US sanctions Sudan spy chief Salah Gosh and family

HERE below is a link to a Press Statement following a copy of this tweet dated 14 August 2019 by U.S. Secretary Pompeo @SecPompeo: Today I publicly designated Salah Gosh & his family members under Section 7031(c) for his involvement in gross violations of #HumanRights in #Sudan. Those designated are ineligible for entry into the U.S. We will continue to hold accountable those who violate human rights.

Today I publicly designated Salah Gosh & his family members under Section 7031(c) for his involvement in gross violations of #HumanRights in #Sudan. Those designated are ineligible for entry into the U.S. We will continue to hold accountable those who violate human rights.

— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) 14 August 2019

To visit the above tweet click here: https://twitter.com/SecPompeo/status/1161763848229183488

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Public Designation of Sudan’s Salah Gosh under Section 7031(c)

PRESS STATEMENT

MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE

AUGUST 14, 2019 - Excerpts:

"…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. […] 

I am also publicly designating his spouse, Awatif Ahmed Seed Ahmed Mohamed, as well as his daughter, Shima Salah Abdallah Mohamed. […] 

We make this announcement today in support of an effort by the Sudanese people to place the Bashir regime, with its long record of human rights violations and abuses by Gosh and other officials, in the past for good."

Full statement here: https://www.state.gov/public-designation-of-sudans-salah-gosh-under-section-7031c/