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Abdul Rahab JARFAN
Aliases
Abdulrabb Saleh Ahmed JARFAN; TAHA, Abu; Abdelrab GARAFAN; Abdul Rab Saleh Ahmed Hussain JARFAN
DoB
1979-02-04
Address
Ibb Governorate, Yemen
Official reason
Abdul Rahab Jarfan (Jarfan) is a Houthi member and the former Head of the NSB. Under Jarfan, the NSB systematically engaged in torture and abusive detention of Yemeni citizens. Jarfan and al-Marrani are designated pursuant to the Global Magnitsky E.O. for being foreign persons who are leaders or officials of an entity that has engaged in, or whose ...
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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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