Dominic Rennie Raab, a British politician serving as First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs has announced the names of the 49 human rights abusers banned from Britain with their UK cash and assets frozen.
The move to sanction 20 senior Saudis is likely to cause tensions between London and Riyadh and will also raise further questions over the role of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the killing of Mr Khashoggi. Six of the members of the alleged hit squad sent to Turkey are listed as having ‘worked in the office of the crown prince’, being ‘an adviser to the crown prince’, having ‘worked with the crown prince’s adviser’ or being a ‘security official for the crown prince’.
Mr Raab told MPs the UK’s first sanctions for human rights abuses will cover those involved in the deaths of the Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, as well as Mr Khashoggi, the systemic killings of the Rohingya population in Myanmar and the North Korean gulags.
The sanctions will enable ministers to impose travel bans and to freeze the assets of both state officials and non-state actors.
Russia threatened to retaliate after Britain sanctioned officials including Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the powerful Investigative Committee which reports directly to President Vladimir Putin.
Below are the names of the banned human rights abusers:
1. Dmitry Borisovich Kratov
Chief medical officer/deputy head – Butyrka Prison
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Kratov, who was the chief medical officer and deputy head of Butyrka Prison where Magnitsky was detained until shortly before his death on 16 November 2009, was responsible for the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky, including by failing to ensure the proper administration of medical care, which contributed significantly to his death.
2. Aleksey Vasilyevich Anichin
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Anichin, as a deputy Minister in the Russian Interior Ministry and the head of the Investigative Committee, was involved in the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky whilst in detention, which contributed significantly to his death on 16 November 2009. Anichin oversaw a ‘team’ of investigators who failed to investigate complaints made by Magnitsky about his mistreatment and concealed evidence of Magnitsky’s deteriorating medical condition.
3. Primary Name: Oleg F. Silchenko
Investigator in the Investigative Committee
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK
Silchenko was an investigator in the Investigative Committee of the Russian Interior Ministry and was directly involved in the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky whilst in detention, which contributed significantly to his death on 16 November 2009. Silchenko made six applications to extend Magnitsky’s detention period (despite his deteriorating medical condition), refused Magnitsky access to his family and engaged in the oppressive questioning and other mistreatment of Magnitsky to pressurise him to retract his allegations of corruption against Interior Ministry officials.
4. Gennady Vyacheslavovich Karlov
Head of Department of Ownership and Financial Crimes in the Investigative Committee of the Russian Interior Ministry
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban the UK
Karlov, as the Head of the Department of Ownership and Financial Crimes in the Investigative Committee of the Russian Ministry of Interior, was involved in the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky whilst in detention, which contributed significantly to his death. Karlov was part of a ‘team’ of investigators who failed to investigate complaints made by Magnitsky about his mistreatment and approved actions to conceal evidence relating to subordinates who were directly involved in that conduct.
5. Natalya Vinogradova
Deputy Head of Department of Ownership and Financial Crimes in the Investigative Committee in Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs
Vinogradova, as the Deputy Head of the Ownership and Financial Crimes Department in the Investigative Committee of the Russian Interior Ministry, was involved in the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky, which contributed significantly to his death on 16 November 2009. Vinogradova was part of a ‘team’ of investigators, who failed to investigate complaints made by Magnitsky about his mistreatment and provided support to subordinates who were directly involved in that conduct.
6. Fikret Tagiyev
Head of Matrosskaya Tishina Detention Facility
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK
Tagiyev was the head of the Matrosskaya Tishina detention centre where Sergei Magnitsky died on 16 November 2009. He was responsible for the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky whilst in detention, which contributed significantly to his death including by failing to ensure the provision of adequate medical treatment, ordering the handcuffing and beating of Magnitsky shortly before his death and denying, or failing to provide, timely access for emergency services to provide treatment. Tagiyev was also involved in the concealment of evidence regarding the circumstances relating to Magnitsky’s death.
7. Alexandra Viktorovna Gauss
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Gauss was a doctor at Matrosskaya Tishina detention centre where Sergei Magnitsky was detained during the final hours of his life on 16 November 2009. She failed to provide or ensure the proper administration of medical care which contributed to his death; she also facilitated the mistreatment of Magnitsky after his transfer to Matrosskaya Tishina, including beating by a security team.
8. Dmitriy Komnov
A former head of Butyrka Detention Centre
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban the UK
Lieutenant Colonel Dmitriy Komnov was the head of Butyrka detention centre where Sergei Magnitsky was detained between 25 July and 16 November 2009. He was responsible for Magnitsky’s mistreatment in detention including poor conditions of detention and the denial of, or failure to provide, adequate medical care, which contributed significantly to his death. Komnov was also involved in concealing evidence of that mistreatment, including providing false or misleading information to the Public Oversight Commission for Human Rights Observance in Moscow Detention Centres.
9.Ivan Pavlovitch Prokopenko
Head of Russian Penitentiary Service at Matrosskaya Tishina Detention Facility
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK
Prokopenko was the Head of the Russian Penitentiary Service (FSIN) at Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention centre where Magnitsky was detained from 28 November 2008 to 25 July 2009. The FSIN is a federal law enforcement body responsible for the supervision of sentences. Heading the FSIN service at Matrosskaya Tishina, Prokopenko was responsible for the supervision of Magnitsky’s sentence. In this role, Prokopenko facilitated the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky by transferring him from Matrosskaya Tishina detention centre to Butyrka Prison, ignoring Magnitsky’s medical needs which could have been provided for at Matrosskaya Tishina, and depriving Magnitsky of important medical care. This unreasonably put Magnitsky’s life in danger and contributed to his death.
10. Larisa Anatolievna Litvinova
Medical Officer – Butyrka Prison
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Litvinova was head of the therapeutic ward at Butyrka Prison where Sergei Magnitsky was detained between 25 July and 16 November 2009. She was involved in the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky by failing to ensure the proper administration of medical care to him during this period causing him considerable suffering and contributing significantly to his death.
11. Alexander Ivanovich Bastrykin
Head of the Investigative Committee of Russia
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Went to university with Vladimir Putin. Alexander Ivanovich Bastrykin was appointed First Deputy Prosecutor General and Head of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor’s Office on 22 June 2007; he continued as Chairman of the Investigative Committee after it became an independent body in January 2011. In this role, Bastrykin was responsible for the investigation of the mistreatment and death of Sergei Magnitsky in detention and intentionally or recklessly failed to fulfil that responsibility.
12. Boris Borisovich Kibis
Investigator in Russia’s Ministry of the Interior
Kibis was an investigator at the Russian Interior Ministry in 2012, at the time of the posthumous trial of Sergei Magnitsky. In this role, he concealed evidence relating to the mistreatment of Magnitsky, which contributed significantly to his death on 16 November 2009, by supporting the actions of his predecessor Oleg Silchenko and the ‘team’ of investigators who were involved in that conduct.
13. Oleg Logunov
Former Deputy Head of the Investigative Committee, Russian Ministry of the Interior
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK Statement of Reasons: Oleg Logunov, as the Deputy Head of the Investigate Committee of the Russian Interior Ministry, was involved in the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky, which contributed significantly to his death on 16 November 2009. Lugunov was part of a ‘team’ of investigators who failed to investigate complaints made by Magnitsky about his mistreatment and provided support to subordinates who were directly involved in that conduct.
14. Andrei Alexandrovich Strizhov
Investigator of the Investigation Committee until 2017 and then Acting Head of Investigations on Moscow’s Investigative Committee
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Andrei Alexandrovich Strizhov, as the acting Head of the Investigative Committee in the Russian Ministry of the Interior after the death of Sergei Magnitsky on 16 November 2009, failed to properly investigate his mistreatment in detention, which contributed significantly to his death and concealed evidence in relation to that conduct.
15. Elena Anatolievna Trikuyla
Investigator in the Russian Investigative Committee
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Elena Anatolievna Trikulya, as an investigator for the Investigative Committee in the Russian Ministry of the Interior after the death of Sergei Magnitsky on 16 November 2009, failed to properly investigate those responsible for his mistreatment in detention, which contributed significantly to his death and concealed evidence in relation to that conduct.
16. Victor Yakovlevich Grin
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Victor Yakovlevich Grin was Deputy General Prosecutor of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation. In that role, he was responsible for overseeing the case of Sergei Magnitsky during his detention, as well as responsible for investigating the claims of mistreatment of Magnitsky and his subsequent death on 16 November 2009. He intentionally or recklessly failed to fulfil that responsibility, including by issuing conclusions stating that there had been no violation of law by Interior Ministry investigators whilst Magnitsky was in detention which was then used to justify not prosecuting those alleged to be responsible for his mistreatment and death.
17. Primary Name: Andrey Ivanovich Pechegin
Deputy Division Head in Prosecutor’s Office
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Andrey Pechegin was Deputy Head of the Division of Supervision of Investigations of the Prosecutor’s Office and he was responsible for the investigation of complaints about the ill-treatment of Sergei Magnitsky in detention. The evidence suggests that Pechegin intentionally or recklessly failed to fulfil that responsibility in that he ignored and denied complaints about the ill-treatment of Magnitsky.
18. Andrei Alexandrovich Krechetov
Officer in the Tax Crimes Department of the Moscow Directorate of the Interior Ministry
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Andrei Aleksandrovich Krechetov was an officer in the Tax Crimes Department in the Moscow directorate of the Interior Ministry and was involved in the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky whilst in detention, which contributed significantly to his death. Krechetov was part of the ‘team’ of investigators, led by Artem Kuznetsov, the Deputy Head of the Tax Crimes Department, who were allegedly involved in the initial fraud exposed by Sergei Magnitsky and who falsified evidence to justify his arrest and detention. As part of this investigation team, Andrei Krechetov facilitated the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky in custody which was designed to force Magnitsky to retract his earlier testimony.
19. Dmitri Tolchinsky
An employee of the Office for Combating Tax Crimes of the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate (Interior Ministry)
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Dmitri Tolchinskiy was an officer in the Tax Crimes Department in the Moscow directorate of the Interior Ministry and was involved in the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky whilst in detention, which contributed significantly to his death. Tolchinskiy was part of the ‘team’ of investigators, led by Artem Kuznetsov, the Deputy Head of the Tax Crimes Department, who were alleged to be involved in the initial fraud exposed by Sergei Magnitsky and who falsified evidence to justify his arrest and detention. As part of this investigation team, Dmitri Tolchinskiy facilitated the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky in custody which was designed to force Magnitsky to retract his earlier testimony.
20. Aleksei Droganov
An operative of Tax Crimes Department in the Moscow directorate of the Interior Ministry
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK Statement of Reasons: Aleksei Droganov was an officer in the Tax Crimes Department in the Moscow directorate of the Interior Ministry and was involved in the detention and mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky, which contributed significantly to his death. Droganov was part of the ‘team’ of investigators, led by Artem Kuznetsov, the Deputy Head of the Tax Crimes Department, who were allegedly involved in the initial fraud exposed by Sergei Magnitsky and who falsified evidence to justify his arrest and detention. As part of this investigation team, Aleksei Droganov facilitated the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky whilst in detention which was designed to force Magnitsky to retract his earlier testimony.
21. Sergei Podoprigorov
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK
Sergei Podoprigorov was a judge at Moscow’s Tverskoi district court. He made two rulings in relation to Sergei Magnitsky: in November 2008 to approve Magnitsky’s arrest and in March 2009 to prolong his detention. In this capacity, Podoprigorov authorised Magnitsky’s detention, prolonging his detention without trial without subjecting to challenge the evidence originally provided to justify Magnitsky’s detention or exploring other factors relevant to the decision. Podoprigorov, therefore, facilitated the mistreatment and death of Magnitsky by authorising the extension of his detention.
22. Yelena Stashina
Former Judge at Tverskoi District Court
Stashina, as a Judge at Moscow’s Tverskoi District Court, was involved in decisions to extend the detention of Sergei Magnitsky, and in particular on 12 November 2009, four days before his death. In this capacity, Stashina facilitated the mistreatment/denial of medical care to Sergei Magnitsky which contributed significantly to his death.
23. Pavel lAPSHOV
Head of the Organised Crime and Corruption Directorate in the Investigative Committee in the Ministry of the Interior in Russia
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Lapshov was the Head of the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in December 2011 after Sergei Magnitsky’s death in detention on 16 November 2009. In this role, Lapshov was responsible for the investigation into the mistreatment and death of Sergei Magnitsky in detention and intentionally or recklessly failed to fulfil that responsibility, in particular by concealing evidence of the circumstances surrounding his death.
24. Aleksey Krivoruchko
Judge at Tverskoi District Court
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Krivoruchko, as a Judge at Moscow’s Tverskoi District Court, was involved in decisions to extend the detention of Sergei Magnitsky, and in particular on 14 September 2009, shortly before his death. In this capacity, Krivoruchko facilitated the mistreatment/denial of medical care to Sergei Magnitsky, which contributed significantly to his death.
25. Svetlana Ukhnalyova
The judge at Moscow’s Tverskoi district court
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK
Svetlana Ukhnalyova, as a Judge at Moscow’s Tverskoi District Court, was involved in decisions to extend the detention of Sergei Magnitsky, and in particular on 15 June 2009. In this capacity, Ukhnalyova facilitated the mistreatment/denial of medical care to Sergei Magnitsky which contributed significantly to his death on 16 November 2009.
26. Fahad Shabib A. Al Balawi
Member of the Royal Guard
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK
Shabib A. Albalawi was a Royal Guard in Saudi Arabia. He was directly involved in carrying out the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, as part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities.
27. Primary Name: Thaar Ghaleb T. Alharbi
Lieutenant
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Thaar Ghaleb T. Alharbi held the rank of Lieutenant, though it is not clear in which part of the Saudi forces this was and his official role is not clear. He was present during the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018 and played an active part in the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities.
28. Mansour Othman M Abahussain
Major General, Intelligence Officer. Worked in the Office of the Crown Prince.
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK Statement of Reasons: Mansour Othman M Abahussain held the position of Major General and worked in the office of the Crown Prince. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, as part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities. He was involved in the concealment of evidence at the Saudi Consul General’s residence following the killing.
29 Naif Hassan S. Alarifi
First Lieutenant, External Intelligence, worked in the Office of the Crown Prince.
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK
Naif Hassan S Alarifi held the position of First Lieutenant, External Intelligence, and worked in the Office of the Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, as part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities. In particular, he was involved in the concealment of evidence at the Saudi Consul General’s residence following the killing.
30. Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Hawsawi
Former security official for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Hawsawi was a security official for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, as part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities. He was involved in the concealment of evidence at the Saudi Consul General’s residence following the killing.
31. Mustafa Mohammed Al Madani
Brigadier General, Intelligence Officer employed at the Royal Palace
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK
Mustafa Mohammed Al Madani held the position of Brigadier General and Intelligence Officer in Saudi Arabia. He was present during the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, and played an active part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities, including through the concealment of evidence relating to the killing.
32 Waleed Abdullah M. Al Sehri
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK
Waleed Abdullah M. Alsehri held the positions of Royal Guard and Major in Saudi Arabia. He was directly involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, as part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities.
33. Salah Muhammed Tubaigy
Head of Forensics- Ministry of Interior.
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Dr Salah Muhammed Tubaigy held the position of Forensic doctor with the Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia and Professor in the Department of Criminal Evidence at Naif Arab University. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018 as part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities. Dr Tubaigy was present at the time of Jamal Khashoggi’s death and held a direct role in Jamal Khashoggi’s killing and in the concealment of evidence relating to his death.
34. Turki Muserref M. Al Sehri
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Turki Muserref M. Alsehri was an Intelligence Officer in Saudi Arabia. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi on the 2 October 2018 as part of the 15 man team sent to Istanbul, Turkey, by Saudi authorities.
35. Khalid Aedh G. Al Otaibi
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK
Khalid Aedh G Alotaibi was a Royal Guard in Saudi Arabia. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, as part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities. He was involved in the concealment of evidence at the Saudi General Consul’s residence following the killing.
36. Meshal Saad Al Bostani
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Meshal Saad Al Bostani was First Lieutenant in the Saudi Air Force. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, as part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities. He was involved in the concealment of evidence at the Saudi General Consul’s residence following the killing.
37. Mohammad Al Otaibi
Consul General in the Saudi Arabia Consulate, Istanbul
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Mohammad Al-Otaibi was the Saudi Consul General in Istanbul. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi, in particular in facilitating the killing and in the concealment of evidence.
38. Saif Saad Q. Al Qahtani
Training Officer, Saudi Air Force
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK
Saif Saad Q. Alqahtani was a training officer in the Saudi Air Force who worked in the Office of the Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia. He was in the Consulate during the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, and played an active part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities, including through the concealment of evidence relating to the killing.
39 Ahmed Abdullah Al Muzaini
Military Attaché
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK
Ahmad Abdullah Al Muzaini held the position of Military Attaché at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. He was a senior official who facilitated the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on 2 October 2018.
40. Primary Name: Badr Lafi M Al Otaibi
Major, External Intelligence
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Badr Lafi M Al Otaibi held the rank of Major and was involved in External Intelligence in Saudi Arabia. He was part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities and was present during the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018.
41. Mohammad Saad H. Al Zahrani
Intelligence Officer
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Mohammad Saad H. Alzahrani held the position of Intelligence Officer in Saudi Arabia. He was present during the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018 and played an active part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities, including through the concealment of evidence relating to the killing.
42. Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb
Intelligence Officer
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Assigned to Saudi Embassy in London in 2007. Worked with Saud Alqahtani, the Crown Prince’s advisor. Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb held the position of Intelligence Officer in Saudi Arabia. He was directly involved in carrying out the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, as part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities.
43. Ahmad Hassan Mohammed Al Asiri
Deputy Head of Saudi Intelligence Services
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Ahmad Hassan Mohammed Al Asiri held the position of Deputy Head of the Saudi Intelligence services (General Intelligence Presidency, GIP) in Saudi Arabia. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi. He was a senior official involved in commissioning the 15 man team sent to Turkey to kill Jamal Khashoggi.
44.Saud Abdullah Al Qahtani
Former Advisor to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Royal Advisor
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK
Saud Al Qahtani held the position of advisor to the Crown Prince in the royal court. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on 2 October 2018. He was a senior official who planned and directed the killing using a 15 man team.
45. Primary Name: Mufleh Al Musleh
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Mufleh Al Musleh was a member of staff in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, in that he provided support to the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities.
46. Min Aung Lang
Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw)
e Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing is Commander in Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). In this role, he was responsible for military operations carried out in Rakhine State in 2017 and in 2019 and is responsible for atrocities and serious human rights violations committed against the Rohingya population in Rakhine state by the Tatmadaw. These include unlawful killings, including through systematic burning of Rohingya houses and buildings, massacre, torture, forced labour, systematic rape and other forms of targeted sexual violence, and enforced labour.
47. Soe Win
Second in Command of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw)
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban
Vice Senior General Soe Win, as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) and Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Army, had responsibility for the Tatmadaw troops who carried out serious human rights violations against the Rohingya population in Rakhine State in 2017 and 2019 including unlawful killings, torture, forced labour, systematic rape and other forms of targeted sexual violence. As Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Tatmadaw and Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Soe Win also has responsibility for the serious human rights violations by the Tatmadaw in connection with its business interests in the extractive industries in Myanmar. Soe Win was also involved in the financing of the Tatmadaw military operations in Rakhine State during which these violations took place, knowing that this financing would contribute to the commission of these violations.
48. Ministry of State Security (MSS) Bureau
Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze
No details regarding the Head of MSS Bureau 7 are available. The Minister of State Security, who we understand to have been Jong Kyong Thaek since 2017 (although DPRK sources have not confirmed he still holds that position), is assumed to have responsibility for MSS Bureau 7. UK Statement of Reasons: As the entity responsible for running the DPRK’s political prison camps, MSS Bureau 7 is involved in the widespread serious human rights violations committed against prisoners in those camps by camp guards and other DPRK officials. These violations include murder, torture and enslavement.
49. Ministry of People’s Security (MPS) Correctional Bureau a.k.a: MPS Prison Bureau, MPS Correctional Management Bureau
No details regarding the Head of MPS Correctional Bureau are available. The Minister of People’s Security, who we understand to have been Kim Jong Ho since December 2019 (although DPRK sources have not confirmed he still holds that position), is assumed to have responsibility for MPS Correctional Bureau
As the entity responsible for running prison camps in the DPRK, the Ministry of People’s Security Correctional Bureau is involved in the murder, torture and subjection to forced labour of people held in those camps.
