Shortly before International Women’s Day, the European Union first imposed sanctions for violence against women and girls. The sanctions list, available since Tuesday, includes ministers from the radical Islamic Taliban and senior Russian military and police officers.
In total, the EU is imposing asset and entry bans on nine responsible persons and three institutions. The sanctions target, among others, the Afghan Minister of Higher Education, Neda Mohammed Nadim, and the Minister for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Indecency, Sheikh Muhammad Khalid Hanafi. The EU accuses the two members of the radical Islamic Taliban of oppressing women and girls and systematically keeping them away from schools and universities.
Women’s prison in Iran also targeted
Among other things, the Russian army and police allegedly suppressed women’s protests against the war in Ukraine and, in some cases, used sexual violence against female demonstrators. Those responsible from Sudan and Myanmar and a women’s prison in Iran are also on the sanctions list, which should come into effect on Tuesday with publication in the Official Journal of the EU.
“It is the first time that the EU stands up for victims of sexual violence around the world,” said the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra was convinced that the sanctions would have a deterrent effect on other possible violent criminals.
Source: Krone
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