US Senator Cardin: Russia’s Jailing of Activists Demand US-led Response

This story originated in U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin take questions during a briefing on terrorism financing at the White House, Sept. 10, 2019, in Washington.In the letter, the FILE – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, walks with Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab for a press availability at the State Department in Washington, Aug. 7, 2019.Last week, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said London would introduce Magnitsky-style laws after it leaves the European Union to freeze assets of those deemed responsible for human rights abuses.In 2018, the British parliament passed a so-called “Magnitsky amendment” to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act to give the government the power to impose sanctions on people who commit gross human rights violations.Raab did not give any further details of the government’s plans would differ from these existing powers. 
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