US Should Impose More Ethiopia Sanctions, Lawmakers Say
The Biden administration should impose sanctions on people in Ethiopia responsible for war crimes, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, each said in recent days. The two lawmakers both pointed to a recent escalation in violence in the country and said those responsible should be held accountable.
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"I call on President Biden to utilize existing authorities to sanction individuals responsible for these atrocities, and any atrocities committed over the course of the war," McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Oct. 18.
Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Oct. 15 that the State Department "should make a determination relative to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide without further delay, and impose immediate sanctions on those who committed such acts."
A State Department spokesperson declined to comment. President Joe Biden last year issued an executive order authorizing a range of sanctions and export restrictions against human rights abusers and other people committing violence, blocking humanitarian aid or threatening peace in Ethiopia (see 2109170036 and 2111120031).