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Erken TUNIYAZ
Aliases
Erkin TUNIYAZ; Arkin TUNIYAZI; Aierken TUNIYAZI; Alken TUNIAZ
Nationality
China
DoB
Dec 1961
Address
Xinjiang, China
Official reason
Erken Tuniyaz (Tuniyaz) now serves as the acting Chairman of the XUAR and had served as the Vice Chairman of the XUAR since 2008. During their tenures, more than one million Uyghurs and members of other predominantly Muslim ethnic minority groups have been detained in Xinjiang. Zakir and Tuniyaz are designated pursuant to E.O. 13818 for being forei...
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https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0526
Date of listing
2021-12-10
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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