Guinea

1960-01-01

Person identified as responsible for the violent repression and events in Guinea on 28 September 2009 or the aftermath of that violent repression.

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

2020-12-31

UK

The Guinea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

UK country specific

Guinea

Asset freeze and making available provisions, Travel bans

• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are not made available to or for the benefit of designated persons, either directly or indirectly. • The effect of the Regulations is to impose a travel ban on persons who are designated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of being made subject to immigration sanctions under the Sanctions Act.

The Guinea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 came fully into force on 31 December 2020. They are intended to ensure that certain financial and immigration sanctions relating to Guinea continue to operate effectively. You should also review the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 and the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 to find out any amendments made to the Regulations. This sanctions regime is aimed at encouraging the government of Guinea to: investigate properly the violent repression in Guinea on 28th September 2009 and the aftermath of that violent repression hold to account and bring criminal proceedings against the persons responsible for that violent repression and its aftermath These regulations have replaced, with substantially the same effect, relevant existing EU legislation and related UK regulations.

Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 5 of the Regulations.