State Dept. Publishes Magnitsky Sanctions Annual Report for 2024
The State Department released its Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act annual report for 2024, detailing actions it took to impose Magnitsky sanctions last year, including 70 foreign person designations. Those designations represent "the most geographically expansive set of designations to date," the agency said, targeting more than 19 countries from "nearly every major geographic region." The report lists each of the designations and why they were designated.
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The agency said it specifically focused on sanctions to disrupt corruption, pursue "accountability for human rights abuses involving violence against women and girls," arbitrary detention and forced labor. "Action on these priorities helped address some of the most pervasive and egregious manifestations of corruption and human rights abuse around the world," the State Department said.