Calls for US govt to asset freeze Sudan's Salah Gosh

PRESS RELEASE

From and by The Sentry.org

Dated Wednesday 14 August 2019 

U.S. Slaps Sanctions on Former Head of Sudan's Intelligence and Security Service

The Sentry Lauds Action, Urges U.S to Add Asset Freeze to Visa Ban, as State Department Cites Involvement of Salah Gosh in "Gross Human Rights Violations," Credible Information on Involvement in Torture

August 14, 2019 (Washington D.C.) -- Today, the United States designated Salah Abdalla Mohamed Mohamed Salih known as Salah Gosh, the former director general of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services due to his involvement in gross violations of human rights. 

Specifically, the Department has credible information that Salah Gosh was involved in torture during his tenure as head of NISS.

John Prendergast, Co-Founder of The Sentry, said: "Finally, after years of sowing terror and chaos in war-torn parts of Sudan, Salah Gosh has finally experienced the first of what hopefully will be many consequences for his misdeeds.  The U.S. government should build on this action and impose an asset freeze on Gosh and any of his commercial collaborators found to be complicit in his human rights and financial crimes.  Such actions will provide a message to all the peace spoilers that business as usual in Sudan -- which has been responsible for war and mass corruption -- is no longer acceptable."

To view full copy click here: https://thesentry.org/2019/08/14/2942/u-s-slaps-sanctions-former-head-sudans-intelligence-security-service/

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Note from Sudan Watch Editor 

HERE is a copy of a Tweet by Justin Lynch@just1nlynch dated Thu 15 Aug 2019:

• The sanctioning comes amid a few events, and its not known if they are related. 
• 1- US had intelligence issues in Sudan at the beginning of the summer. 
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• 2-In the past month there was a discussion inside the FFC to push for Gosh to be the 6th civilian, a top official pushing the plan told me. Official said people in FFC disagreed with him but argued Gosh could be useful because he knows many "files." 
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• 3-A word of advice for everyone is to be cautious about how much Gosh actually helped with CT during his last stint as spy chief.
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• 4-During the past four months Gosh has been trying to convince people he was close with the Americans. On at least two occasions, people close to him put out disinformation about his relationship with the USA.
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• 5-Gosh once told me the only people he listened to in the US govt were Pompeo and Bolton. 
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• 6-Salah Gosh will still have influence in Sudan.
• To visit the above tweet click here: https://twitter.com/just1nlynch/status/1161899847739420672

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Decision to ban Gosh from entering US, even though he was their man

HERE is a copy of a Tweet by James Copnall @JamesCopnall dated 14 Aug 2019:

On Salah Gosh: Suliman Baldo tells Newsday @bbcworldservice he thinks decision to ban him from entering US was for these reasons: send warning to TMC; show Sudanese people the US supports them;  show US still has ability to impose sanctions. #Sudan

To visit the above tweet click here: https://twitter.com/JamesCopnall/status/1161853732700786688

Note from Sudan Watch Editor:  

@khalidalbaih replied to James' tweet with an insightful comment saying:

"Even though he was their man. Very American of them." 

To visit the tweet click here: https://twitter.com/khalidalbaih/status/1161882113479774208