Last Updated: November 26, 2023
Aliases
Сергей Николаевич ХОМЕНКО; Сяргей Мікалаевіч ХАМЕНКА; Siarhei Mikalaevich KHAMENKA; Sergej Nikolajevitj CHOMENKO; Siarhej Mikalajevitj CHAMENKA
Position
Former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Major-General of Militia (police force); Minister of Justice
DoB
1966-09-21
Linked to
Official reason
In his former leadership position as Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA), he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by MoIA forces in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2020-10-02)
Date of listing
2022-02-25
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine
Regime
EU country specific
Target State
Belarus
Measures
Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission
Sanctions Portfolio
- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. - Member States shall enforce travel restrictions on persons listed in the Annex of Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP.
Official Information
The Council of the EU first adopted restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus on 24 September 2004. Targeted measures were imposed against persons who are considered by the Pourgourides Report to be key actors in the unresolved disappearances of four well-known persons in Belarus in 1999-2000. Additional listings were introduced fol...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02012D0642-20220604