All Party Group on Magnitsky Sanctions

Cross-party group of MPs and Peers working in the UK Parliament on human rights (Magnitsky) sanctions.

[All Party Group on Magnitsky Sanctions @UKMagnitsky]

"It has not only undermined the potential effectiveness of the US sanctions, but also led to the UK being potentially complicit in the human rights abuses taking place."

[All Party Group on Magnitsky Sanctions @UKMagnitsky]

While today's announcement is an important step forward, there is still much more work to be done. Yesterday, @RhonddaBryant highlighted @AlJazeera's reporting on the UK's failure to join the US in sanctioning the Rapid Action Battalion in Bangladesh.

[All Party Group on Magnitsky Sanctions @UKMagnitsky]

"This case just demonstrates the significant consequences of the UK failing to act in response to such egregious human rights abuses, and failing to coordinate, or ‘multilateralise’ its sanctions."

[All Party Group on Magnitsky Sanctions @UKMagnitsky]

As @RhonddaBryant highlighted, after the US imposed sanctions on the Rapid Action Battalion, a number of its high-ranking officials travelled to the UK for training, including on mass surveillance technology.

[All Party Group on Magnitsky Sanctions @UKMagnitsky]

The APPG on Magnitsky Sanctions welcomes the @FCDOGovUK's announcement of sanctions on 30 perpetrators of corruption and human rights abuses to mark #AntiCorruptionDay & #IntHRDAY.

https://t.co/cQkvnqsHO1

[James Cleverly🇬🇧 @JamesCleverly]

Action, not words, is what is needed.

The UK has just sanctioned 30 individuals from 11 different countries - our widest ever package of sanctions.

From 10 Iranian officials to 6 perpetrators of conflict-related sexual violence, we're holding human rights violators to account.

[Matthew Turner @MatthewCTurner]

Great stuff @RhonddaBryant. The RAB has committed terrible crimes and abuses in #Bangladesh and there’s no doubt if this Gov was serious about #magnitsky sanctions the RAB / its leadership would be on the list. @LabourCHR #sanctions #humanrights

[Jan Kooy @KooyJan]

New UN report: Xi Jinping regime has committed abuses that may amount to crimes against humanity in Xinjiang.

Next:

- Full investigation by UN Human Right Council

- Sanctions against key officials

- Bans on forced labor products

- Full accountability

https://t.co/mcVNobpZWd

[Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) @ipacglobal]

#IPAC statement on new evidence of abuses by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

#IPAC calls for trade sanctions against the #XPCC and its corporate holdings, and for #Magnitsky sanctions against XPCC and PRC officials responsible for abuses in the Uyghur Region.

[All Party Group on Magnitsky Sanctions @UKMagnitsky]

📢 Following our debate on #Magnitsky #sanctions last week and @RhonddaBryant highlighting the case of @vkaramurza, the UK has sanctioned Russian Minister of Justice Chuychenko and Deputy Minister of Justice Sviridenko for their suppression of opponents of the war in Ukraine.

[All Party Group on Magnitsky Sanctions @UKMagnitsky]

The APPG on #Magnitsky #Sanctions will hold the Government to account. We will continue to encourage the FCDO to use #Magnitsky #sanctions to respond to the most egregious cases of human rights abuses and corruption worldwide.

[All Party Group on Magnitsky Sanctions @UKMagnitsky]

@SDoughtyMP also drew attention to Nigeria, calling for UK sanctions in response to the Lekki toll gate massacre in October 2020.

[All Party Group on Magnitsky Sanctions @UKMagnitsky]

@RhonddaBryant: "I know the FCDO has received detailed evidence on the following individuals responsible for such persecution: Andrey Yurievich Lipov, Konstantin Anatolyevich Chuychenko, and Oleg Mikhailovich Sviridenko.

[All Party Group on Magnitsky Sanctions @UKMagnitsky]

@RhonddaBryant highlighted the case of @vkaramurza, "one of the bravest people I've ever met" and one of thousands of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience detained in Russia.

[All Party Group on Magnitsky Sanctions @UKMagnitsky]

@RhonddaBryant

[All Party Group on Magnitsky Sanctions @UKMagnitsky]

Speaking about state hostage taking in Iran, @RhonddaBryant identified Ameneh Sadat Zabihpour and Hossein Taeb.

[All Party Group on Magnitsky Sanctions @UKMagnitsky]

@MPIainDS calls on the UK Government to commit, at minimum, to do all the sanctioning that the US Government has done immediately: “They have the evidence. We have the ability to do it.”

[All Party Group on Magnitsky Sanctions @UKMagnitsky]

In relation to Nicaragua, @MPlainDS draws attention to Sadrach Zeledon Rocha, mayor of the city of Matagalpa, who has also been sanctioned by the US.

[All Party Group on Magnitsky Sanctions @UKMagnitsky]

On individuals to be sanctioned, @MPIainDS re-iterated the need for #Magnitsky sanctions on Chen Quanguo and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, among others. #China

[All Party Group on Magnitsky Sanctions @UKMagnitsky]

Discussing #Sudan, @MPlainDS welcomes @trussliz commitment to "looking into" the UK mirroring US sanctions on the Central Reserve Police, calling for such commitment to “yield the force of the UK sanction regime.”