{"id":77030,"date":"2020-11-24T03:30:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T02:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=77030"},"modified":"2020-11-24T03:30:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T02:30:48","slug":"endsars-uk-parliament-to-consider-sanction-on-nigeria-army-over-lekki-killings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/endsars-uk-parliament-to-consider-sanction-on-nigeria-army-over-lekki-killings\/","title":{"rendered":"#EndSARS: UK Parliament To Consider Sanction On Nigeria, Army Over Lekki Killings\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m52186\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The United Kingdom parliament is currently debating sanctions to hand out on Nigerian Government officials\u00a0 involved in the killing of peaceful protesters in Lekki on October 20 and other parts of the country.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Members of parliament are looking to impose direct sanctions on government officials, who played a role in violating human rights during the protest instead of a general economic sanction that may affect ordinary citizens.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The UK parliament decision is\u00a0in a response to a petition signed by over 220,118 individuals in the United Kingdom, requesting the UK Government to sanction Nigeria for alleged violations of human rights.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The reply from the parliament partly reads, \u201c<em>The UK Government is deeply concerned by violence during recent protests in Nigeria, which tragically claimed lives. Our thoughts are with the families of all those affected.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cParliament will debate this petition on November 23, 2020. You will be able to watch online on the UK Parliament YouTube channel. On July 6, the British Government established the Global Human Rights sanctions regime by laying regulations in Parliament under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Foreign Secretary set out in full the scope of the UK\u2019s new Global Human Rights sanctions regime. He announced the first tranche of designations, as well as the Government\u2019s approach to future designations.<\/em><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cThis sanctions regime will give the UK a powerful new tool to hold to account those involved in serious human rights violations or abuses. The sanctions regime is not intended to target individual countries.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It will allow for sanctions to be imposed on individuals and entities involved in serious human rights violations or abuses around the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe will continue to consider potential designations under the Global Human Rights sanctions regime. It is a longstanding practice not to speculate on future sanctions designations as to do so could reduce the impact of the designations. The UK Government will keep all evidence and potential listings under close review,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the parliament said in its reply.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Kingdom parliament is currently debating sanctions to hand out on Nigerian Government officials\u00a0 involved in the killing of peaceful protesters in Lekki on October 20 and other parts&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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