US designates 17 officials worldwide for human rights abuses

Yesterday (10 December, International Human Rights Day), the OFAC listed officials of Haiti, Russia and Yemen accused of being responsible for, complicit in, or having engaged in serious human rights violations  E.O. 13818 (Magnitsky sanctions). The State Dept issued a press release saying that over the 9th and 10th of December (International Anti-corruption Day and International Human Rights Day), the US …