This is a clear, missed opportunity to use Global Magnitsky sanctions.
I want to assure you, Mr. Chairman, that we are going to pursue this into the next Administration.
We have to consider how we can use the tools at our disposal to defend basic rights.
the gross abuse of human rights that is going on in the country.
We do not impose sanctions for punitive reasons. We impose sanctions for change of behavior.
Our sanctions work best when we do coordinate with other countries.
My analysis, kind of--you know, inchoate analysis of sanctions in the 12 years I have been here is that we have been bet...
I hope the prime minister and the ruling party get that message.
If someone is guilty of gross human rights abuse or kleptocracy there is no reason why they should ever get the assets b...
I have been frustrated that it has taken too long to get through the bureaucracies to impose sanctions when we have to a...