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Abdul Qader AL-SHAMI
Aliases
Abdulqader AL-SHAMI; Abdelkader Kassim Ahmed AL SHAMI
Nationality
Yemen
DoB
1954-10-10
Address
Yemen
Official reason
Qader al-Shami (al-Shami) is a Houthi member and the former director of the PSO. Since late 2014, the PSO has been responsible for the regular practice of illegal detention and torture of prisoners, including children. PSO officials were found to have been keeping detainees in undisclosed locations, subjecting them to torture, and not allowing them...
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https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1208
Date of listing
2020-12-10
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 13818 - Global Magnitsky
Regime
OFAC-horizontal
Target State
Human Rights
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry
Sanctions Portfolio
• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/5441
Official Information
On December 23, 2016, the President signed the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Pub. L. 114-328, Title XII, Subtitle F) (the “Act”) into law. The Act authorized the President to impose targeted sanctions on any foreign person the President determines is, among other things, responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other ...
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