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Lithuania requests $130M in compensation from Belarus over accusations of facilitating mass immigration

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” The sanctions target political officials of Lukashenko’s regime as well as transport and accommodation companies that aided in the illegal border crossings for political purposes. Restrictive measures placed apply to 183 individuals and 26 entities as of 2021.

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Uzbekistan dispatch: president calls for closer regional cooperation at Tashkent summit

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Its purpose is to expand trade and investment relations between the countries of South and Central Asia and the Middle East. Common trade and transport corridors and energy and networks connect our countries inextricably. ECO has an observer status in the UN and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

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Customs and Trade News Weekly Snapshot

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Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) OFAC announced a $1,207,830 settlement with CoinList Markets LLC. CoinList agreed to settle its potential civil liability arising from processing 989 transactions on behalf of users ordinarily resident in Crimea in apparent violation of OFAC’s Russia/Ukraine sanctions.

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Kenya dispatch: demonstrations are plunging the country into violence and uncertainty as President Ruto praises police

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Even transport services have gone on a go-slow. As of Wednesday, Azimio party members such as Babu Owino (Embakasi East Member of Parliament), Calvin Okoth A.K.A “Maina, his personal assistant and his brother were taken by men who claimed to be police in the middle of the night. Most of Kenya is definitely at a standstill.

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UN report labels Israel attacks on Gaza medical facilities war crimes

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The report, written by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, also condemned Israeli treatment of detainees, citing instances of abuse, torture, sexual assault, and arbitrary detention.

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Jordan cybercrimes law breaches international human rights: Amnesty International

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In June, journalist Hiba Abu Tahu was convicted for expressing views online that Jordan was involved in genocide in Gaza by allowing companies to transport goods to Israel. This sweeping crackdown has stifled the already small space for dissent in Jordan and created an environment of self-censorship.

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Customs and Trade Law Weekly Snapshot

Customs & International Trade Law

Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned an international network of individuals and entities that has used a web of Gulf-based front companies to facilitate the delivery and sale of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products from Iranian companies to East Asia.

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