Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2469 of 4 December 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses
Date: 2025-12-04
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, human rights, international sanctions, legal person, natural person








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2025/2469


5.12.2025







            COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2025/2469
         
of 4 December 2025
         
amending Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:







(1)


On 7 December 2020, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 (1).












(2)


On the basis of a review of the Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999, the measures set out in Articles 2 and 3 of that Decision as regards the natural or legal persons, entities, and bodies listed in that Annex should be extended until 8 December 2026. The entries concerning 27 natural persons and 12 entities included in that Annex should be updated.












(3)


Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 is amended as follows:






(1)


in Article 10(1), the second sentence is deleted.










(2)


the Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.






Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 4 December 2025.


For the Council


The President

T. DANIELSEN
            





(1)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 of 7 December 2020 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses (OJ L 410 I, 7.12.2020, p. 13, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2020/1999/oj).




ANNEX
The Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 is amended as follows:






(1)


in section ‘A. Natural persons’, entries number 5, 6, 7, 8, 20, 22, 23, 26, 34, 35, 43, 44, 58, 60, 84, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 119 and 121 are replaced by the following:










 


Names (Transliteration into Latin script)


Names


Identifying information


Reasons for listing


Date of listing




‘5.


ZHU Hailun


朱海仑
(Chinese spelling)


Position(s): Retired since May 2021
Member of the 13th National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China (in session from 2018 to 2023) representing the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR); Member of the National People’s Congress Supervisory and Judicial Affairs Committee (since 19 March 2018)
DOB: January 1958
POB: Lianshui, Jiangsu (China)
Nationality: Chinese
Gender: male
Associated entities: Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR);
13th People’s Congress of the XUAR (a local legislative body)


Former Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and former Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the XUAR (2016 to 2019). Former Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the 13th People’s Congress of the XUAR, a regional legislative body (2019 to 5 February 2021 but still active until at least March 2021). Member of the 13th National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China (in session from 2018 to 2023) representing the XUAR. Member of the National People’s Congress Supervisory and Judicial Affairs Committee since 19 March 2018.
As Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the XUAR (2016 to 2019), Zhu Hailun was responsible for maintaining internal security and law enforcement in the XUAR. As such, he held a key political position in charge of overseeing and implementing a large-scale surveillance, detention and indoctrination programme targeting Uyghurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities. Zhu Hailun has been described as the “architect” of this programme. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in China, in particular large-scale arbitrary detentions inflicted upon Uyghurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities.
As Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the 13th People’s Congress of the XUAR (2019 to 5 February 2021), Zhu Hailun continued to exercise a decisive influence in the XUAR where the large-scale surveillance, detention and indoctrination programme targeting Uyghurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities continues.


22.3.2021




6.


WANG Junzheng


王君正
(Chinese spelling)


Position(s): Member of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee (December 2022 – December 2026); Deputy of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC, February 2023 – February 2027); Party Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR);
Director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) (since May 2024); former Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; Political commissar of the XPCC and CEO of the China Xinjian Group
DOB: May 1963
POB: Linyi, Shandong (China)
Nationality: Chinese
Gender: male
Address: Lhasa, Tibet
Associated entities: Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC)


Party Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) since October 2021. Member of the 20th CPC Central Committee (December 2022 – December 2026). Deputy of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC, February 2023 – February 2027).
Former Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) from April 2020 to October 2021, as well as Political commissar of the XPCC from May 2020 to October 2021. Former Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the XUAR, from February 2019 to September 2020. Wang Junzheng also held other senior posts in the XPCC.
The XPCC is a state-owned economic and paramilitary organisation in the XUAR, which exercises administrative authority and controls economic activities in Xinjiang.
As Party Secretary and Political commissar of the XPCC, Wang Junzheng was involved in overseeing all policies implemented by the XPCC. In that position, he was responsible for serious human rights violations in China, in particular large-scale arbitrary detentions and degrading treatment inflicted upon Uyghurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities, as well as systematic violations of their freedom of religion or belief, linked, inter alia, to the XPCC’s implementation of a large-scale surveillance, detention and indoctrination programme targeting Uyghurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities.
He was also responsible for the XPCC’s systematic use of Uyghurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities as a forced workforce, in particular in cotton fields.
As Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the XUAR, Wang Junzheng was involved in overseeing all the security policies implemented in Xinjiang, including the aforementioned programme targeting Uyghurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities. As Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the XUAR from February 2019 to September 2020, Wang Junzheng was responsible for maintaining internal security and law enforcement in the XUAR. As such, he held a key political position in charge of overseeing and implementing the aforementioned programme.


22.3.2021




7.


WANG Mingshan


王明山
(Chinese spelling)


Position(s): Deputy of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC, February 2023 – February 2027); Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR)
DOB: January 1964
POB: Wuwei, Gansu (China)
Nationality: Chinese
Gender: male
Address: Urumqi, Xinjiang


Deputy Director (since February 2024) and former member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Deputy of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC, February 2023 – February 2027).
Former Director and Deputy Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau (XPSB) between 2017 and January 2021.
As Deputy Director and former Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the XUAR (September 2020 – February 2024), Wang Mingshan is responsible for maintaining internal security and law enforcement in the XUAR. As such, he holds a key political position in charge of overseeing a large-scale surveillance, detention and indoctrination programme targeting Uyghurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities.
As Former Director and Deputy Party Secretary of the XPSB (2017 to January 2021), he held a key position in Xinjiang’s security apparatus and was directly responsible for implementing the aforementioned programme. In particular, the XPSB has deployed the “Integrated Joint Operations Platform” (IJOP), a big data programme used to track millions of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region and flag those deemed “potentially threatening” to be sent to detention camps.
In his current position and due to his former functions, Wang Mingshan is responsible for serious human rights violations in China, in particular large-scale arbitrary detentions and degrading treatment inflicted upon Uyghurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities, as well as systematic violations of their freedom of religion or belief.


22.3.2021




8.


CHEN Mingguo


陈明国
(Chinese spelling)


Position(s): Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and member of the Standing Committee of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) (since December 2024);
Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the XUAR (since February 2024);
Member of the CPC Standing Committee of the XUAR (since February 2024)
DOB: October 1966
POB: Yilong, Sichuan (China)
Nationality: Chinese
Gender: male
Address: Urumqi, Xinjiang
Associated entities: Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the XUAR


Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and Member of the CPC Standing Committee of the XUAR since February 2024.
Former Director of the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau (XPSB) since January 2021 and Vice-Chairman of the XUAR People’s Government.
As Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), Member of the CPC Standing Committee of the XUAR and former Director of the XPSB, Chen Mingguo holds a key position in Xinjiang’s security apparatus and is directly involved in implementing a large-scale surveillance, detention and indoctrination programme targeting Uyghurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities. In particular, the XPSB has deployed the “Integrated Joint Operations Platform” (IJOP), a big data programme used to track millions of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region and flag those deemed “potentially threatening” to be sent to detention camps. Chen Mingguo is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in China, in particular arbitrary detentions and degrading treatment inflicted upon Uyghurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities, as well as systematic violations of their freedom of religion or belief.


22.3.2021




20.


Aleksandr Grigorievitch MALOLETKO


Александр Григорьевич МАЛОЛЕТКО
(Russian spelling)


 


Aleksandr Maloletko was a close collaborator of Yevgeny Prigozhin. His action as a “defender of the Motherland” and as the Head of the “Veteran’s Interests Defenders League” has been publicly hailed by Yevgeny Prigozhin. He has been working as an instructor for the Wagner Group in the Central African Republic (CAR). He is associated with the Wagner Group, listed for serious human rights abuses in several countries, including in CAR, and is responsible for supporting the acts of the Wagner Group.


25.2.2023




22.


Dimitri SYTII
a.k.a. Dimitri SYTYI, Dmitry SYTIY


Дмитрий СЫТИЙ
(Russian spelling)


Position(s): Director of the Russian house of Bangui
DOB: 23.3.1989
POB: Minsk (Belarus)
Nationality: Russian
Gender: male
Address: NA-SYTAIA/A1-TANKISTAZ KHRUSTITSKOGO 62 APT25/ZP-198217 St Petersburg, Russian Federation


Dimitri Sytii has a leading role within the Wagner Group in the Central African Republic (CAR), and had close links to Yevgeny Prigozhin. He is in charge of conducting the Wagner Group’s influence policy in CAR. He is the head of the local branch of the Russian House, the cultural arm of the Russian foreign ministry.
The Wagner Group is listed for serious human rights abuses, which include torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, in several countries, including CAR.
Given his influential position in CAR and his leading role in the Wagner Group, he is responsible for serious human rights abuses committed by the Wagner Group in CAR.


25.2.2023




23.


Mikhail Sergeyevich POTEPKIN


Михаил Сергеевич ПОТЕПКИН
(Russian spelling)


Position(s): Director Meroe Gold
DOB: 19.9.1981 or 29.9.1981
Nationality: Russian
Gender: male
Passport number: 651697952 (Russian passport)
Address: Sudan
Associated companies: Megaline; Concord; IT-Debugger


Mikhail Potepkin is director of Meroe Gold, a cover entity for the Wagner Group’s operations in Sudan, as well as being involved in M-Invest, Meroe’s parent company. He has a leading role within the Wagner Group in Sudan and had close links to Yevgeny Prigozhin. By being affiliated with the Sudanese military, the Wagner Group secured the exploiting and exporting of Sudanese gold to Russia. Potepkin is associated with the Wagner Group, listed for serious human rights abuses, which include torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, in several countries, including Sudan. Through his activities, he also provides support for such abuses committed in Sudan.


25.2.2023




26.


Andrei Sergeevich MANDEL


Андрей Сергеевич МАНДЕЛЬ
(Russian spelling)


DOB: 2.3.1990
POB: Germany
Gender: male
Passport number: 753615660


Andrei Mandel is head of M-Invest, a cover entity for the Wagner Group’s operations in Sudan, as well as being involved in its subsidiary Meroe Gold. He has a leading role within the Wagner Group in Sudan and had close links to Yevgeny Prigozhin. By being closely affiliated with the Sudanese military, the Wagner Group secured the exploiting and exporting of Sudanese gold to Russia. Mandel is associated with the Wagner Group, listed for serious human rights abuses, which include torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, in several countries, including Sudan. Through his activities, he also provides support for such abuses committed in Sudan. Recent reports state that Mandel also worked for Wagner in Mali.


25.2.2023




34.


Gordon Koang BIEL
a.k.a. Gordon Koang Char BIEL, Koang Biel CHAR, Koang NYALUALGO


 


Position(s): County commissioner for Koch county
POB: South Sudan
Nationality: South Sudanese
Gender: male


Gordon Koang Biel was the county commissioner for Koch county (Unity State, South Sudan) from February 2021 until November 2024.
In this position, he commanded government-aligned militias to carry out attacks in southern Unity State, between February and May 2022. During this period, troops under his command made widespread and systematic use of sexual violence as a war tactic and instrumentalised it as a reward and entitlement for men participating in the conflict.
In his capacity as county commissioner, Biel is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in South Sudan, including systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence.


7.3.2023




35.


Toe UI
a.k.a. Toe YI


 


Position(s): Member of the Anti-Corruption Commission
Rank: Major-General
Nationality: Myanmar/Burma
Gender: male


Major-General Toe Ui is a member of the Anti-Corruption Commission of the military authorities in Myanmar. He was Deputy Minister of Home Affairs from 3 February 2023 until 2 February 2025. He is the former second-in-command of the Office of the Chief of Military Security Affairs (OCMSA). The OCMSA is responsible for the management of detention and interrogation centres in Myanmar/Burma and is also tasked with intelligence gathering.
OCMSA staff under Ui’s authority use forced nudity, rape, electric shock, burning of genitalia and excessive violence during the arbitrary detention and interrogation of men, women and members of the LGBTIQ community.
In his capacity as second in command of the OCMSA, Major-General Toe Ui is responsible for serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma, including arbitrary detentions and torture, as well as for systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence.


7.3.2023




43.


Sergei Gennadievich PODOPRIGOROV


Сергей Геннадьевич ПОДОПРИГОРОВ
(Russian spelling)


Position: Judge of the Moscow City Court
DOB: 8.1.1974
POB: Moscow, Russian Federation
Nationality: Russian
Gender: male
Address: 16c2, Shmitovskiy Proyezd, Apartment 52.Moscow, Russia, 123100
(Шмитовский пр-д, 16с2, Москва, Россия, 123100. Квартира 52)


In his position as Judge of the Moscow City Court, Sergei Podoprigorov is involved in the politically motivated court case against Vladimir Kara-Murza. He chaired the collegium of Judges at the Moscow City Court who on 17 April 2023 sentenced opposition activist Kara-Murza to 25 years in high-security prison/labour camp.
Kara-Murza is a prominent opposition activist in Russia. Politically motivated court proceedings based on false allegations started against him in 2022 after he accused the Kremlin of committing war crimes in Ukraine and publicly condemned Russian aggression. In April 2023, he was sentenced to 25 years in a high-security prison/labour camp. The court proceedings against him targeted his activism and served as a show trial in Russia to suppress voices critical of the ruling regime in voicing opposition to the war of aggression against Ukraine. The Russian regime is using the judiciary of the country as a widespread tool in numerous serious human rights violations. The justice system is not independent and is used to systematically and severely violate the human rights of individuals opposed to the ruling regime, by violating their freedom of opinion and expression.
Kara Murza was released in the 2024 prisoner exchange in Ankara.
Previously, Podoprigorov, as a Judge at Moscow’s Tverskoi district court, made two rulings in relation to Sergei Magnitsky, who exposed corruption and misconduct by Russian government officials, and was later persecuted and died in Russian prison.
Therefore, he is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression.


5.6.2023




44.


Dmitriy Viktorovich KOMNOV


Дмитрий Викторович КОМНОВ
(Russian spelling)


Function: Lieutenant Colonel, former Head of Moscow pre-trial detention centre SIZO-5 “Vodnik”
DOB: 17.5.1977
POB: Kashira Region, Moscow, Russian Federation
Nationality: Russian
Gender: male


Komnov was a senior officer of the Russian penitentiary system. He was Head of Moscow pre-trial detention centre SIZO-5 “Vodnik”, where Vladimir Kara-Murza was held.
Kara-Murza is a prominent opposition activist in Russia. Politically motivated court proceedings based on false allegations started against him in 2022 after he accused the Kremlin of committing war crimes in Ukraine and publicly condemned Russian aggression. In April 2023, he was sentenced to 25 years in a high-security prison/labour camp. The court proceedings against him targeted his activism and served as a show trial in Russia to suppress voices critical of the ruling regime in voicing opposition to the war of aggression against Ukraine. The Russian regime is using the judiciary of the country as a widespread tool in numerous serious human rights violations. The justice system is not independent and is used to systematically and severely violate the human rights of individuals opposed to the ruling regime, by violating their freedom of opinion and expression.
The health condition of Kara-Murza has considerably deteriorated since his detention began in April 2022. Komnov is responsible for the degrading treatment of Kara-Murza as he was sent to a punishment cell in spite of a severe nerve disorder caused by two earlier poisonings.
The ill treatment of Kara-Murza in the pre-trial detention centre managed by Komnov confirms the pattern of established practice of inhumane treatment of detained opponents of the regime. He was the warden of “Butyrka” pre-trial detention centre at a time when unbearable conditions led to the death of anti-corruption activist Sergei Magnitsky.
Kara Murza was released in the 2024 prisoner exchange in Ankara.
Therefore, Komnov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including degrading treatment and violations of freedom of opinion and expression.


5.6.2023




58.


Abdul Hakim HAQQANI
a.k.a. Mawlawi Sheikh Abdul Hakim Haqqani Ishaqzai;
“Shaikhul Hadis” Maulvi Abdul Hakim “Haqqani”


شیخ الحدیث مولوي عبدالحکیم حقاني
لقضات شیخ عبدالحکیم حقاني
(Pashto spelling)


Position(s): Acting Taliban Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan
Qazi al-Quzzat (Supreme Judge)
DOB: 1967
POB: Panjwayi, Kandahar province, Afghanistan
Nationality: Afghan
Gender: male


Abdul Hakim Haqqani is the current acting Taliban Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan, appointed by the Taliban leadership in 2021. In this capacity, he has effectively used the legal system to implement gender-based repression against women by excluding female judges from the Afghan court system and systematically restricting women’s access to justice, thereby violating the principle of equal treatment between men and women. On 8 July 2025, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Haqqani due to his alleged responsibility for the crime against humanity of persecution on gender and political grounds.
Beyond his role as acting Taliban Chief Justice, Abdul Hakim Haqqani functions as an ideological leader within the Taliban. Through his personal access to Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, he has exercised political influence in order to shape the Taliban’s ideology with regard to gender repression, in particular by issuing guidance for the systematic exclusion of women and girls from public life in Afghanistan.
In his capacity as acting Taliban Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan, he is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Afghanistan, in particular the violation of women’s right to access to justice and the right to equal treatment between men and women.


20.7.2023




60.


James Mark NANDO


 


Position(s): Major General, South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF)
POB: Ezo, Ezo County, Western Equatoria, South Sudan
Address: Juba, South Sudan
Nationality: South Sudanese
Gender: male


James Nando is a senior officer in the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF), holding the rank of Major General. He commands forces in the South Sudan state of Western Equatoria that committed widespread attacks against the civilian population. His forces systematically employed sexual and gender-based violence as a means to terrorise the population.
In his capacity as Major General, he is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in South Sudan, including sexual and gender-based violence. As of 2025, he is still militarily active and continues to be involved in acts of violence against civilians.


20.7.2023




84.


Kirill Sergeevich NIKIFOROV


Кирилл Сергеевич НИКИФОРОВ
(Russian spelling)


Position(s): Judge of the Vladimir Regional Court
DOB: 14.3.1992
Nationality: Russian
Gender: male


Kirill Sergeevich Nikiforov is a judge of the Vladimir Regional Court. In his former capacity as a Kovrov City Court judge, he rejected the lawsuit of opposition leader Alexei Navalny against IK-6 to appeal against his transfer to a punishment cell for 12 days. While serving time in IK-6, officials regularly placed Alexei Navalny in a punishment cell for alleged minor infractions. Consequently, he spent months in isolation leading to a significant deterioration of his health.
Therefore, in his former position as a judge of Kovrov City Court he is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary detentions as well as torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as the violation of freedom of opinion and expression, which is of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 TEU.


22.3.2024




106.


Neria BEN PAZI
a.k.a. Naria BEN FAZ


 


DOB: 28.11.1993
Nationality: Israeli
Gender: male
ID number: 311509004


In recent years, Neria Ben Pazi has established several of the most violent outposts in the West Bank.
He is one of the main perpetrators of the forced displacement of the Bedouin community of Wadi Seeq near Ramallah in October 2023. Since 2021, Neria Ben Pazi has been accused of repeatedly attacking Palestinians in Wadi Seeq and in Deir Jarir and his actions have been likened to torture. On 12 October 2023, he participated in a violent attack in Wadi Seeq, where Palestinians were severely beaten, handcuffed and photographed in their underwear. Settlers urinated on them and extinguished cigarettes on them.
He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses against Palestinians, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, which is also of serious concern with regard to the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union.


19.4.2024




107.


Yinon LEVI
a.k.a. Yinon LEVY


 


DOB: 12.12.1992
Nationality: Israeli
Gender: male
ID number: 203807276


Yinon Levi has taken part in multiple violent acts against neighbouring villages from his residence in the Meitarim farm illegal outpost.
This notably includes storming and damaging houses of Palestinian families, including in the presence of women and children, as well as having dogs set on Palestinian shepherds to physically attack them while letting his herd graze on their privately owned lands.
Levi was involved in the violent attack by settlers on 28 July 2025 in the West Bank village of Umm Al-Khair, in which Levi shot and killed human rights defender Awdah Hathaleen.
He is therefore responsible for serious and widespread human rights violations or abuses targeted at the Palestinians’ right to physical and mental integrity, right to property and right to private and family life, which are also of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union.


19.4.2024




108.


Meir Mordechai ETTINGER


מאיר אטינגר
(Hebrew spelling)


Position(s): member of the Hilltop Youth
DOB: 4.10.1991
POB: Kiryat Moshe, Jerusalem, Israel
Nationality: Israeli
Gender: male
Associated entity: Hilltop Youth


Meir Ettinger is a leading figure of the Hilltop Youth, a radical youth group consisting of members known for violent acts against Palestinians and their villages in the West Bank.
The Hilltop Youth establishes unauthorised outposts on hilltops in the West Bank and engages in settler violence through so-called “price tag attacks”. The settler violence, including physical and psychosocial harassment, beatings, murder and demolition of property, against Palestinians is of a systematic nature.
Meir Ettinger encourages and incites attacks and participates in intimidation to force Palestinians off their lands. He has contributed to the establishment of illegal settlements and outposts on Palestinian lands across the West Bank, employing and condoning tactics of intimidation, harassment and violence.
He was involved in a deadly arson attack in 2015, already being considered part of the Hilltop Youth, on a Palestinian West Bank home that killed two parents and their 18-month-old boy.
Therefore, Meir Ettinger is responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as violations or abuses of the right to property and the right to private and family life of Palestinians in the West Bank and for supporting and encouraging such acts. Those abuses and violations are also of serious concern with regard to the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union.


19.4.2024




109.


Elisha YERED


אלישע ירד
(Hebrew spelling)


Position(s): member of the Hilltop Youth
DOB: 2001
Nationality: Israeli
Gender: male
Associated entity: Hilltop Youth


Elisha Yered is an Israeli settler activist in the West Bank and known as being affiliated with the Hilltop Youth, a radical youth group that engages in violent acts against Palestinians and their villages in the West Bank.
The Hilltop Youth engages in settler violence through so-called “price tag attacks”. This settler violence, including physical and psychosocial harassment, beatings, murder and demolition of property, against Palestinians is of a systematic nature.
Elisha Yered encourages such acts and participates in them. He regularly incites violence against Palestinians in the West Bank including by distributing messages such as to “wipe out” a Palestinian village.
In April 2024, Elisha Yered coordinated and incited settler attacks that left four Palestinians dead, scores wounded, dozens of homes and more than 100 cars torched across 11 villages, and thousands of animals slaughtered. He sent WhatsApp messages calling for “collective punishment against the murderous Arab population.” The rampage was one of the most intense and systematic settler attacks in decades.
He personally harassed a Palestinian family, using intimidating and threatening language to impede their freedom of movement on their own land and is involved in the destruction of property of Palestinians in the West Bank.
Elisha Yered was part of a group of armed settlers that on 4 August 2023 advanced from the direction of the illegal outpost of Oz Zion to the Palestinian village of Burqa near Ramallah. The settlers fired bullets at the Palestinians, which led to the death of the 19-year old Palestinian Qusai Jammal Mi’tan and wounded several other Palestinians.
Therefore, Elisha Yered is responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as violations or abuses of the right to property and the right to private and family life of Palestinians in the West Bank and for supporting and encouraging such acts, and is responsible for the advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred which constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence. Those violations or abuses are also of serious concern with regard to the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union.


19.4.2024




110.


Moshe SHARVIT


משה שרביט
(Hebrew spelling)


DOB: 13.11.1994
Nationality: Israeli
Gender: male
ID number: 206223000
Address: Tirzah Valley Farm outpost, West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories
Associated entities: Moshe’s Farm


Moshe Sharvit is an Israeli settler in the Jordan Valley who lives in an outpost near a village, called “Tirza Valley Farm” and also known as “Moshe’s Farm”.
Moshe Sharvit is engaged in settler violence and threats towards Palestinian residents in shepherding communities close to his hilltop outpost in the West Bank.
His harassment against those communities has escalated since October 2023. Moshe Sharvit has frequently harassed Palestinians verbally and physically, demanding that they leave their homes and properties. In October 2023, that behaviour resulted in Palestinian civilians fleeing their village of Ein Shibli. He used threatening language against Palestinian men, women and children and physically attacked an elderly person. His actions include hurling stones at Palestinians and their livestock, intentionally driving into herds and cultivated fields, deploying dogs to attack Palestinians and their livestock, and physically abusing animals by using clubs and whips. On 6 March 2025, a Jerusalem court barred Sharvit from approaching a Palestinian family’s compound near his outpost, following repeated assaults and harassment.
Therefore, Moshe Sharvit is responsible for serious and systematic human rights abuses, including abuse of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental integrity. Those abuses are also of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union.


15.7.2024




111.


Zvi BAR YOSEF
a.k.a. Zvi BAR-YOSEF


 


DOB: 20.9.1992
Nationality: Israeli
Gender: male
ID number: 204377998
Associated entities: Zvi’s Farm


Zvi Bar Yosef established the unauthorised outpost known as “Zvi’s Farm” in the West Bank, east of the Halamish settlement. The outpost has taken over some 2 500  dunams / 620 acres that were cultivated by the villages of Jibya, Kaubar (Kobar) and Umm Safa.
In 2019, 2021 and 2023, Zvi Bar Yosef repeatedly attacked and committed acts of violence against Palestinians from those villages, causing severe injuries to some of them. Bar Yosef still lives in Zvi’s Farm. His history of violence has turned the surrounding area into a no-go zone, Palestinians can no longer access their own fields.
Therefore, Zvi Bar Yosef is responsible for serious and systematic human rights abuses, including abuses of the right to physical and mental integrity, the right to property and the right to private and family life. Those abuses are also of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union.


15.7.2024




113.


Baruch MARZEL


 


Position(s): Member of Otzma Yehudit
DOB: 23.4.1959
POB: Boston, USA
Nationality: American, Israeli
Gender: male
Address: Tel. Rumeida settlement, Hebron, Occupied Palestinian Territories


Baruch Marzel is the founder of the far-right political party “Otzma Yehudit”, currently led by Itamar Ben Gvir. The party represents one of Israel’s most extremist ideologies and is part of the Kahanist movement. In the 1990s, he was the leader of the Kahane party until it was banned by the Israeli authorities in 1994.
In 2019, Baruch Marzel was banned by the Israeli Supreme Court from standing in parliamentary elections because the court found that he had made numerous racist remarks.
Baruch Marzel calls for the creation of a Greater Israel where Palestinians would have no place. He openly calls for an ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians and denies the Palestinians’ right to their own land. Since the Gaza conflict began, he has repeatedly called for humanitarian aid to Gaza to be blocked and for the entire population of Gaza to be forcibly transferred.
Therefore, Baruch Marzel is responsible for serious human rights abuses, in particular systematic advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred, which constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence. Those abuses are also of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union.


15.7.2024




114.


Ben-Zion “Bentzi” GOPSTEIN


בן ציון גופשטיין
(Hebrew spelling)


Position: founder and leader of Lehava
DOB: 10.9.1969
Nationality: Israeli
Gender: male
ID number: 024526394
Address: Givat HaAvot, Kiryat Arba, Occupied Palestinian Territories
Associated entities: Lehava


Ben-Zion “Bentzi” Gopstein, who lives in the settlement of Kiryat Arba (West Bank), is the founder and leader of the extremist organisation “Lehava”, a spin-off from the Kahanist movement, with the goal to “fight assimilation in the Holy Land”.
Ben-Zion “Bentzi” Gopstein promotes a vision that denies all Palestinians their rights and calls for an end to the Palestinian presence in Israel and in the Palestinian Territories.
Ben-Zion “Bentzi” Gopstein was banned by Israel’s Supreme Court from running in the 2019 Knesset elections because he “systematically incites racism against the Arab public”. In 2025, he was convicted of incitement to terror, after he railed against Arab Israelis, stating “The enemies within us are a cancer, and if we don’t get rid of this cancer, we won’t be able to continue existing here as Jews”.
Since 2023, Gopstein has been advising far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and senior police officials on security matters. Following a terror attack in East Jerusalem, he proposed that the minister take brutal measures including targeted assassinations, house demolitions, the blockade of entire neighbourhoods, and legislation to deport the families of attackers.
Therefore, Ben-Zion “Bentzi” Gopstein is responsible for systematic and serious human rights abuses consisting of advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred, which constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence. Those abuses are also of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union.


15.7.2024




115.


Abdel Karim Mahmoud (Mahmood, Mohammad) IBRAHIM


عبد الكريم محمود إبراهيم
(Arabic spelling)


Position(s): Chief of staff of the Syrian Army
POB: Tartous, Syria
Nationality: Syrian
Gender: male


Abdel Karim Mahmoud Ibrahim was the chief of staff of the Syrian Army between 2022 and December 2024.
The Syrian state under the regime of al-Assad, including its military, committed systematic and widespread torture, rape and sexual and gender-based violence against civilians.
As the chief of staff of the Syrian Army, Abdel Karim Mahmoud Ibrahim is responsible for the actions of the armed forces under his command.
Therefore, Abdel Karim Mahmoud Ibrahim is responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture and systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence.


22.7.2024




116.


Ali Mahmoud ABBAS


علي محمود عباس
(Arabic spelling)


Position(s): Minister of Defence and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army
DOB: 2.11.1964
POB: Rif Dimashq, Syria
Nationality: Syrian
Gender: male


Ali Mahmoud Abbas was the Minister of Defence of Syria and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Army between 2022 and December 2024.
The Syrian state under the regime of al-Assad, including its military, committed systematic and widespread torture, rape as well as sexual and gender-based violence against civilians.
As the Minister of Defence of Syria and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Army, Ali Mahmoud Abbas is responsible for the actions of the armed forces under his command.
Therefore, Ali Mahmoud Abbas is responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture and systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence.


22.7.2024




119.


Muhammad Hussein AL-JASIM
a.k.a. Abu AMSHA, Muhammad Husayn AL-JASIM, Muhammad AL-JASSIM BIN HUSSEIN, Mohamed ALJASEM, al-Amshat


محمد حسين الجاسم
أبو عمشة
محمد حسين الجاسم
محمد الجاسم بن حسين
محمد الجاسم
(Arabic spelling)


Position(s):
DOB: 1985
POB: Al-Jawsa, Hama Governorate, Syria
Nationality: Syrian
Gender: male
Associated entities:
Sultan Sulaiman Shah Brigade


Muhammad Hussein al-Jasim is the founder and leader of the Sultan Sulaiman Shah Brigade, a Syrian armed militia active in the Syrian civil war.
In March 2025, the Sultan Sulaiman Shah Brigade, under Muhammad Hussein al-Jasim’s command, took part in the violence in the coastal region of Syria, targeting civilians and especially the Alawite community, including by committing arbitrary killings of civilians.
Muhammad Hussein al-Jasim is therefore responsible for serious human rights abuses in Syria, including arbitrary killings.


28.5.2025




121.


Miqdad Lu’ay FATIHA
a.k.a. Miqdad FATIHA, Miqdad FUTAIHA, Abu Jafar, Abu Jaafar, Abu Ja’ afa, Miqdad Fteha


مقداد لؤيّ فتيحة
مقداد فتيحة
(Arabic spelling)


DOB: 19.6.1989
POB: Jableh, Latakia, Syria
Nationality: Syrian
Gender: male
Address: Syria/Lebanon


Miqdad Fatiha is a former member of the Syrian Republican Guard, which has since been disbanded. In this role he has been responsible for many serious human rights violations or abuses, including torture and other cruel treatment of prisoners.
After the fall of the al-Assad regime in December 2024, Miqdad Fatiha has formed militias in the coastal regions of Syria, stoking sectarian tensions and inciting violence. Units under his command were involved in the March 2025 sectarian violence in the coastal region of Syria that resulted in the loss of hundreds of civilian lives.
As the leader of the militias, Miqdad Fatiha is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.


23.6.2025’;














(2)


in section ‘B. Legal persons, entities and bodies’, entries number 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34 and 35 are replaced by the following:










 


Name (Transliteration into Latin script)


Name


Identifying information


Reasons for listing


Date of listing




‘1.


Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Public Security Bureau


新疆生产建设兵团公安局
(Chinese spelling)


Address: 106 Guangming Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), China
Telephone: +86 991 598 8114
Type of entity: Governmental Agency
Place of registration: 106 Guangming Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), China
Date of registration: April 1984
Principal place of business: Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), China
Associated individuals:
Guangqiu YANG 杨光秋 (2.2017-2.2023);
Zhiyong GONG 龚志勇 (Since 2.2023-);
CPC Secretary/Police Chief/Chief Inspector of the XPCC Public Security Bureau;


The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) Public Security Bureau is in charge of implementing all policies of the XPCC relating to security matters, including the management of detention centres. The XPCC is a state-owned economic and paramilitary organisation in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, which exercises administrative authority and controls economic activities in Xinjiang.
As the organisation in charge of security policies within the XPCC, the XPCC Public Security Bureau is responsible for serious human rights violations in China, in particular large-scale arbitrary detentions and degrading treatment inflicted upon Uyghurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities, as well as systematic violations of their freedom of religion or belief, linked, inter alia, to the XPCC’s implementation of a large-scale surveillance, detention and indoctrination programme targeting Muslim ethnic minorities.
As part of the aforementioned programme, the XPCC uses Uyghurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities as a forced workforce, in particular in cotton fields. As the organisation in charge of security policies within the XPCC, the XPCC Public Security Bureau is responsible for the systematic use of forced labour.


22.3.2021




2.


Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office (a.k.a. Office of the Prosecutor of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK))


 


 


The Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office is an institution which oversees all criminal proceedings in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), including investigation, interrogation, pre-trial detention and trial.
The Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office is used to prosecute and punish persons for political wrongdoing in fundamentally unfair trials. It also carries institutional responsibility for serious human rights violations in ordinary prisons and interrogation detention centres by failing to enforce the rights of pre-trial detainees and convicted prisoners. In close cooperation with the Ministries of State Security and of Social Security, it bears responsibility for and provides legitimacy to serious human rights violations committed by the DPRK security apparatus, in particular torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, enforced disappearances of persons, and arbitrary arrests or detentions.


22.3.2021




5.


Wagner Group (a.k.a. Vagner Group, PMC Wagner, Liga, League)


Группа Вагнера
(a.k.a ЧВК “Вагнер”)
(Russian spelling)


 


The Wagner Group is a Russia-based unincorporated private military entity, which was established in 2014 as a successor organisation of the Slavonic Corps. It was led by Dimitriy Utkin and financed by Yevgeny Prigozhin. Through the setting-up of local entities, and with the support of local governments, the Wagner Group finances and conducts its operations.
The Wagner Group is responsible for serious human rights abuses in Ukraine, Syria, Libya, the Central African Republic (CAR), Sudan, Mali and Mozambique, which include torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings.


13.12.2021




6.


Lobaye Invest SARLU


 


Place of registration: Bangui (Central African Republic)
Date of registration: 24.10.2017
Registration number: M 354838 D 0001 (“NIF” number, Tax identification number)
Principal place of business: Central African Republic
Other information: Branch of M-Finans


Lobaye Invest SARLU is a private company registered in the Central African Republic (CAR), subsidiary of the Russian company M-Finans, which was controlled by Yevgeny Prigozhin. It is managed by Dimitri Sytii, a senior Wagner Group executive and by Yevgeny Khodotov, who was associated with Yevgeny Prigozhin. Lobaye Invest operates gold and diamond mines in CAR. It has been linked to the Wagner Group’s operations in CAR. It also finances several media outlets, such as the radio station Lengo Sengo, a Central African radio station conducting disinformation campaigns and promoting the Wagner Group’s presence in CAR.
Lobaye Invest is associated with the Wagner Group, listed for serious human rights abuses, which include torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, in several countries, including the CAR. Through its activities, Lobaye Invest also provides support for such abuses committed in CAR.


25.2.2023




7.


DIAMVILLE


 


Date of registration: 28.3.2019
Registration number: CA/BG2019B519
Principal place of business: Central African Republic
Other information: associated individuals and entities:
Yevgeny Prigozhin (deceased), Wagner Group, Dimitri Sytii, Valery Zakharov, Perfilev, Svetlana Troitskaya, Lobaye Invest


Diamville is a screen company used by the Wagner Group present in the Central African Republic (CAR) to illegally trade diamonds. It is closely linked to all major actors of the Wagner Group in CAR, such as Dimitri Sytii and formerly Yevgeny Prigozhin. Diamville is associated with the Wagner Group, listed for serious human rights abuses, which include torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, in several countries, including the CAR. Through its activities, it provides support for such abuses committed in CAR.


25.2.2023




9.


Radio Centrafricaine Lengo Sengo


 


Place of registration: Bangui, Central African Republic
Date of registration: November 2018
Principal place of business: Galabadja Bangui, Commune de Bangui Galabadja, 8eme Arr.
[GPS]-> 4.4070, 18.5465


Radio Lengo Sengo is a Central African radio station engaged in online influence operations on behalf of the Wagner Group. Its ultimate objective is to manipulate public opinion. The company conducts disinformation campaigns and promotes the Wagner Group’s presence in the Central African Republic (CAR). Radio Lengo Sengo is financed by Lobaye Invest, a private company formerly linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin and connected to the Wagner Group that serves as a cover for its activities in CAR.
The Wagner Group is listed for serious human rights abuses, which include torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings in several countries including CAR.
Radio Lengo Sengo is responsible for supporting and encouraging the acts of the Wagner Group in CAR.


25.2.2023




28.


Hilltop Youth (a.k.a. No’ar HaGva’ot)


נוער הגבעות
(Hebrew spelling)


Associated individuals:
Meir Mordechai Ettinger; Elisha Yered


Hilltop Youth is a radical youth group consisting of members known for violent acts against Palestinians and their villages in the West Bank.
The group establishes unauthorised outposts on hilltops in the West Bank and engages in settler violence through so-called “price tag attacks”. This settler violence, including physical and psychosocial harassment, beatings, murder and demolition of property, against Palestinians and their villages is of a systematic nature and has led to the forcible transfer of entire communities.
Hilltop Youth is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as serious violations or abuses of the right to property and the right to private and family life of Palestinians in the West Bank, which are also of serious concern with regard to the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union.


19.4.2024




29.


Moshe’s Farm (a.k.a. Tirza Valley Farm Outpost)


החווה של משה
(Hebrew spelling)


Address: West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories
Date of registration: 2021
Associated individuals:
Moshe Sharvit


Moshe’s Farm, also known as Tirza Valley Farm, is owned by Israeli settler Moshe Sharvit, and was founded by him in 2020. Moshe Sharvit is engaged in settler violence and threats towards Palestinian residents in shepherding communities close to his hilltop outpost in the West Bank.
Moshe’s Farm is an illegal outpost located approximately 1,5  kilometers southeast of the Hamra settlement, in the West Bank. Moshe’s Farm has expanded since its founding, and currently includes several residential buildings, a guest lodge for travellers and an events complex. The guest lodge can accommodate up to 100 people, and all buildings were set up without permits and are thus illegal. Since the establishment of Moshe’s Farm, it has been a hub of violence and harassment against Palestinian shepherding communities and been the base from which Moshe Sharvit and other farm residents perpetrate violence and harassment against Palestinians. On 6 March 2025, a Jerusalem court barred Sharvit from approaching a Palestinian family’s compound near his West Bank outpost, following repeated assaults and harassment.
Therefore, Moshe’s Farm is an entity associated with Moshe Sharvit, listed for serious and systematic human rights abuses, including abuse of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental integrity. Those abuses are also of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union.


15.7.2024




30.


Zvi’s Farm


החווה של צבי
(Hebrew spelling)


Address: Halamish, West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories
Associated individuals:
Zvi Bar Yosef


Zvi’s Farm is an illegal, unauthorised farming outpost on Palestinian territory, close to Halamish, in the West Bank.
Zvi’s Farm is situated in a stretch of the West Bank which is under full Israeli military control and is home to Palestinian residents.
Zvi’s Farm is operated by Zvi Bar Yosef, who uses the outpost as a base from which he perpetrates violence against Palestinian residents and prevents Palestinian farmers from accessing and using their lands. The outpost has taken over some 2 500  dunams / 620 acres that were cultivated by the villages of Jibya, Kaubar (Kobar) and Umm Safa.
In 2019, 2021 and 2023, Zvi Bar Yosef repeatedly attacked and committed acts of violence against Palestinians from those villages, causing severe injuries to some of them.
Therefore, Zvi’s Farm is an entity associated with Zvi Bar Yosef, listed for serious and systematic human rights abuses, including abuses of the right to physical and mental integrity, the right to property and the right to private and family life. Those abuses are also of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union.


15.7.2024




31.


Tzav 9 (a.k.a. Tsav 9; Order 9)


 


Website: https://www.tzav9.co.il/faq



Tzav 9 is an Israeli group of violent activists co-founded in January 2024 by Reut Ben Haim and Aviad Shlomo Sarid. Reut Ben Haim and Yossef (Sefi) Ben Haim currently head the group.
According to its website, Tzav 9’s two main missions are to block supply trucks delivering humanitarian aid, including food, water and fuel, to Gaza and to tarnish the legitimacy of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in Israel.
Since January 2024, Tzav 9 has regularly blocked humanitarian aid trucks. On 18 January 2024, the group carried out the first blockages of aid deliveries at Kerem Shalom. On 13 May 2024 at Tarqumiyah checkpoint, Tzav 9 participated in a violent protest against a truck driver. On 16 May 2024 in the West Bank, Tzav 9 was involved in an attack against a food truck. Other incidents took place, inter alia, in the areas of Kerem Shalom and Nitzana. Tzav 9 activists intercepted aid trucks on 22, 27 and 31 May, 13, 17 and 19 July and 4 and 6 August 2025, at Allenby crossing, at Ashdod port and on the way thereto, notably in Arad and Dimona. The actions carried out include violent protests, attacks against food trucks and the destruction of food. Those actions contributed further to the already dire situation of the civilian population in Gaza.
Therefore, Tzav 9 is responsible for serious human rights abuses, including abuse of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental integrity. Those abuses are also of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union.


15.7.2024




34.


Sultan Sulaiman Shah Brigade (a.k.a. Suleiman Shah Brigade, al-Amshat, Amshat)


فرقة السلطان سليمان شاه
(Arabic spelling)


Associated individual(s):
Muhammad Hussein al-Jasim


The Sultan Sulaiman Shah Brigade is an armed militia created in 2016, active in the Syrian civil war. It was founded in 2016 in Jarabulus by Muhammad Hussein al-Jasim, also known as Abu Amsha and claims to have more than 2 000  fighters, mainly Turkmen.
In March 2025, the Sultan Sulaiman Shah Brigade took part in the violence in the coastal region of Syria, targeting civilians and especially the Alawite community, including by committing arbitrary killings of civilians.
Sultan Sulaiman Shah brigade is therefore responsible for serious human rights abuses in Syria, including arbitrary killings of civilians.


28.5.2025




35.


The Hamza Division (a.k.a. Hamzat)


فرقة الحمزة
(Arabic spelling)


Associated individual(s):
Sayf Boulad Abu Bakr


The Hamza Division is an armed militia created in 2016 and operating in Syria. Throughout the Syrian civil war, the Hamza Division has been responsible for numerous acts of torture in its detention centres, for extortion and for forced displacement of civilians, especially in the region of Afrin and Aleppo.
In March 2025, the Hamza Division, under Sayf Boulad Abu Bakr’s command, took part in the violence in the coastal region of Syria, targeting civilians and especially the Alawite community, including by committing arbitrary killings of civilians.
The Hamza division is therefore responsible for serious human rights abuses in Syria, including torture and arbitrary killings.


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