Last Updated: January 16, 2025
Kanyat
Aliases
مليشيا كانيات; Kaniyat; Kaniat; Kani Brigade; Al-Kaniyat; Al-Kani Militia; 9th Brigade; Tarhuna Brigade; Tarhuna 7th Brigade; 7th Brigade; Kaniyat Militia; Brigáda Kani; Milice Al-Kani; 9. Brigáda; Tarhunská brigáda; 7. Brigáda z Tarhuny; 7. Brigáda; Milice Kaniyat; Brigada Kani; Milicia Al-Kani; 9.a Brigada; Brigada de Tarhuna...
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Official reason
The Kaniyat Militia is a Libyan armed militia, which exercised control in the Libyan town of Tarhuna between 2015 and June 2020. Mass graves attributed to the Kaniyat Militia have been discovered in Tarhuna since June 2020, after the militia fled to eastern Libya. The Kaniyat Militia is responsible for serious human rights abuses, in particular ext...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2021-03-22)
Date of listing
2022-12-06
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses
Regime
EU-horizontal
Target State
Human Rights
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 (CFSP) 2020/1999
Official Information
On 9 December 2019, the Council welcomed the launch by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of preparatory work to establish a horizontal EU sanctions regime against serious human rights violations and abuses. On 17 November 2020, the Council approved conclusions on the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Demo...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02020D1999-20211213