US sanctions Cuban officials over crackdown on protests
Washington DC [US], July 23 (ANI): The United States on Friday condemned "mass detentions and sham trials" in Cuba and announced sanctions on the Cuban military and its Interior Ministry against the ongoing crackdown on the civilian population on the island.
"Today, my Administration is imposing new sanctions targeting elements of the Cuban regime responsible for this crackdown--the head of the Cuban military and the division of the Cuban Ministry of the Interior driving the crackdown--to hold them accountable for their actions," US President Joe Biden said in a statement.
The new set of sanctions will affect key individuals involved in human rights abuses during the recent protests on Cuba, The Washington Post reported while adding that the sanctions will be imposed under the so-called Global Magnitsky Act.
In the statement today, Biden also said the US is working with civil society organisations and the private sector to provide internet access to the Cuban people that circumvent the regime's censorship efforts.
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