposition of economic
sanctions on the Sudanese government for its continued support for
international terrorism, ongoing efforts to destabilize neighboring
governments, and human rights violations – in particular with respect
to the
conflict in Darfur. The United States first imposed sanctions on the
Government of Sudan in 1997.
"These companies have supplied cash to the Bashir regime, enabling it
to
purchase arms and further fuel the fighting in Darfur," added Paulson.
"By
denying these companies access to the U.S. and international financial
system, we will make it harder for the Government of Sudan to pursue
its
deadly agenda."
Among the companies designated in today's action are GIAD Industrial
City,
which has supplied armored vehicles to the Sudanese government for
military
operations in Darfur; Sudatel, the national telecommunications company;
and
five firms in the petrochemical sector, including Advanced Petroleum
Company, RAM Energy Company, Bashaier, Hi-Tech Petroleum Group, and
Hi-Tech
Chemicals.
As a result of Treasury's designations, any assets these individuals
and
entities may have that are within U.S. jurisdiction must be frozen, and
U.S.
persons are prohibited from transacting or doing business with them.
The United States, the single largest international donor of
humanitarian
assistance to Sudan, has called for an end to the fighting in Darfur
and for
those responsible for crimes and atrocities to be brought to justice.
In
particular, the United States, along with the international community,
is
concerned about recent attacks on humanitarian workers in Darfur.
The United States continues to push for a peaceful political solution
that
will end the violence in Darfur and allow refugees and displaced
persons to
return to their homes.
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ابوهريرة زين العابدين
فيس بوك
تويتر
انستقرام
يوتيوب
بنتيريست