A.Natural persons| Names (Transliteration into Latin script) | Names | Identifying information | Reasons for listing | Date of listing1. | Alexander (Alexandr) Petrovich KALASHNIKOV | Aлександр Петрович КАЛАШНИКОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Former director of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN)DOB: 27.1.1964POB: Tatarsk, Novosibirsk Region/Oblast, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianGender: maleID Number: 771670606787 | Alexander Kalashnikov was the director of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) from 8 October 2019 until 25 November 2021. In that position, he oversaw all activities of the FSIN. In his capacity as director of the FSIN, he was responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests and detentions.While Alexei Navalny was recovering in Germany (September 2020 – January 2021) after having been poisoned with a toxic nerve agent of the Novichok group, on 28 December 2020 FSIN demanded that he immediately present himself to a probation officer or face a prison sentence for violating a suspended sentence for fraud conviction. That fraud conviction was found to be arbitrary and unfair by the European Court of Human Rights in 2018. On 17 January 2021, acting on the orders of Alexander Kalashnikov, FSIN officers detained Alexei Navalny upon his arrival at Moscow airport.Alexei Navalny’s arrest is based on a decision by the Khimki city court, which in turn was issued at the request of FSIN. In late December 2020, FSIN had already requested that a court replace Alexei Nalvany’s suspended sentence with a prison term. On 17 February 2021, the European Court of Human Rights ordered the Government of Russia to release Alexei Navalny. | 2.3.20212. | Alexander (Alexandr) Ivanovich BASTRYKIN | Алексaндр Ивaнович БАСТРЫКИН | Position(s): Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian FederationDOB: 27.8.1953POB: Pskov, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianGender: maleID Number: 782618375392 | Alexander Bastrykin has served as chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (the Committee) since January 2011 (and as acting chairman from October to December 2010). In that position, he oversees all activities of the Committee. Officially, the Committee is presided over by the Russian President. In Alexander Bastrykin’s capacity as chairman of the Committee, he is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests and detentions.Alexander Bastrykin is responsible for the Committee’s widespread and systematic repressive campaigns against the Russian opposition, targeting and investigating its members. On 29 December 2020, the Committee launched an investigation into the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, charging him with large-scale fraud. Alexei Navalny and others published articles on Alexander Bastrykin’s ownership of Czech real estate firm LAW Bohemia in the 2000s.In 2022, the Investigative Committee, which Alexander Bastrykin is still chairing, charged 92 Ukrainian soldiers with crimes against humanity during Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. | 2.3.20213. | Igor Viktorovich KRASNOV | Игорь Викторович КРАСНОВ | Position(s): Prosecutor General of the Russian FederationDOB: 24.12.1975POB: Arkhangelsk, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianGender: male | Igor Krasnov has been Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation since 22 January 2020, and is the former Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. In his position as Prosecutor General, he supervises the Prosecutor’s Offices in the Russian Federation, the Special Prosecutor’s Offices and the Military Prosecutor’s Office. In his capacity as Prosecutor General, he is responsible for serious human rights violations, including the arbitrary detentions of protesters, and for widespread and systematic repression of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, and freedom of opinion and expression.Ahead of the 23 January 2021 protests, the Prosecutor General’s Office warned that participants would be held responsible. Moreover, the Prosecutor General’s Office demanded that the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor) restrict access to opposition websites and social network accounts that contained information on planned gatherings of Alexei Navalny’s supporters. On 29 January 2021, the Prosecutor General’s Office once again demanded that Roskomnadzor restrict access to opposition websites and social network accounts, this time ahead of the pro-Navalny protests on 30 and 31 January 2021. Warnings were sent to internet companies (Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, Google, Mail.ru Group). The Prosecutor General’s Office also announced that those taking part in the demonstrations would be prosecuted.The Prosecutor General’s Office supported the request by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) to convert the suspended sentence imposed on Alexei Navalny in a case of alleged fraud to a prison sentence. Despite the fact that his conviction in that case had been found arbitrary and unfair by the European Court of Human Rights in 2018, Alexei Navalny was arrested upon his arrival at Moscow airport on 17 January 2021. | 2 March 20214. | Viktor Vasilievich (Vasilyevich) ZOLOTOV | Виктор Васильевич ЗОЛОТОВ | Position(s): Director of the Federal Service of National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation (Rosgvardia)DOB: 27.1.1954POB: Sasovo, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianGender: maleID Number: 770600283509 | Viktor Zolotov has been the Director of the Federal Service of National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation (Rosgvardia) since 5 April 2016 and, therefore, Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation, as well as Commander of OMON – the Special Purpose Mobile Unit integrated in Rosgvardia. In that position, he oversees all activities of Rosgvardia and OMON troops. In his capacity as Director of Rosgvardia, he is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests and detentions and systematic and widespread violations of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, in particular by violently repressing protests and demonstrations.Rosgvardia was employed to quell the pro-Navalny protests of 23 January and 21 April 2021, and many OMON and National Guard officers were reported to have used brutality and violence against protesters. Dozens of journalists were targeted with aggression by the security forces, including Meduza’s correspondent Kristina Safronova, who was hit by an OMON officer, and Novaya Gazeta’s journalist Yelizaveta Kirpanova, who was hit on the head with a truncheon leaving her bleeding. During the 23 January 2021 protests, security forces arbitrarily detained more than 300 minors. | 2.3.20215. | ZHU Hailun | 朱海仑(Chinese spelling) | Position(s): Retired since May 2021Member 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 1958POB: Lianshui, Jiangsu (China)Nationality: ChineseGender: maleAssociated 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. | 22.3.20216. | WANG Junzheng | (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 GroupDOB: May 1963POB: Linyi, Shandong (China)Nationality: ChineseGender: maleAddress: Lhasa, TibetAssociated 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. | 22.3.20217. | WANG Mingshan | (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 1964POB: Wuwei, Gansu (China)Nationality: ChineseGender: maleAddress: 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. | 22.3.20218. | CHEN Mingguo | (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 1966POB: Yilong, Sichuan (China)Nationality: ChineseGender: maleAddress: Urumqi, XinjiangAssociated 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. | 22.3.20219. | JONG Kyong-thaek (a.k.a. CHO’NG Kyo’ng-t’aek) | 정경택(Korean spelling) | Position(s): Director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People’s Army; former Minister of State Security of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)DOB: between 1.1.1961 and 31.12.1963Nationality: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)Gender: male | Jong Kyong-thaek is the Director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People’s Army. He was the Minister of State Security of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) from 2017 until 2022. The Ministry of State Security of the DPRK is one of the leading institutions in charge of implementing the repressive security policies of the DPRK, with a focus on identifying and suppressing political dissent, the inflow of subversive information from abroad, and any other conduct considered a serious political threat to the political system and its leadership.As former Head of the Ministry of State Security, Jong Kyong-thaek is responsible for serious human rights violations in the DPRK, in particular torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, enforced disappearance of persons, and arbitrary arrests or detentions, as well as widespread forced labour and sexual violence against women. | 22.3.202110. | RI Yong Gila.k.a. RI Yong Gi, RI Yo’ng-kil, YI Yo’ng-kil | 리영길(Korean spelling) | Position(s): Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army (KPA)Rank: Vice MarshalDOB: 1955Nationality: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)Gender: male | Ri Yong Gil is the Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army (KPA). He was Minister of National Defence of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) from June or July 2021 until December 2022. He was Minister of Social Security from January 2021 until June or July 2021. He was also Chief of the General Staff of the KPA between 2018 and January 2021. He was promoted to Vice Marshal of the KPA on 14 April 2022.As Chief of the General Staff of the KPA and as former Minister of National Defence, Ri Yong Gil is responsible for the widespread serious human rights violations committed by the KPA, including by members of the Military Security Command and other KPA units.The Ministry of Social Security of the DPRK (formerly known as the Ministry of People’s Security or Ministry of Public Security) and the Military Security Command are leading institutions in charge of implementing the repressive security policies of the DPRK, including interrogation and punishment of people illegally fleeing the DPRK. In particular, the Ministry of Social Security is in charge of running prison camps and short-term labour detention centres through its Correctional Bureau in which prisoners/detainees are subject to deliberate starvation and other inhuman and degrading treatment.As former Head of the Ministry of Social Security, Ri Yong Gil is responsible for serious human rights violations in the DPRK, in particular torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, enforced disappearance of persons, and arbitrary arrests or detentions, as well as widespread forced labour and sexual violence against women. | 22.3.202111. | Mohammed Khalifa AL-KANI (a.k.a. Mohamed Khalifa Abderrahim Shaqaqi AL-KANI, Mohammed AL-KANI, Muhammad Omar AL-KANI) | الكاني خليفة محمد (Arabic spelling) | Position(s): Head of the Kaniyat MilitiaDOB: 3.5.1979Nationality: LibyanPassport number: F86JKFJFGender: male | Mohammed Khalifa Al-Kani is the Head of the Kaniyat Militia, which exercised control of the Libyan town of Tarhuna between 2015 and June 2020. In that position, he oversees all activities of the Kaniyat Militia. In his capacity as the Head of the Kaniyat Militia, he is responsible for serious human rights abuses in Libya, in particular extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances of persons between 2015 and June 2020 in Tarhuna.Mohammed Khalifa Al-Kani and the Kaniyat Militia fled Tarhuna in early June 2020 to eastern Libya. After that, several mass graves attributed to the Kaniyat Militia were discovered in Tarhuna. | 22.3.202112. | Abderrahim AL-KANI (a.k.a. Abdul-Rahim AL-KANI, Abd-al-Rahim AL-KANI, Abdel Rahim KHALIFA, Abdel Rahim AL-SHAQAQI) | عبد الرحيم الكاني(Arabic spelling) | Position(s): member of the Kaniyat MilitiaDOB: 7.9.1997Nationality: LibyanPassport number: PH3854LYID number: 119970331820Gender: male | Abderrahim Al-Kani is a key member of the Kaniyat Militia and brother of the Head of the Kaniyat Militia, Mohammed Khalifa Al-Khani (deceased in July 2021). The Kaniyat Militia exercised control of the Libyan town of Tarhuna between 2015 and June 2020.Abderrahim Al-Kani is in charge of internal security for the Kaniyat Militia. In that capacity, he is responsible for serious human rights abuses in Libya, in particular extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances of persons between 2015 and June 2020 in Tarhuna.Abderrahim Al-Kani and the Kaniyat Militia fled Tarhuna in early June 2020 to eastern Libya. Since then, several mass graves attributed to the Kaniyat Militia have been discovered in Tarhuna. | 22.3.202113. | Aiub Vakhaevich KATAEV (a.k.a. Ayubkhan Vakhaevich KATAEV) | Аюб Вахаевич КАТАЕВ (a.k.a. Аюбхан Вахаевич КАТАЕВ) (Russian spelling) | Position(s): Former Head of Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in the city of Argun in the Chechen RepublicDOB: 1.12.1983POB: Ilyinsky, ChechnyaNationality: RussianID Number: 200505588830, 014112081090Gender: male | Head of Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in the city of Argun in the Chechen Republic until 2018.In his capacity as Head of Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in Argun, Aiub Kataev oversaw the activities of local state security and police agencies. In this position, he personally oversaw widespread and systematic persecutions in Chechnya, which began in 2017. The repressions are directed against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, those presumed to belong to LGBTI groups, and other individuals suspected of being opponents of the Head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. Aiub Kataev and forces formerly under his command are responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, in particular torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, as well as arbitrary arrests and detentions and extrajudicial or arbitrary executions and killings.According to numerous witnesses, Aiub Kataev personally supervised and took part in torturing detainees. | 22.3.202114. | Abuzaid (Abuzayed) Dzhandarovich VISMURADOV | Абузайд Джандарович ВИСМУРАДОВ (Russian spelling) | Position(s): Former Commander of the Special Rapid-Response Unit (SOBR) Team Terek, Deputy Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic, unofficial bodyguard of the Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan KadyrovDOB: 24.12.1975 | Former Commander of the Special Rapid-Response Unit (SOBR) Team Terek. Since 23 March 2020, Deputy Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic. Unofficial bodyguard of the Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov.Abuzaid Vismuradov was the Commander of the SOBR detachment Terek from March 2012 until March 2020. In this position, he personally oversaw widespread and systematic persecutions in Chechnya, which began in 2017. The repressions are directed against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, those presumed to belong to LGBTI groups and other individuals suspected of being opponents of the Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov. | 22.3.2021| | | POB: Akhmat-Yurt/Khosi-Yurt, former Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR), now Chechen Republic (Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianGender: male | Abuzaid Vismuradov and the Terek unit previously under his command are responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, in particular torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, as well as arbitrary arrests and detentions and extrajudicial and arbitrary killings and executions.According to numerous witnesses, Abuzaid Vismuradov personally supervised and took part in torturing detainees. He is a close associate of Ramzan Kadyrov, the Head of the Chechen Republic, who has been conducting a campaign of repression against his political opponents for many years. |15. | Gabriel Moses LOKUJO | - | Position(s): Major General of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF)Nationality: South SudaneseGender: male | Major General of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF).Gabriel Moses Lokujo is responsible for serious human rights violation in South Sudan, in particular extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings.In May 2020, three officers of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) were abducted and executed on the orders of Major General Lokujo. | 22.3.2021| | | | Major General Lokujo defected in September 2020 from the SPLA-IO to the SSPDF and is responsible for the ensuing clashes in and around the Moroto Training Center in southern Central Equatoria. As a consequence, several deaths and injuries were reported on both sides during the last quarter of 2020, and civilians were also displaced, especially in the Kajo-Keji area of Central Equatoria State. Major General Lokujo’s forces remained in the area where several further clashes have been reported and the safety and security of the civilian communities continue to be in jeopardy. |16. | Dimitriy (Dimitry, Dmitri, Dmitry) Valerievich UTKIN | Дмитрий Валерьевич Уткин(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Founder and commander of the Wagner GroupRank: Lieutenant colonel (reserve)Callsign: Vagner, Wagner, The NinethWagner Group ID: M-0209DOB: 1.6.1970 or 11.6.1970POB: Asbest, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianAddress: Pskov, Russian FederationGender: male | Dimitriy Utkin, a former Russian military intelligence (GRU) officer, is the founder of the Wagner Group and responsible for coordinating and planning operations for the deployment of Wagner Group mercenaries across various countries.In his commanding position within the Wagner Group, he is responsible for serious human rights abuses committed by the group, which include torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings.This includes the torturing to death of a Syrian deserter by four members of the Wagner Group in June 2017 in the governorate of Homs, Syria. According to a former member of the Wagner Group, Dimitriy Utkin personally ordered the torturing to death of the deserter as well as the filming of the act. | 13.12.202117. | Stanislav Evgenievitch DYCHKO | Станислав Евгеньевич Дычко(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Mercenary of the Wagner GroupDOB: 1990Nationality: RussianGender: male | Stanislav Dychko, a former employee of the Stavropol police, is a mercenary of the Wagner Group.Alongside three other mercenaries of the Wagner Group, he took part in the torturing to death of a Syrian deserter in June 2017 in the governorate of Homs, Syria.He is therefore responsible for serious human rights abuses in Syria. | 13.12.202118. | Valery (Valeriy) Nikolaevich ZAKHAROV | Валерий Николаевич ЗАХАРОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Security counsellor to the President of the Central African Republic (CAR)Wagner Group ID: M-5658DOB: 12.1.1970POB: Leningrad, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianGender: male | Valery Zakharov, a former member of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB), is the former security counsellor to the President of the Central African Republic (CAR). He is a key figure in the Wagner Group’s command structure and maintains close links with the Russian authorities.Given his former influential position in CAR and his leading role in the Wagner Group, Valery Zakharov is responsible for serious human rights abuses committed by the Wagner Group in CAR, including extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings.This includes the murder of three Russian journalists in 2018 whose security was the responsibility of Valery Zakharov. | 13.12.202119. | Maxim SHUGALEYa.k.a.Maksim SHUGALEI | Максим ШУГАЛЕЙ (Russian spelling) | Position(s): President of the Foundation for the Defence of National Values (FDNV)DOB: 24.2.1966POB: Leningrad, former USSR (now St Petersburg, Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianGender: malePassport or ID number:710508436 (Russian passport) | Maxim Shugaley is head of the Foundation for the Defence of National Values (FDNV), an entity associated with the Wagner Group. The FDNV operates as the public relations arm of the Wagner Group and Maxim Shugaley’s role in FDNV involves steering pro-Wagner Group propaganda and disinformation campaigns, including to enhance the reputation of the Wagner Group and support its deployment, as well as covertly interfering on behalf of the Wagner Group in the various countries that he is active in.The Wagner Group is listed for serious human rights abuses, including torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, in several countries, including Libya, Mali and the Central African Republic.Maxim Shugaley is associated with the Wagner Group and is responsible for supporting and encouraging the acts of the Wagner Group through pro-Wagner Group propaganda and disinformation. | 25.2.202320. | 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. | 25.2.202321. | Konstantin Alexandrovich PIKALOV | Константин Александрович ПИКАЛОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): One of the PMC Wagner Group Commanders in AfricaDOB: 23.7.1968Nationality: RussianGender: male | Konstantin Pikalov, code name Mazaï (Mazay), is one of the leaders of the Wagner Group and is responsible for the operational activities of the Wagner Group in Africa, notably in the Central African Republic (CAR). He is accused of being the instigator of the murder of three Russian journalists in July 2018. Since April 2023, he is also at the head of a new paramilitary group (Convoy) created in November 2022 to take action in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.The Wagner Group is listed for serious human rights abuses, including torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, in several countries, including CAR.In his leadership position within the Wagner Group, Konstantin Pikalov is responsible for the serious human rights abuses committed by the Wagner Group in CAR. | 25.2.202322. | Dimitri SYTIIa.k.a. Dimitri SYTYI, Dmitry SYTIY | Дмитрий СЫТИЙ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Director of the Russian house of BanguiDOB: 23.3.1989POB: Minsk (Belarus)Nationality: RussianGender: maleAddress: 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. | 25.2.202323. | Mikhail Sergeyevich POTEPKIN | Михаил Сергеевич ПОТЕПКИН(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Director Meroe GoldDOB: 19.9.1981 or 29.9.1981Nationality: RussianGender: malePassport number: 651697952 (Russian passport)Address: SudanAssociated 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. | 25.2.202324. | Alexander Alexandrovich IVANOVa.k.a. Aleksandr Alexandrovich IVANOV; Alexandre Alexandrovich IVANOV | Александр Александрович ИВАНОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Representative of Wagner Group instructors in the Central African RepublicDOB: 14.6.1960Nationality: RussianGender: maleAddress: Bangui, Central African Republic | Alexander Ivanov is the spokesperson for the Wagner Group in the Central African Republic (CAR). He is also the head of the Russian Officers Union for International Security, also called the Officers Community for International Security (COSI), a Wagner front company which sends Russian military instructors to CAR. Those instructors are Wagner Group mercenaries.The Wagner Group is listed for serious human rights abuses, including torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, in several countries, including CAR.In his position as official representative of Russian military instructors, Alexander Ivanov is involved in the serious human rights abuses committed by the Wagner Group in CAR. | 25.2.202325. | Vitalii Viktorovitch PERFILEV | Виталий Викторович ПЕРФИЛЬЕВ(Russian spelling) | DOB: 11.9.1983POB: Novossibirsk USSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianAddress: Bangui (Central African Republic)Gender: malePassport number: NR 75 2987491Date of delivery: 30.3.2016Expiration date: 30.3.2026 | Vitalii Perfilev was the security advisor to the President of the Central African Republic (CAR) until November 2023, and a key figure within the Wagner Group 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.Given his former influential position during the period when the human rights abuses were committed in CAR and his leading role in the Wagner Group, Vitalii Perfilev is responsible for serious human rights abuses committed by the Wagner Group in CAR. | 25.2.202326. | Andrei Sergeevich MANDEL | Андрей Сергеевич МАНДЕЛЬ(Russian spelling) | DOB: 2.3.1990POB: GermanyGender: malePassport 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. | 25.2.202327. | Neda Mohammad NADEEM | (Pashto spelling) | Position(s): Acting Taliban Minister for Higher EducationNationality: AfghanDOB: 1977POB: Kandahar, AfghanistanGender: male | Neda Mohammed Nadeem has been the acting Taliban Minister for Higher Education since 22 October 2022.Since he took up his position, the Taliban have published decrees banning women from higher education throughout the country. These decrees deprive women of their right to education as well as their equal access to education, violating the principle of equal treatment between men and women.In his capacity as acting Taliban Minister for Higher Education, Neda Mohammed Nadeem is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Afghanistan, in particular the widespread violation of women’s right to education and the right to equal treatment between men and women in the field of education. | 7.3.202328. | Sheikh Muhammad Khalid HANAFI | شیخ محمد خالد(Pashto spelling) | Position(s): Acting Taliban Minister for the propagation of virtue and the prevention of viceDOB: around 1970POB: Kolam Shaheed village, Doabi district, Nurestan province, AfghanistanNationality: AfghanGender: male | Sheikh Muhammad Khalid Hanafi is the acting Taliban Minister for the propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice, replacing the Minister for women’s affairs.Since he took up his position, the Taliban have published decrees restricting women’s and girl’s freedom and dignity throughout the country, curbing their freedom of speech and expression, and inflicting harsh punishments and violence on those who do not respect the Taliban’s edicts.In particular, during his time in office, hijab decrees were published as well as gender-segregated timetables for the use of public spaces.In his capacity as acting Taliban Minister for the propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice, Sheikh Muhammad Khalid Hanafi is responsible for serious human rights violations in Afghanistan, in particular the widespread violation of women’s rights, such as their freedom of expression, as well as the right to equal treatment between men and women. | 7.3.202329. | Alexander Georgievich FEDORINOV | Александр Георгиевич ФЕДОРИНОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): commanding officer of Moscow Police StationRank: Lieutenant ColonelDOB: 31.5.1980POB: Michurinsk, Tambov, Russian FederationNationality: RussianGender: male | Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Fedorinov is a commanding officer of Moscow Police Station.In his capacity as acting head of the police station in March 2022, he authorised the arbitrary arrest and detention, as well as the subsequent torture, of female anti-war protestors.Alexander Fedorinov is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, in particular torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests or detentions as well as systematic sexual and gender-based violence. | 7.3.202330. | Ivan RYABOV | Иван РЯБОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): police officer of Moscow Police StationNationality: RussianGender: male | Ivan Ryabov is a police officer of Moscow Police Station.On the orders of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Georgievich Fedorinov, he arbitrarily detained and tortured female anti-war protestors in March 2022. Victims report that he beat them, suffocated them with plastic bags and abused them physically and verbally for six hours.Ivan Ryabov is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, in particular torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and arbitrary arrests or detentions. | 7.3.202331. | Nikolay Anatolevich KUZNETSOVa.k.a. Nikolaj Anatolevich Kuznetsov, Nikolaj Kuznetsov, Nikolay Kuznetsov | Николай Анатольевич Кузнецов(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Member of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, commander of the Dzerzhinsky division special forces unit of Rosgvardia (Federal Service of National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation)Rank: Major-GeneralDOB: 13.4.1978Nationality: RussianGender: maleTax identification number: 645407737871 | Major-General Nikolay Anatolevich Kuznetsov is a member of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and commander of the Dzerzhinsky division special forces unit of Rosgvardia (Federal Service of National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation).Kuznetsov’s unit was part of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and members of his unit systematically participated in acts of sexual violence and rape in Ukraine in March/April 2022.The scale and severity of acts of sexual and gender-based violence taking place in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine speak to planning on a more systematic level and Russian commanders being aware of sexual violence by military personnel in Ukraine and, in some cases, having encouraged or even ordered it.In his capacity as commander of the unit, Kuznetsov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Ukraine, including systematic sexual and gender-based violence. | 7.3.202332. | Ramil Rakhmatulovich IBATULLIN | Рамиль Рахматуллович Ибатуллин(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Member of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, former commander of the 90th guards tank divisionRank: ColonelDOB: 22.10.1976Nationality: RussianGender: maleTax identification number: 631409144707Russian armed forces personnel number: U-927425 | Colonel Ramil Rakhmatulovich Ibatullin served in the Russian occupation troops in the Donbas region (2014-2017) and took part in Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine as commander of the 90th guards tank division.In March 2022, the division under his command took part in the offensive towards Chernihiv and Kyiv. During the offensive, members of his division committed acts of sexual and gender-based violence against the Ukrainian civilian population.After these facts became public, the Russian Ministry of Defense promoted Ibatullin to the rank of colonel.The Ukrainian authorities have charged several members of the 90th guards tank division with allegations of sexual and gender-based violence, including the rape of a pregnant woman near Kyiv, the murder of a civilian after repeatedly raping his wife in the presence of a young child, as well as the participation of members of this division in gang rapes.The scale and severity of acts of sexual and gender-based violence taking place in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine speak to planning on a more systematic level and Russian commanders being aware of sexual violence by military personnel in Ukraine and, in some cases, having encouraged or even ordered it.Ibatullin is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Ukraine, including systematic sexual and gender-based violence. | 7.3.202333. | Gatluak Nyang HOTH | | Nationality: South SudaneseGender: male | Gatluak Nyang Hoth was the county commissioner for Mayiandit county (Unity State, South Sudan) from February 2021 until June 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, Gatluak Nyang Hoth is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in South Sudan, including systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence. | 7.3.202334. | Gordon Koang BIELa.k.a. Gordon Koang Char BIEL, Koang Biel CHAR, Koang NYALUALGO | | Position(s): County commissioner for Koch countyPOB: South SudanNationality: South SudaneseGender: 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. | 7.3.202335. | Toe UIa.k.a. Toe YI | | Position(s): Member of the Anti-Corruption CommissionRank: Major-GeneralNationality: Myanmar/BurmaGender: 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. | 7.3.202336. | Oleg Mikhailovich SVIRIDENKO | Олег Михайлович СВИРИДЕНКО(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian FederationDOB: 29.7.1962POB: Potapovka, Buda-Koshelyovsky district, Gomel region, BelarusNationality: RussianGender: maleIndividual Taxpayer Number: 772704610955 | As Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation, Oleg Sviridenko directly oversees the Department of Legislation and Law Enforcement in the Sphere of Non-Commercial Organizations as well as the Department of National Interest Protection from External Influence, which are responsible for enforcing the foreign agents legislation, including authority to decide on designations in the Foreign Agents List.The foreign agents legislation has been at the centre of a wave of repressive laws cracking down on independent civil society, media as well as dissenting individuals, violating their freedom of opinion and expression. As a result, hundreds of NGOs and individuals, many prominent figures of Russian civil society and the Kremlin’s political opponents, including Vladimir Kara-Murza, have been included in the Foreign Agents List falling directly under Sviridenko’s responsibility within the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.Therefore, Sviridenko is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression. | 5.6.202337. | Andrei Andreevich ZADACHIN | Андрей Андреевич ЗАДАЧИН(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Investigator of the Major Investigative Unit at the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation; MajorDOB: 22.8.1990POB: Moscow, Russian FederationNationality: RussianGender: maleIndividual Taxpayer Number: 771577190559Fiscal Registration Number: YBLWST14JJ39 | In his position as Investigator of the Major Investigative Unit at the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Andrei Zadachin issued a politically motivated criminal accusation against Vladimir Kara-Murza. Andrei Zadachin also asked the court that Vladimir Kara-Murza be detained and provided supporting testimony in court.Vladimir 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.Therefore, Andrei Zadachin is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression. | 5.6.202338. | Danila Yurievich MIKHEEV | Данила Юрьевич МИХЕЕВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Director of non-profit organisation Independent expertDOB: 1.3.1999POB: Moscow, Russian FederationNationality: RussianGender: maleIndividual Taxpayer Number: 771577190559 | Mikheev serves as an expert witness for the Russian government in politically motivated court cases. He acted as an expert in the politically motivated court proceedings against Vladimir Kara-Murza.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 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.Therefore, through his activities, he is responsible for supporting the serious human rights violations in Russia, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression. | 5.6.202339. | Denis Vladimirovich KOLESNIKOV | Денис ВладимировичКОЛЕСНИКОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Head of the Investigative Department at the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Rank of Lieutenant General.DOB: 29.6.1976Nationality: RussianGender: male | In his position as Head of the Investigative Department at the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Kolesnikov gave authorisation to issue a politically motivated criminal accusation against Vladimir Kara-Murza.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.Therefore, in his position, he is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression. | 5.6.202340. | Diana Igorevna MISHCHENKO(Maiden name: GARIPOVA) | Диана Игоревнa МИЩЕНКО(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Judge of the Khamovniki District Court of MoscowDOB: 12.5.1977POB: Moscow, Russian FederationNationality: RussianPassport no.: 4508731961Gender: femaleFiscal registration no.: K7VGTQKBDX68Individual Taxpayer Number: 771805281790 | In her position as Judge of the Khamovniki District Court of Moscow, Diana Mishchenko is involved in the politically motivated court case against Vladimir Kara-Murza. She issued a sentence to approve the administrative arrest of Vladimir Kara-Murza for 15 days.Vladimir 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.Therefore, Diana Mishchenko is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression. | 5.6.202341. | Elena Anatolievna LENSKAYA | Елена Анатольевна ЛЕНСКАЯ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Judge of the Basmaniy District Court of MoscowDOB: 22.1.1979POB: Moscow, Russian FederationNationality: RussianGender: FemaleIndividual Taxpayer Number: 770905658030 | In her position as Judge of the Basmaniy District Court of Moscow, Lenskaya is involved in the politically motivated court case against Vladimir Kara-Murza. She issued the ruling to approve the arrest of Kara-Murza for two months.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.Therefore, she is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression. | 5.6.202342. | Ilya Pavlovich KOZLOV | Илья Павлович КОЗЛОВ(Russian spelling) | Function: Judge of the Moscow City CourtDOB: 17.10.1973POB: Moscow, Russian FederationNationality: RussianGender: male | In his position as Judge of the Moscow City Court, Kozlov is involved in the politically motivated court case against Vladimir Kara-Murza. He denied the appeal request of Kara-Murza on his administrative arrest.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.Therefore, he is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression. | 5.6.202343. | Sergei Gennadievich PODOPRIGOROV | Сергей Геннадьевич ПОДОПРИГОРОВ(Russian spelling) | Position: Judge of the Moscow City CourtDOB: 8.1.1974POB: Moscow, Russian FederationNationality: RussianGender: maleAddress: 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. | 5.6.202344. | Dmitriy Viktorovich KOMNOV | Дмитрий Викторович КОМНОВ(Russian spelling) | Function: Lieutenant Colonel, former Head of Moscow pre-trial detention centre SIZO-5 VodnikDOB: 17.5.1977POB: Kashira Region, Moscow, Russian FederationNationality: RussianGender: 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. | 5.6.202345. | Oleg Anatolyevich BARANOV | Олег Анатольевич БАРАНОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Head of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow; Lieutenant General of the PoliceDOB: 16.3.1969POB: Potsdam, GermanyNationality: RussianGender: maleAssociated entities:Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of MoscowCenter for Combating Extremism;Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow;NTechLab;Tevian | Oleg Baranov is the Head of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow. In this capacity, he oversees police forces, criminal investigators, detention facilities, the Center for Combating Extremism and other law enforcement units in Moscow.The Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow under his command monitored and arbitrarily detained independent journalists and opposition activists who participated in peaceful protests in support of Alexei Navalny, against corruption of the government of Russia and in opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It also tracked down and detained draftees seeking to evade mobilisation for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. To these ends, it employed the facial recognition system in Moscow as a tool of repression.Therefore, Oleg Baranov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. | 20.7.202346. | Eduard Anatolyevich LYSENKO | Эдуард Анатольевич ЛЫСЕНКО(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Minister of the Government of Moscow; Head of the Department of Information Technologies of the City of MoscowDOB: 22.1.1975POB: Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianGender: maleAssociated individuals:Natalia SerguninaAssociated entities:Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow;The Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow | Eduard Lysenko is a Minister in the Government of Moscow and the Head of the Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow.The Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow develops and uses the facial recognition system in Moscow. It transmits data from the facial recognition system to the law enforcement units of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow.The Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow employed the facial recognition system in Moscow as a tool of repression, notably to monitor and arbitrarily detain independent journalists and opposition activists who participated in peaceful protests in support of Alexei Navalny, against corruption of the government of Russia and in opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The facial recognition system was also used by the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow to track down and detain draftees seeking to evade mobilisation for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.Therefore, Eduard Lysenko is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. | 20.7.202347. | Natalia Alekseevna SERGUNINA | Наталья Алексеевна СЕРГУНИНА(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Deputy Mayor in the Government of Moscow; Head of the Apparatus of the Mayor and Government of MoscowDOB: 22.8.1978POB: Moscow, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality:RussianGender: femaleAddress: (Office) Voznesensky pereulok, 22, 125009 Moscow, Russian FederationAssociated individuals:Eduard LysenkoAssociated entities:Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow;Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow;Other identifying information: Tel.: +74956298447 (office) | Natalia Sergunina is a Deputy Mayor of Moscow. The Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow, which falls under her competence, develops and uses the facial recognition system in Moscow. It transmits data from the facial recognition system to the law enforcement units of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow.The Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow employed the facial recognition system in Moscow as a tool of repression, notably to monitor and arbitrarily detain independent journalists and opposition activists who participated in peaceful protests in support of Alexei Navalny, against corruption of the government of Russia and in opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The facial recognition system was also used by the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow to track down and detain draftees seeking to evade mobilisation for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.Therefore, Natalia Sergunina is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. | 20.7.202348. | Dmitry Yurievich NOZHKIN | Дмитрий Юрьевич НОЖКИН(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Head of IK-6 prison in Vladimir regionDOB: 3.7.1981Address: Suzdalskaya St., 2, 118, Vladimir, Vladimir region, Russia, 600009Individual Taxpayer Number: 583520944622 | Dmitry Nozhkin is the head of the penal colony IK-6 in Melekhovo, Vladimir Region, where the Russian political opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been held since his sentencing in March 2022.Navalny was subjected to several cycles of solitary confinement in a punishment cell for over 100 days since August 2022, contributing to a sharp deterioration of his health. The methods employed by the colony’s management (inter alia using ultra-bright LED lights) amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment in the IK-6 penal colony, for which Dmitry Nozhkin bears immediate responsibility as head of the facility.Therefore, Dmitry Nozhkin is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of opinion and expression. | 20.7.202349. | Yuri Alexandrovich FOMIN | Юрий АлександровичФОМИН(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Deputy head of IK-6 prison in Vladimir regionDOB: 28.08.1986Address: Komsomolskaya St., 95/2, 13, Kovrov, Vladimir region, Russia, 601914 | Yuri Fomin is a deputy head of the penal colony IK-6 in Melekhovo, Vladimir Region, where the Russian political opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been held since his sentencing in March 2022.Navalny was subjected to several cycles of solitary confinement in a punishment cell for over 100 days since August 2022, contributing to a sharp deterioration of his health. The methods employed by the colony’s management (inter alia using ultra-bright LED lights) amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment in the IK-6 penal colony, for which Yuri Fomin bears immediate responsibility as deputy head of the facility.Therefore, Yuri Fomin is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of opinion and expression. | 20.7.202350. | Danila Andreevich SINYUKHIN | Данила Андреевич СИНЮХИН(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Deputy head of IK-6 prison in Vladimir regionDOB: 8.8.1990Address: Narodnaya St., 8, 91, Vladimir, Vladimir region, Russia, 600026 | Danila Sinyukhin is a deputy head of the penal colony IK-6 in Melekhovo, Vladimir Region, where the Russian political opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been held since his sentencing in March 2022.Navalny was subjected to several cycles of solitary confinement in a punishment cell for over 100 days since August 2022, contributing to a sharp deterioration of his health. The methods employed by the colony’s management (inter alia using ultra-bright LED lights) amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment in the IK-6 penal colony, for which Danila Sinyukhin bears immediate responsibility as deputy head of the facility.Therefore, Danila Sinyukhin is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of opinion and expression. | 20.7.202351. | Anatoly Alekseevich GORSHKOV | Анатолий Алексеевич ГОРШКОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Deputy head of IK-6 prison in Vladimir regionDOB: 6.5.1984Address: Sergey Lazo St., 4/1, 75, Kovrov, Vladimir region, Russia, 601911 | Anatoly Gorshkov is a deputy head of the penal colony IK-6 in Melekhovo, Vladimir Region, where the Russian political opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been held since his sentencing in March 2022.Navalny was subjected to several cycles of solitary confinement in a punishment cell for over 100 days since August 2022, contributing to a sharp deterioration of his health. The methods employed by the colony’s management (inter alia using ultra-bright LED lights) amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment in the IK-6 penal colony, for which Anatoly Gorshkov bears immediate responsibility as deputy head of the facility.Therefore, Anatoly Gorshkov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of opinion and expression. | 20.7.202352. | Dmitry Ivanovich MAKORIN | Дмитрий ИвановичМАКОРИН(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Deputy head of IK-6 prison in Vladimir regionDOB: 23.6.1984Address: Dachny proezd, 3, apt. 3, Melehovo, Vladimir region, Russia | Dmitry Makorin is a deputy head of the penal colony IK-6 in Melekhovo, Vladimir Region, where the Russian political opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been held since his sentencing in March 2022.Navalny was subjected to several cycles of solitary confinement in a punishment cell for over 100 days since August 2022, contributing to a sharp deterioration of his health. The methods employed by the colony’s management (inter alia using ultra-bright LED lights) amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment in the IK-6 penal colony, for which Dmitry Makorin bears immediate responsibility as deputy head of the facility.Therefore, Dmitry Makorin is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of opinion and expression. | 20.7.202353. | Mikhail Alekseevich NEIMOVICH | Михаил Алексеевич НEИМОВИЧ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Lieutenant in IK-6 prison in Vladimir regionDOB: 25.11.1997Address: Muromskaya St., 9, 22, Kovrov, Vladimir region, Russia, 601909 | Mikhail Neimovich is a lieutenant of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia at the penal colony IK-6 in Melekhovo, Vladimir Region, where the Russian political opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been held since his sentencing in March 2022.Navalny was subjected to several cycles of solitary confinement in a punishment cell for over 100 days since August 2022, contributing to a sharp deterioration of his health. The methods employed by the colony’s management (inter alia using ultra-bright LED lights) amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment in the IK-6 penal colony, for which Mikhail Neimovich bears immediate responsibility.Therefore, Mikhail Neimovich is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of opinion and expression. | 20.7.202354. | Alexey Ivanovich GIRICHEV | Алексей Иванович ГИРИЧЕВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): (Former) Regional head of the FSIN in Vladimir region (Federal Penitentiary Service) until March 2023;current deputy head of FSINDOB: 3.8.1975POB: Kalach, Kalacheyevsky District, Voronezh Oblast, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation)Address: (previously) Zoe Kosmodemyanskaya St., 5 Corps 1, 95, Kovrov, Vladimir Region, Russia, 601911Individual Taxpayer Number: 382101379684 | Alexey Girichev is the deputy Head of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), which has held the Russian political opposition leader Alexei Navalny prisoner since his sentencing in March 2022.Navalny was subjected to several cycles of solitary confinement in a punishment cell for over 100 days since August 2022, contributing to a sharp deterioration of his health. The methods employed by the colony’s management (inter alia using ultra-bright LED lights) amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment in the IK-6 penal colony, for which Alexey Girichev bears direct responsibility as deputy head of the FSIN.Therefore, Alexey Girichev is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and arbitrary arrests or detentions. | 20.7.202355. | Arkady Alexandrovich GOSTEV | Аркадий АлександровичГОСТЕВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Director of FSIN (former Deputy Minister of the Interior, until 2021)DOB: 11.2.1961POB: Shatsky District, Ryazan Region, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation)Address: lobachevskogo, 92-12, Moscow, 117453Passport number: 620120675 | Arkady Gostev is the Director of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), which has held the Russian political opposition leader Alexei Navalny prisoner since his sentencing in March 2022.Navalny was subjected to several cycles of solitary confinement in a punishment cell for over 100 days since August 2022, contributing to a sharp deterioration of his health. The methods employed by the colony’s management (inter alia using ultra-bright LED lights) amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment in the IK-6 penal colony, for which Arkady Gostev bears direct responsibility as Director of the FSIN.Therefore, Arkady Gostev is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and arbitrary arrests or detentions. | 20.7.202356. | Alexander AlexandrovichSAMOFAL | Александр АлександровичСАМОФАЛ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Agent of the Federal Security Service of the Russian FederationDOB: 23.8.1981POB: Moscow, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation)Address: (previously) Military Unit 2568, FSB Border Service Academy, Golitsyno, Russian Federation | Alexander Samofal is an officer of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB). In that capacity, he was personally involved in an FSB operation to assassinate the leading Russian opposition figure Wladimir Kara-Murza through the use of a neurotoxin. The near-fatal poisoning severely damaged Kara-Murza’s health, negatively impacting his long-term physical condition.Kara-Murza is a prominent opposition activist in Russia. Politically motivated court proceedings based on false allegations were opened against him in 2022 after he accused the Kremlin of committing war crimes in Ukraine and after he 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.Therefore, Alexander Samofal is responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. | 20.7.202357. | Habibullah AGHAa.k.a.Mawlawi, Maulvi, Hadith, Sheikh | حبیب الله اغا(Pashto spelling) | Position(s): Acting Taliban Minister of EducationDOB: 1954 or 1955POB: Vach Bakhto, Shah Wali Kot, Kandahar province, AfghanistanNationality: AfghanGender: male | Habibullah Agha was appointed acting Taliban Minister of Education in September 2022. In this capacity, Habibullah Agha has implemented the Taliban policy of denying girls access to secondary education by extending the ban on female students participating in secondary education beyond the sixth grade.Moreover, Habibullah Agha has personally aggravated existing gender-discriminating policies of the Taliban by ordering the closure of private and NGO-run education centres that had previously served as a place of education for girls. Therefore, he bears personal responsibility for human rights violations in Afghanistan, in particular the imposition of systematic gender-based repression in the education sector. He is personally responsible for the continued violation of Afghan girls’ fundamental right to secondary education and the right to equal treatment between boys and girls in the field of secondary education, thereby further excluding girls from society.In his capacity as acting Taliban Minister of Education, he is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Afghanistan, in particular the violation of girls’ and women’s right to education and the right to equal treatment between men and women. | 20.7.202358. | Abdul Hakim HAQQANIa.k.a. Mawlawi Sheikh Abdul Hakim Haqqani Ishaqzai;Shaikhul Hadis Maulvi Abdul Hakim Haqqani | شیخ الحدیث مولوي عبدالحکیم حقانيلقضات شیخ عبدالحکیم حقاني(Pashto spelling) | Position(s): Acting Taliban Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of AfghanistanQazi al-Quzzat (Supreme Judge)DOB: 1967POB: Panjwayi, Kandahar province, AfghanistanNationality: AfghanGender: 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. | 20.7.202359. | Abdul-Hakim SHAREIa.k.a.Sharae; Sharie; Shara’i | عبدالحکیم شریرى(Pashto spelling) | Position(s): Acting Taliban Minister of JusticeTitle: Shaikh-al-Hadith MawlawiDOB: 1961POB: Ayub Khil, Khost province, AfghanistanNationality: AfghanGender: male | Following the Taliban’s seizure of power in Afghanistan, Abdul-Hakim Sharei, in his capacity as acting Taliban Minister of Justice, has initiated a concerted effort to turn the national justice system against Afghan women. He has effectively obstructed the licensing of female lawyers and women’s ability to receive legal representation, and removed women from positions within the justice system. His instruction to review the entire legal framework of Afghanistan has also ended the application of the Law on the Elimination of Violence against Women.These policies constitute a concerted effort to employ the denial of justice as an effective tool to foster a system of gender-based repression by exposing women and girls to a state of lawlessness and impunity, for which Abdul-Hakim Sharei is directly and personally responsible.In his capacity as acting Taliban Minister of Justice, 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. | 20.7.202360. | James Mark NANDO | | Position(s): Major General, South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF)POB: Ezo, Ezo County, Western Equatoria, South SudanAddress: Juba, South SudanNationality: South SudaneseGender: 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. | 20.7.202361. | Mahamat SALLEH Adoum Kettea.k.a.Mahamet Salleh | | Position(s): General, Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central African Republic (FPRC)Nationality: Central African RepublicPOB: Haute-Kotto Prefecture, Central African RepublicGender: male | In his capacity as a leading figure in the Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central African Republic (FPRC), Mahamat Salleh has commanded forces in the Central African Republic that have carried out widespread attacks against the civilian population. For years, Salleh and the forces under his command have repeatedly committed crimes related to sexual and gender-based violence on a massive scale as a means to terrorise the civilian population.In his capacity as General in the FPRC, he is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in the Central African Republic, including sexual and gender-based violence. | 20.7.202362. | Igor Leonidovich KOLEDA | Iгор Леонiдович КОЛЕДА(Ukrainian spelling)Игорь ЛеонидовичКОЛЕДА(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Commander of the 30th Motorised Rifle BrigadeRank: ColonelDOB: 11.12.1973Nationality: RussianGender: maleArmed forces identification number: 540530367155 | Igor Leonidovich Koleda is commander in the 30th Motorised Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces and holds the rank of Colonel. The brigade under his command took part in Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.In early 2022, Members of the 30th Motorised Rifle Brigade employed acts of sexual and gender-based violence against the Ukrainian civilian population, including against at least one minor. The Ukrainian authorities have identified one member of the 30th Motorised Rifle Brigade as being suspected of sexual violence against women.The scale and severity of acts of sexual violence taking place in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine suggest that systematic planning has been carried out and that Russian commanders are aware of sexual violence by military personnel in Ukraine and in some cases encourage or even order it.In his capacity as commander of the 30th Motorised Rifle Brigade, Igor Koleda is therefore responsible for human rights violations in Ukraine, including sexual and gender-based violence. | 20.7.202363. | Elena Victorovna PODOLNAYA | Елена Викторовна ПОДОЛЬНАЯ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Russian Prosecutor; Deputy Prosecutor at the Simferopol District Court in the Republic of CrimeaDOB: 5.9.1978Gender: femaleTax ID number: 261803847664 | Elena Podolnaya is the Deputy Prosecutor at the Simferopol District Court in the Republic of Crimea established by Russia’s occupying force in the illegally annexed Crimea. In that position, Elena Podolnaya took part in the politically motivated court proceedings against Vladyslav Yesypenko, a journalist, and proposed an 11-year prison sentence for him. Vladyslav Yesypenko was sentenced to 6 years in prison.The court proceedings against Vladyslav Yesypenko 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.Therefore, she is responsible for serious human rights violations in the Russian Federation and in the territories occupied by it, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression. | 8.9.202364. | Denis Vladimirovich KOROVIN | Денис Владимирович КОРОВИН(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Officer of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB)Gender: male | Denis Korovin is an officer of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB). In his position, he took part in torturing Vladyslav Yesypenko, a journalist, who was sentenced to 6 years in prison.The court proceedings against Vladyslav Yesypenko 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.Therefore, he is responsible for serious human rights violations in the Russian Federation and in the territories occupied by it, including torture, inhuman and degrading treatment and violations of freedom of opinion and expression. | 8.9.202365. | Dliaver Memetovich BERBEROV | Длявер Меметович БЕРБЕРОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Judge at the Simferopol District Court of the Republic of CrimeaDOB: 17.8.1978POB: UzbekistanGender: male | Dliaver Berberov is a judge at the Simferopol District Court in the Republic of Crimea established by Russia’s occupying force in the illegally annexed Crimea. In that position, he took part in the politically motivated court proceedings against Vladyslav Yesypenko, a journalist.On 16 February 2021, Dliaver Berberov announced the verdict of Vladyslav Yesypenko’s case and sentenced him to 6 years in prison. | 8.9.2023| | | Address: 6 Turkenicha St., Simferopol, Crimea, UkraineАР Крим, г. Симферополь, ул. Туркенича 6DRFO code: 2871801456 | The court proceedings against Vladyslav Yesypenko 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.Therefore, he is responsible for serious human rights violations in the Russian Federation and in the territories occupied by it, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression. |66. | Vitaliy Olegovich VLASOV | Виталий Олегович ВЛАСОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Investigator at the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB)DOB: 7.5.1986POB: Shimanovsk/Amur Oblast/Russian FederationNationality: RussianGender: male | Vitaliy Vlasov is an investigator at the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB). In that position, he conducted the investigations in the cases of journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko, of members of the Crimean Tatar community in Crimea, including Nariman Dzhelyalov, as well as of members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, including Aleksandr Dubovenko and Aleksandr Litvinyuk.In that context, Vlasov has been involved in the systematic persecution campaigns targeting the Crimean Tatar community and members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses for their religious beliefs.Therefore, he is responsible for serious human rights violations in the Russian Federation and in the territories occupied by it, including torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, arbitrary arrest and detention, and violations of freedom of opinion and expression. | 8.9.202367. | Viktor Viktorovich KRAPKO | Виктор Викторович КРАПКО(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Judge of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Crimea; Former Judge at the Kiev District Court of SimferopolDOB: 22.1.1989Nationality: RussianGender: male | Viktor Krapko is a judge at the Supreme Court of the Republic of Crimea established by Russia’s occupying force in the illegally annexed Crimea. In that position, he took part in the politically motivated court proceedings against Vladyslav Yesypenko, a journalist, and Nariman Dzhelyalov, a Crimean Tatar.Krapko is also responsible for authorising searches in the homes of members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2021 in Russian-occupied Crimea.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.In that context, Krapko has been involved in the systematic persecution campaigns targeting the Crimean Tatar community and members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses for their religious beliefs.Therefore, he is responsible for serious human rights violations in the Russian Federation and the territories occupied by it, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression. | 8.9.202368. | Anastasia Ivanovna SUPRYAGA | Анастасия Ивановна СУПРЯГА(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Prosecutor in the Prosecutor’s Office of CrimeaDOB: 15.3.1983POB: Vinohradove, Saksky district, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, UkraineNationality: RussianGender: female | Anastasia Supryaga is a prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Crimea established by Russia’s occupying force in the illegally annexed Crimea. In that position, she took part in the politically motivated court proceedings and the prosecution of Akhtem Chiygoz, deputy Chair of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people and of members of the Crimean Tatar community, including Nariman Dzhelyalov.In that context, Supryaga has been involved in the systematic persecution campaigns targeting the Crimean Tatar community and members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses for their religious beliefs.Therefore, she is responsible for serious human rights violations in the Russian Federation and the territories occupied by it, including arbitrary arrests or detentions. | 8.9.202369. | Ekaterina Mikhailovna MIZULINA | Екатерина Михайловна МИЗУЛИНА(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Chairwoman of the Safe Internet League; Member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian FederationDOB: 1.9.1984POB: Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianGender: femaleAssociated individuals: Elena Borisovna Mizulina; Konstantin Valerevich Malofeev | Ekaterina Mizulina is a Russian public figure and the Chairwoman of the Safe Internet League. In this position, she is enforcing censorship practices against Internet content creators and artists in favour of the Russian government and its policies.As the Chairwoman of the Safe Internet League, Ekaterina Mizulina is initiating official complaints to the Russian law enforcement agencies against Internet content creators, i.e. bloggers, as well as musicians, celebrities and influencers. As a result, Ekaterina Mizulina is forcing Russian Internet content creators and artists either to delete anti-government content or to create content in favour of the Russian government and its policies.Therefore, Ekaterina Mizulina is responsible for serious and systematic abuses of freedom of opinion and expression, which are also of serious concern with regards to the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. | 29.1.202470. | Valentina Evgenievna LEVASHOVAa.k.a.Valentina Evgen’yevna LEVASHOVA | Валентина Евгеньевна ЛЕВАШОВАa.k.a.Валентина Євгенiївна ЛЄВАШОВА(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Judge, Basmanniy District Court, MoscowDOB: 14.10.1978Nationality: RussianGender: femaleAddress: Preobrazhenskiy Val St., 24 building 1, Flat 69, Moscow, Russia, 107061 | Valentina Levashova is a judge at the Basmanniy District Court of Moscow.In this capacity she is involved in serious and systematic violations of human rights against the leaders of the Russian opposition.She is a representative of the judiciary who made biased decisions in politically motivated cases against persons who opposed the military invasion of Ukraine, or decisions that justified military and other actions of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine, including in the case against Vladimir Kara-Murza.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.Therefore, she is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests and detentions. | 29.1.202471. | Oleg Viktorovich ALYPOV | Олег Викторович АЛЫПОВОлег Вiкторович АЛИПОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Golovinsky Interdistrict Prosecutor of MoscowDOB: 7.3.1981Nationality: RussianGender: male | Oleg Alypov is the Golovinsky Interdistrict Prosecutor of Moscow.In his capacity as a Prosecutor, he is involved in serious and systematic violations of human rights against the leaders of the Russian opposition, including in the case of Vladimir Kara-Murza.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.Therefore, he is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests and detentions. | 29.1.202472. | Ludmila Mikhailovna SMOLKINA | Людмила Михайловна СМОЛКИНAЛюдмила Михайлiвна СМОЛКIНА(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Judge, Moscow City CourtDOB: 6.8.1961Nationality: RussianGender: femaleAddress: 45 Angarskaya St., building 1, 51, Moscow, Russia, 125412 | Ludmila Smolkina is a Judge at the Moscow City Court.In this capacity, she is involved in serious and systematic violations of human rights against the leaders of the Russian opposition, including in the case of Vladimir Kara-Murza.The Russian authorities have used criminal charges to arrest, prosecute and convict human rights defenders, journalists and political opponents voicing their criticism of the invasion of Ukraine.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.Therefore, she is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests and detentions. | 29.1.202473. | Yuri KONOVEEV | Юрий КОНОВЕЕВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Head of the SUS detachment PKT in the IK-3 penal colonyDOB: 7.5.1987POB: Rivne, former USSR (now Ukraine)Nationality: RussianGender: male | Yuri Konoveev is the head of the SUS detachment and PKT punishment cells (also known as the head of the department of educational work) in the IK-3 penal colony, where he has been working since at least 2019. Alexei Navalny was placed under his authority from 25 December 2023 until his death on 16 February 2024.In that position, Konoveev oversaw wards responsible for Alexei Navalny’s ill-treatment and directly interacted with him at least once a month. Given his responsibility for punishment cells, he ensured that a regime of maximum possible physical isolation was inflicted on Navalny. In his role of overseeing the (re-)education of detainees, he was responsible for supporting a system built on breaking the detainees’ will, creating a feeling of complete hopelessness and inhuman living conditions. Witnesses testified that human rights violations had occurred in the context of detainees’ educational work and that torture was directly prescribed in the operational documents of the departments. Yuri Konoveev was also in charge of the investigative tests and the exercise yards where Alexei Navalny allegedly became ill. The IK-3 penal colony is known for exerting physical and psychological pressure, full isolation, torture and violence on prisoners.Konoveev is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202474. | Alexei Vassilyevich LISYUKa.k.a.Alexei Vassilyevich LYSYUK | Алексей Васильевич ЛИСЮК(Russian spelling) | Position(s): General hygiene doctor; Head of the medical unit in the IK-3 penal colonyDOB: 1984POB: Ussuriysk, former USSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianGender: male | Alexei Lisyuk is a general hygiene doctor and has been the head of the medical unit of the IK-3 penal colony since at least August 2023.In that position, Lisyuk was responsible for the health of Alexei Navalny from 25 December 2023 until his death on 16 February 2024. Lisyuk neglected the dire detention and health conditions of Navalny, failed to ensure that his unit had adequate resuscitation capacities and failed to order his transport to the nearest hospital on time after he collapsed on 16 February 2024.The IK-3 penal colony is known for exerting physical and psychological pressure, full isolation, torture and violence on prisoners as well as for the poor quality of medical services.Lisyuk is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. | 22.3.202475. | Wadim Konstantinowitsch KALININ | Вадим Kонстантинович КАЛИНИН | Position(s): Head of the IK-3 penal colonyDOB: 7.3.1973POB: Russian FederationNationality: RussianGender: maleIndividual Taxpayer Number: 663401241613 | Wadim Kalinin is the Head of the IK-3 penal colony.Within the chain of command in the IK-3 penal colony, being officially part of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) senior command staff and assuming a managerial role, he is directly tasked with executive decisions and therefore responsible for the overall conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony. The IK-3 penal colony, commonly known as the Polar Wolf, is the location where detained opposition politician Alexei Navalny died under unknown circumstances. The conditions of Alexei Navalny’s imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony included physical violence such as torture and withholding warm water and adequate clothing in winter, medical assistance and food and water.Therefore, Wadim Kalinin is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202476. | Sergey Nikolaevich KORZHOV | Сергей Николаевич КОРЖОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Deputy head of the IK-3 penal colonyPOB: RussiaNationality: RussianGender: male | Sergey Nikolaevich Korzhov is deputy head of the IK-3 penal colony.Within the chain of command in the IK-3 penal colony, being officially part of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN)’s senior command staff and assuming a managerial role, he is directly tasked with executive decisions and therefore responsible for the overall conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony. The IK-3 penal colony, commonly known as the Polar Wolf, is the location where detained opposition politician Alexei Navalny died under unknown circumstances. The conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony included physical violence such as torture and withholding warm water and adequate clothing in winter, medical assistance and food and water.Therefore, Sergey Nikolaevich Korzhov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202477. | Vasily Alexandrovich VYDRIN | Василий Александрович ВЫДРИН(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Deputy head of the IK-3 penal colonyPOB: RussiaNationality: RussianGender: male | Vasily Alexandrovich Vydrin is deputy head of the IK-3 penal colony.Within the chain of command in the IK-3 penal colony, being officially part of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN)’s senior command staff and assuming a managerial role, he is directly tasked with executive decisions and therefore responsible for the overall conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony. The IK-3 penal colony, commonly known as the Polar Wolf, is the location where detained opposition politician Alexei Navalny died under unknown circumstances. The conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony include physical violence such as torture and withholding warm water and adequate clothing in winter, medical assistance and food and water.Therefore, Vasily Alexandrovich Vydrin is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202478. | Vladimir Ivanovich PILIPCHIK | Владимир Иванович ПИЛИПЧИК | Position(s): Deputy head of the IK-3 penal colonyPOB: RussiaNationality: RussianGender: male | Vladimir Ivanovich Pilipchik is deputy head of the IK-3 penal colony.Within the chain of command in the IK-3 penal colony, being officially part of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN)’s senior command staff and assuming a managerial role, he is directly tasked with executive decisions and therefore responsible for the overall conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony. The IK-3 penal colony, commonly known as the Polar Wolf, is the location where detained opposition politician Alexei Navalny died under unknown circumstances. The conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony included physical violence such as torture and withholding warm water and adequate clothing in winter, medical assistance and food and water.Therefore, Vladimir Ivanovich Pilipchik is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202479. | Alexander Vladimirovich GOLYAKOV | Александр Владимирович ГОЛЯКОВ | Position(s): Deputy head of the IK-3 penal colonyPOB: RussiaNationality: RussianGender: male | Alexander Vladimirovich Golyakov is deputy head of the IK-3 penal colony.Within the chain of command in the IK-3 penal colony, being officially part of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN)’s senior command staff and assuming a managerial role, he is directly tasked with executive decisions and therefore responsible for the overall conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony. The IK-3 penal colony, commonly known as the Polar Wolf, is the location where detained opposition politician Alexei Navalny died under unknown circumstances. The conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony included physical violence such as torture and withholding warm water and adequate clothing in winter, medical assistance and food and water.Therefore, Alexander Vladimirovich Golyakov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202480. | Alexander Valerievich OBRAZTSOV | Александр Валерьевич ОБРАЗЦОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Deputy head of the IK-3 penal colonyDOB: 1980-1990POB: RussiaNationality: RussianGender: maleAddress: Priuralisky District, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, 629420 | Alexander Valerievich Obraztsov is deputy head of the IK-3 penal colony.In that position, he is directly responsible for the conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony. The IK-3 penal colony, commonly known as the Polar Wolf, is the location where detained opposition politician Alexei Navalny died under unknown circumstances. The conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony included physical violence such as torture and withholding warm water and adequate clothing in winter, medical assistance and food and water.Therefore, Alexander Valerievich Obraztsov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202481. | Igor Borisovich RAKITIN | Игорь Борисович РАКИТИН(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Directorate for the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous RegionDOB: 5.10.1973POB: Tyumen Oblast, former USSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianGender: maleTax identification number: 100602094834 | Igor Borisovich Rakitin has been the director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Directorate for the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region of the Russian Federation since 28 July 2020.Under his command, a widespread and systematic pattern of torture has been established in penitentiary colonies in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region. Under his command, practices of torture have taken place in penal colonies IK-3 Polar Wolf and IK-8 Polar Bear. That pattern includes deprivation of medical care, beatings, extensive periods of solitary confinement, deprivation of food and injection with unknown substances.In his position as Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Directorate for the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region, Igor Borisovich Rakitin is responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202482. | Valeriy Gennadyevich BOYARINEV | Валерий Геннадьевич БОЯРИНЕВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): First deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian FederationRank: Major-GeneralNationality: RussianDOB: 2.9.1970POB: Berezovskiy, Krasnoyarskiy Kray, former USSR (now Russian Federation)Gender: maleTax identification number: 190113308460 | Valeriy Gennadyevich Boyarinev has been the first deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation since 4 July 2022. He was appointed by decree of the President of the Russian Federation.Under his command, a widespread and systematic pattern of torture has been established in the Russian penitentiary colonies, including the prison colony where Alexei Navalny was detained. That pattern includes deprivation of medical care, beatings, extensive periods of solitary confinement, deprivation of food and injection with unknown substances.In his position as First Deputy Director, Valeriy Gennadyevich Boyarinev personally gave the orders to limit the amount of food Navalny was allowed to buy during his stay in penal colony IK-6 in Vladimirskaya Oblast.Three days after the death of Navalny in a penitentiary colony under his supervision, Boyarinev was promoted to Major-General of internal service by presidential decree.Therefore, Valeriy Gennadyevich Boyarinev is responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202483. | Dmitriy Andreevich ARTYUKHOV | Дмитрий Андреевич АРТЮХОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous RegionNationality: RussianDOB: 17.2.1988POB: Tyumen Oblast, former USSR (now Russian Federation)Gender: maleTax identification number: 720414941639 | Dmitriy Andreevich Artyukhov has been the Governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region of the Russian Federation since 29 May 2018.Under his government, a widespread and systematic pattern of torture has been documented in penitentiary colonies, including the colony where Alexei Navalny was detained, across the region. That pattern includes deprivation of medical care, beatings, extensive periods of solitary confinement, deprivation of food and injection with unknown substances.Meetings between Dmitriy Andreevich Artyukhov and the head of the penal system demonstrate an awareness and condonement of those practices by the regional government and demonstrate the close cooperation between the regional government and the penitentiary service.In his position as Governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region, Dmitriy Andreevich Artyukhov has supported and been involved in serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202484. | Kirill Sergeevich NIKIFOROV | Кирилл Сергеевич НИКИФОРОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Judge of the Vladimir Regional CourtDOB: 14.3.1992Nationality: RussianGender: 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. | 22.3.202485. | Andrey Aleksandrovich SUVOROV | Андрей Александрович СУВОРОВ | Position(s): Judge of the Moscow City CourtDOB: 2.3.1980POB: RussiaNationality: RussianGender: male | Andrey Aleksandrovich Suvorov is a judge of the Moscow City Court, which sentenced Alexei Navalny to 19 years in a special regime colony under inhumane conditions in 2023, leading to a severe deterioration of Navalny’s health.Therefore, in his position as a judge of the Moscow City Court, Suvorov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary detentions, 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. | 22.3.202486. | Aleksandr Aleksandrovich MUKHANOV | Александр Александрович МУХАНОВ | Position(s): Director of IK-1DOB: 7.12.1984POB: Russian FederationNationality: RussianGender: maleIndividual Taxpayer Number: 332806323008 | Aleksandr Mukhanov is the Director of correctional colony No1 (IK-1) and he was the Director of correctional colony No2 (IK-2) during the period when Alexei Navalny was held there from March 2021 to June 2022.IK-2 is known for poor conditions of detention. Alexei Navalny, who had recently been poisoned, was refused access to civilian doctors in that colony, despite the threat to his health.As Director of IK-1, Aleksandr Mukhanov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, in particular torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment as well as the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202487. | Roman Alexandrovitch VIDYUKOV | Роман Александрович ВИДЮКОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Deputy Head of the Main Investigation Department at the State Investigative Committee of the Russian FederationDOB: 30.7.1980POB: Russia FederationNationality: RussianGender: male | Roman Vidyukov is Deputy Head of the Main Investigation Department and former investigator at the State Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.During the period when he held the position of investigator at the State Investigative Committee, Roman Vidyukov led the investigation in one of the cases in which Alexei Navalny was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2022. Roman Vidyukov also was a member of the preliminary investigation team for the money laundering case against Alexei Navalny’s anti-corruption foundation. Roman Vidyukov further led the investigation against Lilia Chanysheva, former Head of Alexei Navalny’s headquarters in Ufa, who was convicted of creation of an extremist community. Lilia Chanysheva was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison in 2023.During those court cases, Roman Vidyukov allegedly threatened a witness in order to force him to give testimony that would be favourable to the investigation during Alexei Navalny’s fraud case.Roman Vidyukov is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests or detentions and 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. | 22.3.202488. | Evgenia Sergeevna NIKOLAEVA | Евгения Сергеевна НИКОЛАЕВА(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Judge at the Basmanny District Court in MoscowDOB: 9.7.1981POB: Russian FederationNationality: RussianGender: femaleIndividual Taxpayer Number: 771873894393 | Evgenia Nikolaeva has been a judge at the Basmanny District Court in Moscow since 2016.She has issued a number of rulings against political opponents (including Alexei Navalny, Ilia Yashin and Vladimir Kara-Murza), thereby contributing to political repression in Russia. In October 2023, she sent Alexei Navalny’s lawyers Alexey Liptser and Igor Sergunin to pre-trial detention for 2 months. Previously, she had repeatedly made life difficult for political prisoners, including by extending the terms of detention in pre-trial detention centre for the former head of Alexei Navalny’s headquarters in Ufa, Lilia Chanysheva. Evgenia Nikolaeva also refused to address complaints about the inaction of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on the allegation of Alexei Navalny’s poisoning.In her position, Evgenia Nikolaeva is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests or detentions and 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. | 22.3.202489. | Natalia Nikolaevna DUDAR | Наталия Николаевна ДУДАРЬ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Judge at the Basmanny District Court in MoscowDOB: 13.6.1974POB: RussiaNationality: RussianGender: female | Natalia Nikolaevna Dudar is a judge at the Basmanny District Court in Moscow.In her position, she has issued a number of rulings against peaceful protesters and political opponents, including employees of Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), Ilia Yashin and Vladimir Kara-Murza. She issued orders to conduct searches of employees of the FBK and wiretap their phones. She extended the arrest in pre-trial detention centre of Lilia Chanysheva, former Head of Navalny’s headquarters in Ufa, who was accused of creating an extremist community.Natalia Nikolaevna Duda is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, in particular arbitrary arrests or detentions, and 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. | 22.3.202490. | Oleg Vladimirovich SEVOSTYANOV | Олег Владимирович СЕВОСТЬЯНОВ | Position(s): Head of the Department of the Ministry of Justice of Russia for the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous OkrugDOB: 16.10.1968POB: Bratsk, Irkutsk region, former USSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianGender: maleTax identification number: 622701024605 | Oleg Vladimirovich Sevostyanov is a high-level Russian official. He is Head of the Department of the Ministry of Justice of Russia for the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.In that position, he is responsible for ensuring the protection of human and civil rights and freedoms in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The IK-3 penal colony, where opposition politician Alexei Navalny died and which is known for exerting physical and psychological pressure, full isolation, torture and violence on prisoners as well as the poor quality of medical services, is located in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.Therefore, Oleg Vladimirovich Sevostyanov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202491. | Vsevolod Lvovich VUKOLOV | Всеволод Львович ВУКОЛОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian FederationDOB: 7.4.1969POB: Moscow, former USSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianGender: maleTax identification number: 770405292394 | Vsevolod Lvovich Vukolov is a high-level Russian official. He is Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation.In that position, he is responsible for the supervision of the Federal Penitentiary Service and the Department of State Policy in the Field of the Penitentiary System. Accordingly, he was responsible for the execution of prison sentences of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, his safety, and well-being in Russian prisons. As he oversaw the imprisonment of Alexei Navalny he is ultimately responsible for the death of Alexei Navalny in the IK-3 penal colony.Therefore, Vsevolod Lvovich Vukolov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202492. | Viktor Evdokimovich GAVRILOV | Виктор Евдокимович ГАВРИЛОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Head of the Transport Department of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) Economic Security ServiceDOB: 1961Nationality: RussianGender: maleAssociated individuals: Aleksandr Vasilievich Bortnikov | Viktor Evdokimovich Gavrilov is Head of the Transport Department of the FSB Economic Security Service.In that position, he was responsible for coordinating various governmental agencies after the arrival of opposition politician Alexei Navalny in Moscow after his treatment for Novichok poisoning in 2021. His actions facilitated and enabled the arrest and imprisonment of Alexei Navalny.Therefore, Viktor Evdokimovich Gavrilov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202493. | Ilya Nikolayevich KRUGLYSHEV | Илья Николаевич КРУГЛЫШЕВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Senior Legal Counsellor of the Legal Service of the Organisational and Analytical Department of the Vladimir Region Federal Penitentiary ServiceRank: CaptainDOB: 23.2.1986Nationality: RussianGender: male | Ilya Nikolayevich Kruglyshev is a high-level Russian official. He is the Senior Legal Counsellor of the Legal Service of the Organisational and Analytical Department of the Vladimir Region Federal Penitentiary Service and represented the IK-6 penal colony in court cases filed by Alexei Navalny against the IK-6 penal colony.In that position, he was directly involved in creating torture conditions for Alexei Navalny in the penal colony No. 6 in Melekhovo, Vladimir region. He also did not consider the complaints regarding the conditions of serving a sentence made by Alexei Navalny (including the complaints about the inability to buy additional portions of food).Therefore, Ilya Nikolayevich Kruglyshev is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202494. | Dmitry Evgenievich SAMOILOV | Дмитрий Евгеньевич САМОЙЛОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Judge of the Kovrov City CourtDOB: 6.4.1970Nationality: RussianGender: male | Dmitry Evgenievich Samoilov is a Russian judge working in the Kovrov City Court.In that position, he repeatedly refused to address opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s claims against the IK-6 correctional colony, aimed at restoring and protecting his rights violated by the leadership of the IK-6. Navalny’s claims concerned access to medical aid, access to information, and the right to contact his family.Therefore, Dmitry Evgenievich Samoilov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202495. | Ilnar Irfanovich BASYROV | Ильнар Ирфанович БАСЫРОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): judge of the Moscow City CourtDOB: 8.6.1981Nationality: RussianGender: maleAssociated entities: Moscow City Court | Ilnar Irfanovich Basyrov has been working as a judge in the Moscow City Court since 28 May 2014. He was appointed by presidential decree.In that position, he was directly involved in the trial of the opposition politician Alexei Navalny. In a politically motivated trial he pronounced Alexei Navalny guilty, and placed him in a high-security penal colony in order to prevent Navalny from engaging in political activity.Therefore, Ilnar Irfanovich Basyrov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202496. | Sergey Anatolevich MOROZ | Сергей Анатольевич МОРОЗ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Head of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for MoscowDOB: 15.9.1968POB: Berdyansk, Zaporozhye, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)Nationality: RussianGender: maleIndividual Taxpayer Number: 644918369538 | Sergey Moroz is a Russian official. He is Head of the Federal Penitentiary Service in Moscow.In that position, he placed the opposition politician Alexei Navalny on the federal wanted list. Sergey Moroz is accused of having exerted extreme humiliation and violence on detainees upon their arrival in detention.Therefore, Sergey Moroz is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202497. | Elena Evgenievna MOROZOVA | Елена Евгеньевна МОРОЗОВА(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Judge of the Khimki City CourtDOB: 2.12.1977Nationality: RussianGender: female | Elena Morozova is a Russian judge working in the Khimki City Court.In her position, she decided to place the opposition politician Alexei Navalny in custody for 30 days after he arrived in Moscow after his treatment for Novichok poisoning. The trial she chaired violated fair trial standards, including the right to review the contents of the indictment and trial documents, the opportunity to consult with a lawyer, and public access to the trial.Therefore, Elena Morozova is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202498. | Musa Abdurakhmanovich MUSAEV | Муса Абдурахманович МУСАЕВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Judge of the Moscow Regional CourtDOB: 14.10.1951Nationality: RussianGender: male | Musa Abdurakhmanovich Musaev is a Russian judge working in the Moscow Regional Court.In his position, he started legal proceedings regarding the arrest of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny upon his return from Germany, where he was receiving treatment for Novichok poisoning. He upheld the decision to arrest Navalny for 30 days, rejecting his appeal. The decision was made during a brief hearing that lasted only five minutes.Therefore, Musa Abdurakhmanovich Musaev is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.202499. | Mikhail Yurievich PTITSYN | Михаил Юрьевич ПТИЦЫН(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Chairman of the Moscow City CourtDOB: 21.8.1963Nationality: RussianGender: male | Mikhail Ptitsyn is Chairman of the Moscow City Court.In that position, he positively considered the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service’s proposal to replace opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s probation sentence with a fully fledged sentence. Consequently, Alexei Navalny was deprived of the possibility to act in public life in Russia by being imprisoned in a penal colony.Therefore, Mikhail Ptitsyn is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.2024100. | Sergey Alekseevich RYABTSEV | Сергей Алексеевич РЯБЦЕВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Judge of the Lefortovo District Court of MoscowDOB: 4.9.1989Nationality: RussianGender: male | Sergey Ryabtsev is a Russian judge working in the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow.In that position, he was involved in sabotaging the investigation regarding the poisoning of Alexei Navalny by refusing to address the complaint about the inaction of the Investigative Directorate of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB). Moreover, he continuously delivers sentences against freedom of speech in Russia.Therefore, Sergey Ryabtsev is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.2024101. | Petr Pavlovich SERKOV | Пётр Павлович СЕРКОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian FederationDOB: 7.6.1955POB: Poldamasovo, Ulyanovsk region, former USSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianGender: maleIndividual Taxpayer Number: 732502615730 | Petr Serkov is the First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.In that position, he upheld the verdict against the opposition politician Alexei Navalny in 2018. Consequently, Alexei Navalny was convicted and imprisoned in a high-security penal colony in order to prevent him from engaging in political activity. Placing Alexei Navalny in a penal colony resulted in his death.Therefore, Petr Serkov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.2024102. | Yuri Vasilievich SITNIKOV | Юрий Васильевич СИТНИКОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Judge of the Supreme Court of Russia (currently retired)DOB: 17.4.1961POB: Krutogorye, Lipetsk region, former USSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianGender: male | Yuri Vasilievich Sitnikov is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of Russia who served as a member of the Appellate Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.In that position, he excluded Alexei Navalny from running in the presidential election in Russia in 2018 in a politically motivated trial.Therefore, Yuri Vasilievich Sitnikovis responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including systematic violations of the right to peaceful assembly and association, and freedom of expression and opinion. | 22.3.2024103. | Nikolay Viktorovich TIMOSHIN | Николай Викторович ТИМОШИН(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian FederationDOB: 14.8.1959POB: Zhidkoe village, Znamensky district, Oryol region, former USSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianGender: male | Nikolay Timoshin is Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. Previously, he held the position of Member of the Court’s Presidium.As Member of the Presidium, Nikolay Timoshin upheld the verdict against the opposition politician Alexei Navalny in 2018. Consequently, Alexei Navalny was convicted and imprisoned in a high-security penal colony in order to prevent him from engaging in political activity.Therefore, Nikolay Timoshin is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.2024104. | Vladimir Yurievich ZAITSEV | Владимир Юрьевич ЗАЙЦЕВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Chairman of the Appellate Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Russian FederationDOB: 31.3.1957POB: Valamaz, Krasnogorsk, Udmurtia SSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianGender: male | Vladimir Zaitsev is Chairman of the Appellate Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.In that position, he excluded Alexei Navalny from running in the presidential election in Russia in 2018 in a politically motivated trial.Therefore, Vladimir Zaitsev is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including systematic violations of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, and freedom of expression and opinion. | 22.3.2024105. | Vladimir Sergeevich SHVEDOV | Владимир Сергеевич ШВЕДОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Head of the Department of State Policy in the Sphere of Execution of Criminal Sentences in the Russian Ministry of JusticeDOB: 26.10.1980POB: Moscow, RussiaPassport number: 4506085659Tax identification number: 773320017740Nationality: RussianGender: maleAddress: Moscow City, Russian FederationAssociated individuals: Vsevolod Lvovich VukolovAssociated entities: Russian Ministry of Justice | Vladimir Sergeevich Shvedov is a high-level Russian official. He is head of the Department of State Policy in the Sphere of Execution of Criminal Sentences in the Russian Ministry of Justice.In that position, as he leads the state policy in the field of execution of criminal sentences and considers citizens’ appeals, he was responsible for the execution of prison sentences of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny.Therefore, Vladimir Sergeevich Shvedov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. | 22.3.2024106. | Neria BEN PAZIa.k.a. Naria BEN FAZ | | DOB: 28.11.1993Nationality: IsraeliGender: maleID 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. | 19.4.2024107. | Yinon LEVIa.k.a. Yinon LEVY | | DOB: 12.12.1992Nationality: IsraeliGender: maleID 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. | 19.4.2024108. | Meir Mordechai ETTINGER | מאיר אטינגר(Hebrew spelling) | Position(s): member of the Hilltop YouthDOB: 4.10.1991POB: Kiryat Moshe, Jerusalem, IsraelNationality: IsraeliGender: maleAssociated 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. | 19.4.2024109. | Elisha YERED | אלישע ירד(Hebrew spelling) | Position(s): member of the Hilltop YouthDOB: 2001Nationality: IsraeliGender: maleAssociated 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. | 19.4.2024110. | Moshe SHARVIT | משה שרביט(Hebrew spelling) | DOB: 13.11.1994Nationality: IsraeliGender: maleID number: 206223000Address: Tirzah Valley Farm outpost, West Bank, Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesAssociated 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. | 15.7.2024111. | Zvi BAR YOSEFa.k.a. Zvi BAR-YOSEF | | DOB: 20.9.1992Nationality: IsraeliGender: maleID number: 204377998Associated 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 2500 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. | 15.7.2024112. | Isaschar MANNEa.k.a. Issachar MANN | יששכר מן(Hebrew spelling) | DOB: 10.5.1983Nationality: IsraeliGender: maleID number: 038826939 | Isaschar Manne, who established the unauthorised Manne Farm outpost in the South Hebron Hills, has repeatedly invaded private lands of the residents of the village of Ta’ala and prevented Palestinians from moving about freely, for instance by preventing Palestinian children from reaching their school in Tuba, Masafer Yatta.Since 2018, there have been several accounts of Isaschar Manne barging into shepherds’ homes, and threatening and harassing them. Manne, who is often armed, has prevented Palestinian shepherds from accessing their pastures, thus depriving them of the possibility to cultivate their land and provide for their needs.Therefore, Isaschar Manne is responsible for systematic and serious human rights abuses, including abuses of the right to property, the right to private and family life and the right to education. 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. | 15.7.2024113. | Baruch MARZEL | | Position(s): Member of Otzma YehuditDOB: 23.4.1959POB: Boston, USANationality: American, IsraeliGender: maleAddress: 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. | 15.7.2024114. | Ben-Zion Bentzi GOPSTEIN | בן ציון גופשטיין(Hebrew spelling) | Position: founder and leader of LehavaDOB: 10.9.1969Nationality: IsraeliGender: maleID number: 024526394Address: Givat HaAvot, Kiryat Arba, Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesAssociated 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. | 15.7.2024115. | Abdel Karim Mahmoud (Mahmood, Mohammad) IBRAHIM | عبد الكريم محمود إبراهيم(Arabic spelling) | Position(s): Chief of staff of the Syrian ArmyPOB: Tartous, SyriaNationality: SyrianGender: 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. | 22.7.2024116. | Ali Mahmoud ABBAS | علي محمود عباس(Arabic spelling) | Position(s): Minister of Defence and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the ArmyDOB: 2.11.1964POB: Rif Dimashq, SyriaNationality: SyrianGender: 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. | 22.7.2024117. | RI Chang Dae | | Position(s): Minister of State SecurityNationality: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)Gender: male | Ri Chang Dae has been the Minister of State Security in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) since 2022.Women and girls showing opposition to the regime or held in detention or prison centres in DPRK are systematically targeted by violence, particularly under the guard of the Ministry of State Security and in centres run by that Ministry.As head of the Ministry of State Security, Ri Chang Dae is responsible for numerous acts of sexual and gender-based violence committed by officials of that Ministry.Ri Chang Dae is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations, including systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence. | 22.7.2024118. | Evgeniy Aleksandrovich SOBOLEVa.k.a. Yevhen Oleksandrovich SOBOLEV | Евгений Александрович Соболев(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Head of the penitentiary service of the Russian occupation authorities in the Kherson regionDOB: 25.7.1985POB: Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, UkraineNationality: RussianGender: malePassport No.: 3125216313 | Evgeniy Sobolev is the head of the penitentiary service of the Russian occupation authorities in the Kherson region.Under his command, a widespread and systematic pattern of human rights violations in detention facilities in areas under the control of the Russian occupation authorities, including the Kherson region, has been documented.This pattern includes torture, and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and sexual and gender-based violence. The practices involved include rape, forced nudity, genital electrocution and threats of genital mutilation.Persons suspected of passing information to the Ukrainian authorities, or of supporting the Ukrainian armed forces, have been specifically targeted.In his capacity as head of the penitentiary service of the Russian occupational authorities in the Kherson region, Evgeniy Sobolev is responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment and other human rights violations, including systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence. | 22.7.2024119. | Muhammad Hussein AL-JASIMa.k.a. Abu AMSHA, Muhammad Husayn AL-JASIM, Muhammad AL-JASSIM BIN HUSSEIN, Mohamed ALJASEM, al-Amshat | محمد حسين الجاسمأبو عمشةمحمد حسين الجاسممحمد الجاسم بن حسينمحمد الجاسم(Arabic spelling) | Position(s):DOB: 1985POB: Al-Jawsa, Hama Governorate, SyriaNationality: SyrianGender: maleAssociated 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. | 28.5.2025120. | Sayf Boulad ABU BAKRa.k.a Sayf BALUD, Saif ABU BAKR, Seyf Ebu BEKIR, Seyf EBUBEKIR | سيف بولاد أبو بكرسيف بولادسيف أبو بكر(Arabic spelling) | Position(s):DOB: 1987-1988POB: Bza’ah, al-Bab District, SyriaNationality: SyrianGender: maleAssociated entities: Hamza Division | Sayf Boulad Abu Bakr is the leader of the Hamza Division, an armed militia created in 2016 and operating in Syria.Throughout the Syrian civil war, the Hamza Division, under Sayf Boulad Abu Bakr’s command, has been responsible for numerous acts of torture in that group’s detention centers, for extortion and for forced displacement of civilians, especially in the regions 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 torture and arbitrary killings of civilians.Sayf Boulad Abu Bakr is therefore responsible for serious human rights abuses in Syria, including torture and arbitrary killings of civilians. | 28.5.2025121. | Miqdad Lu’ay FATIHAa.k.a. Miqdad FATIHA, Miqdad FUTAIHA, Abu Jafar, Abu Jaafar, Abu Ja’ afa, Miqdad Fteha | مقداد لؤيّ فتيحةمقداد فتيحة(Arabic spelling) | DOB: 19.6.1989POB: Jableh, Latakia, SyriaNationality: SyrianGender: maleAddress: 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;122. | Ghaith DALLAa.k.a. Ghiath Suleiman DALLA, Ghyath DALLA, Ghayth DALLA | غياث سليمان دلاغياث سليمان دلّا(Arabic spelling) | DOB: 31.7.1971POB: Beit Yashout, SyriaNationality: SyrianGender: maleAssociated individuals: Maher Al-AssadAssociated entities: Fourth Division of the Syrian Army, Military Council for the Liberation of Syria | Ghaith Dalla is a former Brigadier General with Syria’s notorious Fourth Army Division during the al-Assad regime. In this role, he has been responsible for many serious and well-documented human rights violations or abuses, including extrajudicial killings and cruel punishment by way of starvation.After the fall of the al-Assad regime, Ghaith Dalla went on to establish and lead the Military Council for the Liberation of Syria in March 2025. His militia has since stoked sectarian tensions and incited violence in the coastal region of Syria. Ghaith Dalla’s units were involved in the March 2025 sectarian violence in the coastal region of Syria that resulted in the loss of hundreds of civilian lives.Therefore, Ghaith Dalla is responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses. | 23.6.2025123. | Suhayl AL-HASANa.k.a. Suhail Salman AL-HASAN, Suhail AL-HASSAN | سهيل سلمان الحسن(Arabic spelling) | DOB: 10.6.1970POB: Jableh, Latakia, SyriaNationality: SyrianGender: maleAddress: Tartus, Syria | Suhayl al-Hasan is a Former Commander of Division 25 Special Mission Forces of the Syrian armed forces under the al-Assad regime. In this role, as well as in the numerous other positions he held in the Syrian Armed Forces, he has committed and overseen countless severe human rights violations or abuses that include torture, extrajudicial killings and arbitrary arrests. He is also reported to have overseen the deployment of chemical weapons.After the fall of the al-Assad regime, Suhayl al-Hasan went on to establish the Coastal Shield Brigade in March 2025. His militia has since stoked sectarian tensions and incited violence in the coastal region of Syria. Suhayl al-Hasan’s units were involved in the March 2025 sectarian violence in the coastal region of Syria that resulted in the loss of hundreds of civilian lives.Therefore, Suhayl al-Hasan is responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses. | 23.6.2025124. | Mudalal KHOURYa.k.a. Madalal (Mtanyus) KHURI, Mudallal KHOURY, Mudallal KHOURI | مدلل خوري(Arabic spelling) | DOB: 18.6.1957POB: Homs, SyriaNationality: Syrian, RussianGender: maleAddress: MoscowAssociated individual: Imad Khoury | Mudalal Khoury is a Syrian-Russian businessman operating from Russia. He is one of the most prominent Syrian businessmen who supported the al-Assad regime. In a context where the al-Assad regime used barrel bombs and chemical weapons against the civilian population of Syria, Mudalal Khoury represented the regime’s business and financial interests in Russia. Amongst other things, he provided front companies to be used for the al-Assad regime’s chemical and ballistic weapons programmes.Therefore, Mudalal Khoury has provided financial, technical and material support for serious human rights violations or abuses, in particular crimes against humanity. | 23.6.2025125. | Imad KHOURYa.k.a. Emad KHOURY, Mtanyus KHURY, KHURI, KHOURI | عماد خوري(Arabic spelling) | DOB: 3.10.1964Nationality: Syrian, RussianGender: maleAssociated individual: Mudalal Khoury | Imad Khoury is one of the most prominent Syrian businessmen who supported the al-Assad regime. In a context where the al-Assad regime used barrel bombs and chemical weapons against the civilian population of Syria, Imad Khoury represented the regime’s business and financial interests. Amongst other things, he founded a company that was part of a money laundering scheme supporting the al-Assad regime. In this way, together with his brother Mudalal Khoury, he helped finance the severe crimes against humanity committed under the al-Assad regime.Therefore, Imad Khoury has provided financial, technical and material support for serious human rights violations or abuses, in particular crimes against humanity. | 23.6.2025126. | Naji Ibrahim SHARIFI-ZINDASHTI a.k.a. KENANI, EmirhanSERIFI ZINDASTI, NaciSERIFI-ZINDASTI, NaciSHARIFI ZINDASHTI, NajiSHARIFI-ZINDASHTI, Naji | ناجی ابراهیم شریفی زیندشتی(Persian spelling) | DOB:31.5.1974POB: Zindasht or Orumiyeh, IranNationality: IranianGender: maleID: 2753229112Associated entity:Zindashti Network | Naji Sharifi-Zindashti is an Iranian narcotics trafficker and organised crime boss. He is the leader of the Zindashti Network, a criminal group that has carried out numerous acts of transnational repression, including assassinations outside of Iran.He is connected to the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), which is the branch of the Iranian government tasked, inter alia, with assassinating persons critical of the actions or policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, or persons otherwise deemed to be opponents of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Islamic Republic of Iran.Therefore, Naji Sharifi-Zindashti is responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses outside of Iran, in particular extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings and enforced disappearance of persons. | 15.7.2025127. | Abdulvahap KOCAKa.k.a. Abdolwahab KOCAKAbdolvahab KUCHAK | | POB: Adiyaman, TürkiyeNationality: TurkishGender: maleID: Ul2429867 | Abdulvahap Kocak is officially Naji Zindashti’s gardener. He also served as an assassin who has been implicated in multiple killings ordered by Naji Zindashti and executed by the Zindashti Network.In particular, Abdulvahap Kocak assassinated the Iranian dissident Mas’ud Molavi Vardanjani, a crime for which he was convicted in Türkiye.Therefore, Abdulvahap Kocak is associated with Naji Zindashti and the Zindashti Network that are responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killings. He is also responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses outside of Iran, in particular extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killings. | 15.7.2025128. | Ali ESFANJANI | علی اسفنجانی(Persian spelling) | DOB: 15.8.1985Nationality:IranianGender: maleID: P30251288 | As part of a plot by the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and the Zindasthi Network, Ali Esfanjani befriended Iranian dissident Mas’ud Molavi Vardanjani, fed the MOIS information about him and led him to the place where he was killed by Abdulvahap Kocak.As such, Ali Esfanjani is associated with Naji Zindashti and the Zindashti Network that are responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killings. He is also directly involved in an extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killing by assisting in, preparing or facilitating that killing. | 15.7.2025129. | Ali KOCAK | | POB: Adiyaman Kahta,TürkiyeNationality: IranianGender: maleID: 20926131442 | Ali Kocak is Abdulvahap Kocak’s brother and an associate of the Zindashti Network. Ali Kocak conducted surveillance on Iranian Gem TV owner, Saeed Karimian, prior to his killing and is suspected of being responsible for the killing itself.Therefore, Ali Kocak is involved in serious human rights violations or abuses, by assisting in, preparing and facilitating extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killings.Furthermore, Ali Kocak is formally Naji Zindashti’s driver. Ali Kocak is therefore associated with Naji Zindashti and the Zindasthi Network that are responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killings. | 15.7.2025130. | Ekrem Abdulkerym OZTUNC a.k.a. Ekrem ÖZTUNÇ | | DOB: 7.10.1984POB: Yuksekova, TürkiyeNationality: TurkishGender: maleAddress: Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan, IranID: U01292672 | Ekrem Oztunc is a nephew of Naji Zindashti and a close Zindashti Network associate. He has played a pivotal role in relaying, through encrypted channels, the orders to kill during the Network’s assassination attempts. As such, Ekrem Oztunc is associated with Naji Zindashti and the Zindashti Network, as well as responsible for planning, ordering, assisting in or facilitating extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings and enforced disappearance of persons, which constitute serious human rights violations or abuses. | 15.7.2025131. | Mohammed Reza ANSARI | | Nationality: IranianGender: male | Mohammed Ansari is the leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Unit 840. He ordered the assassination of journalists critical of the Iranian regime, including two journalists of Iran International. Mohammed Ansari is therefore responsible for planning, assisting in, preparing and facilitating extrajudicial killings, which constitute serious human rights violations or abuses. | 15.7.2025132. | Nihat Abdul Kadir ASAN a.k.a. ASAN, NihatASAN, Nihat AbdulkadirEBRAHIMIHARKIAN, RaminKURD, IbrahimASHAN, NihatBAHTIYAR | | DOB: 1.10.1981 or 11.11.1981POB: Van, TürkiyeNationality: IranianGender: maleID: 2751062326 (Iran)Passport: U13927927 (Türkiye) | Nihat Asan is a close Zindashti Network associate, who has played a pivotal role in logistical planning for many of the network’s assassination attempts. As such, Asan is associated with Naji Zindashti and the Zindashti Network. He is also responsible for planning, ordering, assisting in or facilitating extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, which constitute serious human rights violations or abuses. | 15.7.2025133. | Reza HAMIDIRAVARI a.k.a. Reza HAMIDI RAVARI | رضا حمیدى راورى(Persian spelling) | DOB: 31.10.1963Nationality: IranianGender: maleID: V40150378 | Reza Hamidiravari is an intelligence officer working for the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS). He oversees Naji Zindashti’s MOIS-directed operations, including the killing of dissidents and critics of the Iranian regime. As such, Reza Hamidiravari is associated with Naji Zindashti and the Zindashti Network, that are responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killings. | 15.7.2025134. | Vadim Viktorovich BULGAKOVa.k.a.Vadym Viktorovych BULHAKOV | Вадим Викторович БУЛГАКОВ(Russian spelling) | Position: Head of the Directorate of the Russian Federal Penal Enforcement Service for the Republic of Crimea and the City of SevastopolDOB: 30.1.1969POB: Simferopol, UkraineNationality: Ukrainian, RussianTax ID Ukraine (ДРФО): 2523214611Tax ID Russia (ИНН): 910218275068Gender: maleAddress: Simferopol, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, UkraineAssociated individuals: Arkady Alexandrovich Gostev, Director of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service Aleksei Nikolaevich Pikin, Deputy Head of the Directorate of the Russian Federal Penal Enforcement Service for the Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol | Since November 2014, Vadim Bulgakov is the Head of the Directorate of the Russian Federal Penal Enforcement Service for the Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol. He holds sole authority over the Directorate’s activities and, as such, bears personal responsibility for, among other things, the proper provision of medical services to detainees and prisoners in Crimea. In this capacity, he is accountable for the widespread and systematic denial of adequate medical care and treatment to detainees and prisoners, in particular political prisoners. This amounts to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.Since his appointment as Head of the Directorate in 2014, widespread and systematic human rights violations in Crimean detention centres have been documented by the United Nations and the European Court of Human Rights. In particular, the administrative practice of ill-treatment and denial of medical care to political prisoners, which constitutes an act of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, has repeatedly occurred at the Simferopol detention centre in Crimea since his appointment. He is, in particular, responsible for the ill-treatment of human rights defenders Iryna Danylovych and Amet Suleymanov, who were denied proper medical care for several months during their imprisonment in the Simferopol detention centre.Therefore, Vadim Bulgakov is responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, namely cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, in particular in relation to political prisoners held in detention centres in Crimea. | 5.9.2025135. | Aleksei Nikolaevich PIKINa.k.a.Alexey Nikolaevich PIKIN | Алексей Николаевич ПИКИН(Russian spelling) | Position: Deputy Head of the Directorate of the Russian Federal Penal Enforcement Service for the Republic of Crimea and the City of SevastopolDOB: 9.8.1975Nationality: RussianGender: maleAddress: Voronezh, Voronezh Region, RussiaAssociated individuals: Arkady Alexandrovich Gostev, Director of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service Vadim Viktorovich Bulgakov, Head of the Directorate of the Russian Federal Penal Enforcement Service for the Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol | Aleksei Pikin is the Deputy Head of the Directorate of the Russian Federal Penal Enforcement Service for the Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol since May 2016. Within that structure, he holds responsibility for the management and coordination of the regional penal system in Crimea and Sevastopol, including staff conduct, inmate welfare, and the prevention of law violations within detention facilities. Given this mandate, he bears responsibility for any human rights violations committed against individuals sentenced to imprisonment in Crimea, including abuses by staff, unlawful disciplinary measures, or failure to prevent torture, mistreatment, or denial of basic rights within the penal system. He is accountable for widespread and systematic denial of adequate medical care and treatment provision to detainees and prisoners, in particular political prisoners. This amounts to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.Since his appointment as Deputy Head in 2016, widespread and systematic human rights violations in Crimean detention centres have been documented by the United Nations and the European Court of Human Rights. In particular, the administrative practice of ill-treatment and denial of medical care to political prisoners, which constitutes an act of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, has repeatedly occurred under his authority at the Simferopol detention centre in Crimea since his appointment. He is, in particular, responsible for the ill-treatment of human rights defenders Iryna Danylovych and Amet Suleymanov, who were denied proper medical care for several months during their imprisonment in the Simferopol detention centre.Therefore, Aleksei Pikin is responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, namely cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, in particular in relation to political prisoners held in detention centres in Crimea. | 5.9.2025136. | Daniella WEISS | דניאלה וייס(Hebrew spelling) | DOB: 30.8.1945POB: Benee Brak, Mandatory Palestine (now Israel)Nationality: IsraeliGender: female | Daniella Weiss is the Director of the Nachala Movement (Nachala). Nachala has the aim of promoting Jewish settlements and illegal outposts in the West Bank. Through its activities, Nachala plays an instrumental role in facilitating and encouraging coercive acts that lead to the forced displacement of Palestinians and violate their right to property, their right to private and family life and their right to self-determination, as well as the right to life and to physical integrity.Nachala’s outposts, such as Evyatar, Maoz Esther, Oz Zion, Ramat Migron, Nachalat Zvi and Haeitam Farm, have been persistent sources of settler violence. Several Nachala outposts, including Yahish Zion, Maoz Esther, Oz Zion and Ramat Migron, were built on privately owned Palestinian land. All of Nachala’s outposts obstruct access to Palestinian agricultural and grazing land. Furthermore, after 7 October 2023, Nachala has been at the forefront of efforts to resettle the Gaza Strip. In her capacity as Director, Daniella Weiss plans, directs and publicly supports the acts of Nachala. Therefore, she is responsible for facilitating and encouraging human rights abuses in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, including violations or abuses of the right of Palestinians to self-determination, their right to property, their right to private and family life, as well as the right to life and to physical integrity, which are 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. In her capacity as Director, Daniella Weiss is associated with Nachala. | 28.5.2026137. | Meir DEUTSCH | מאיר דויטש(Hebrew spelling) | Nationality: IsraeliGender: male | Meir Deutsch is the director general of Regavim, which is an Israeli NGO with an active pro-Israeli settler and settlement expansion agenda in the West Bank. Regavim institutes legal proceedings and lobbies for the demolition of Palestinian property with the aim of expanding the control of Israel to the whole West Bank.Through its activities, Regavim plays an instrumental role in facilitating and encouraging coercive acts that aim to destroy Palestinian property and demolish Palestinian homes, leading to forced displacement of Palestinians and violations of their right to property, their right to private and family life and their right to self-determination, as well as the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. Regavim is responsible for multiple court proceedings, and lobbied, for the demolition of a Palestinian primary school, funded by the European Union, at the Jabbet al Dhib village, near Bethlehem, in the West Bank in May 2023.Therefore, in his role as director general of Regavim, Meir Deutsch is responsible for facilitating and encouraging human rights abuses in the West Bank, including abuses of the right to property, the right to private and family life and the right to education of Palestinians, as well as the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, which are 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. | 28.5.2026138. | Avichai SUISSA | אביחי סויסה(Hebrew spelling) | DOB: 1.7.1986Nationality: IsraeliGender: maleID: 038172441 | Avichai Suissa is the CEO of Hashomer Yosh, which is an Israeli NGO that provides material support and coordinates volunteers for farm work on herding farms, supporting at least 28 violent outposts and settlements in the West Bank by recruiting armed volunteers and providing guards involved in violent attacks.In particular, Hashomer Yosh is supporting outposts founded by individuals listed by the European Union: Neria Ben Pazi, founder of the Rimonim Farm Outpost; Zvi Bar Yosef, founder of Zvi’s Farm; Yinon Levi, founder of the Mitarim Farm; and Moshe Sharvit, founder of the Tirza Valley Farm Outpost / Moshe’s Farm.Therefore, Avichai Suissa is responsible for facilitating and encouraging human rights abuses in the West Bank, including abuses of the right to property of Palestinians and their right to self-determination and the right to physical and mental integrity, which are 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. | 28.5.2026139. | Alexei Viktorovich KHAVETSKY | Алексей Викторович ХАВЕЦКИЙ(Russian) | Function: Deputy Head of Security and Operational Work at Penal Colony No. 7 (Pakino, Vladimir Oblast)DOB: 23.12.1989POB: Melekhovo, Kovrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, RussiaNationality: RussianGender: male | Alexei Khavetsky is the Deputy Head of Security and Operational Work at Penal Colony No. 7 (Pakino, Vladimir Oblast) where he has orchestrated and supervised the systematic Mistreatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs).Under his leadership, Ukrainian POWs were subjected to severe physical beatings, electric shocks and intentional starvation. Khavetsky is further responsible for organizing acts of sexual violence and extreme humiliation, including forcing naked prisoners to simulate sexual acts for the entertainment of colony staff. By exercising command over the security operations of the facility, he directly participated in and facilitated pervasive abuse against persons.Therefore, Alexei Khavetsky is responsible for torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. | 13.7.2026140. | Artem Nikolayevich POTAPCHUK | Артем Николаевич ПОТАПЧУК(Russian) | Function: Major, Assistant to the head of Penal Colony No. 120, senior officer in disciplinary isolation, Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Donetsk People’s RepublicDOB: 6.6.1986Nationality: UkrainianGender: maleAddress: Donetsk oblast, Makeyevka city, Kavkazskaya street, 27, apt. 2Ukrainian passeport number: series МН No 553834Tax identification number: 3156801837Associated entities: Penal Colony No 120 – Olenivka prison | Artem Potapchuk is the Assistant Head of the Olenivka prison in Donetsk region. In this role, he has been identified by journalistic investigations and survivor testimonies as being directly involved in the torture, beating and humiliation of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians. Reports indicate that most detainees in Olenivka prison were subjected to systematic torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.By virtue of his position and actions, Artem Potapchuk is responsible for serious human rights violations in Ukraine, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. | 13.7.2026141. | Dmitry NEELOVa.k.a.Dmitry NEYOLOVa.k.a.Dmitry NEYELOVa.k.a.Dmitro NEYOLOV | Дмитрий НЕЕЛОВ(Russian)Дмитро НЕЙОЛОВ(Ukrainian) | Function: First Deputy Head of Olenivka prisonNationality: UkrainianGender: maleAssociated entities: Penal Colony No. 120 – Olenivka prison | Dmitry Neelov is the First Deputy Head of the Olenivka prison. In this role, he has been identified by journalistic investigations and survivor testimonies as being involved in the torture, beating and humiliation of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians. Most detainees in Olenivka were subjected to systematic torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.Moreover, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Prosecutor General of Ukraine have identified the involvement of Dmitry Neelov in the mass killing of Ukrainian POWs in Olenivka on 28 and 29 July 2022. He is directly responsible for arbitrary killing of Ukrainian military personnel, as he was aware of the consequences of the explosions and the number of casualties caused by the Russian attack on the Olenivka prison on 28 and 29 July 2022, but deliberately delayed the evacuation of the wounded leading to the deaths of several of them.By virtue of his position and actions, Dmitry Neelov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Ukraine, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, as well as arbitrary killing through acts or omissions leading to the Olenivka explosions and the subsequent deaths of Ukrainian POWs. | 13.7.2026142. | Kirill Viktorovich SHAKUROVa.k.a.Kyrylo SHAKUROV | Кирилл Викторович ШАКУРОВ(Russian)Кирило Вікторович ШАКУРОВ(Ukrainian) | Function: Senior Warrant Officer, Junior inspector of the duty shift at Penal Colony No 120, until 2022; since 2023, he has been an employee of Correctional Colony No 27, Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Donetsk People’s RepublicDOB: 3.9.1986Nationality: UkrainianGender: maleAddress: Donetsk oblast, Gorlovka city, Chernikova street, house 35, apt. 4Ukrainian passport: ВК No 262981Associated entities: Penal Colony No. 120 – Olenivka prisonTax identification number: 3165702233 | Kirill Shakurov was Senior Warrant Officer, Junior inspector of the duty shift at Penal Colony No 120 (Olenivka prison) until 2022. In this capacity he was involved in the systematic beating, torture with the use of special and other means, and humiliation of captured Ukrainian servicemen.Since 2023, he has been an employee of Correctional Colony No 27, Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Donetsk People’s Republic.By virtue of his position and actions, Kirill Shakurov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Ukraine, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. | 13.7.2026143. | Vasiliy Valerievich BAKALINSKIYa.k.a.Vasyl BAKALINSKIY | Василий Валерьевич БАКАЛИНСКИЙ(Russian)Василь Валерійович БАКАЛИНСЬКИЙ(Ukrainian) | Function: Warrant Officer and employee of Penal Colony No 120DOB: 17.12.1989Nationality: UkrainianGender: maleAddress: Donetsk oblast, Volnovakha district, Molodezhnoye village, Novoselov street, house 6, apt. 3Associated individuals: Kirill Viktorovich Shakurov, Yuriy Alekseyevich DmitrenkoAssociated entities: Penal Colony No 120 (Olenivka prison) | Vasiliy Bakalinskiy is a supervisor/warden at Penal Colony No 120 (Olenivka prison). In this capacity he has been involved in the systematic beating, torture with the use of special and other means, and humiliation of captured Ukrainian servicemen.By virtue of his position and actions, Vasiliy Bakalinskiy is responsible for serious human rights violations in Ukraine, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. | 13.7.2026144. | Vyacheslav Nikolayevich YAKURNOV | Вячеслав Николаевич ЯКУРНОВ(Russian) | Function: Major, head of the operational department of Penal Colony No. 120, Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Donetsk People’s RepublicDOB: 14.2.1981Nationality: UkrainianGender: maleAddress: Donetsk oblast, Donetsk city, Ovnatanyana st., bldg. 40, apt. 9Ukrainian passport number: series ВА No 678960Russian passport number: series 6023 No 090380Associated entities: Penal Colony No. 120 – Olenivka prison | Vyacheslav Yakurnov is the Head of the operational department at Olenivka prison in Donetsk region. In this role, he has been identified by journalistic investigations and survivor testimonies as being directly involved in the torture, beating and humiliation of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians. Reports indicate that most detainees in Olenivka were subjected to systematic torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.By virtue of his position and actions, Vyacheslav Yakurnov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Ukraine, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. | 13.7.2026145. | Yan Vyacheslavovych ZANEVSKYa.k.a.Ladya | Ян Вячеславович ЗАНЕВСКИЙ(Russian) | Function: FSB officerDOB: 20.5.1995Address: Moscow, 12 Tvadovskogo Street, building 3, apt. 263; Moscow, Lobnenskaya st. 2, apt. 128 | Yan Zanevsky (alias Ladya), an officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), is responsible for serious human rights violations in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, including the Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Zaporizhzhia regions.In his capacity as an FSB curator, Yan Zanevsky personally supervised and participated in the illegal detention and torture of civilians, including acts of extreme physical and psychological violence such as beatings, suffocation, and sexual abuse.Yan Zanevsky is therefore responsible for torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment. | 13.7.2026146. | Yuri Alekseevich DMYTRENKO | Юрий Алексеевич ДМИТРЕНКО(Russian)Юрій Олексійович ДМИТРЕНКО(Ukrainian) | Function: Warrant Officer and employee of Penal Colony No 120 (Olenivka prison); Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Donetsk People’s RepublicDOB: 11.10.1979Nationality: UkrainianGender: maleAddress: TOT of Donetsk region, Horlivka, st. Korchagina, bud. 28, sq. 32Associated entities: Penal Colony No 120 (Olenivka prison) | Yuri Dmytrenko is a supervisor/warden at Penal Colony No 120 (Olenivka prison). In this capacity he has been involved in the systematic beating, torture with the use of special and other means, and humiliation of captured Ukrainian servicemen.By virtue of his position and actions, Yuri Dmytrenko is responsible for serious human rights violations in Ukraine, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. | 13.7.2026147. | Chen ZHIa.k.a.Neak Oknha Chen Zhi | 陈志 (Chinese)チェン・ジー(Japanese)ឆែន ឌី(Khmer) | Position(s): Chairman of the Prince Holding GroupNationality: China, CambodiaDOB: 16.12.1987POB: ChinaGender: male | Chen Zhi is the Chairman of the Prince Holding Group. The Prince Holding Group is a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate based in Cambodia that builds scam centre compounds in Cambodia and Myanmar/Burma through different front companies. Chen Zhi is involved in serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma due to his role in facilitating large-scale scam centres.The Prince Holding Group built and operated at least ten scam centre compounds throughout Cambodia that perpetrate cryptocurrency investment scams and other fraudulent schemes. Those scam centre compounds include the Jinbei Compound in Cambodia, the Golden Fortune Science Case and Technology Park (also known as the Jinyun Compound) and Mango Park (also known as Jinhong Park). Inside those scam centre compounds, many victims from different countries are trafficked or lured under false pretences, held against their will, and forced to carry out online scams targeting victims around the world.Additionally, victims working in the scam centre compounds report abuse, torture, kidnapping, and illegal detention within those compounds. Victims who attempt to escape or refuse to cooperate are subjected to violence, intimidation, and other forms of severe mistreatment. Prince Holding Group associates, at Chen Zhi’s direction, frequently used violence and coercion to achieve business outcomes and further their criminal schemes. Furthermore, Chen Zhi possessed images of wounded victims of the Prince Holding Group’s violent methods. Although Chen Zhi was arrested in January 2026, scam centre compounds linked to him are still operating.Therefore, Chen Zhi is responsible for serious human rights violations, including trafficking in human beings, torture, and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. Chen Zhi is also involved in those serious human rights violations, including facilitating such acts. | 30.7.2026148. | Zhu ZHONGBAIOa.k.a.Zhu Jack | 朱中彪 (Chinese)ジュ・チュオンビャオ(Japanese)ស្វាយ ជុងទិព្យោ(Khmer) | Position(s): Chairman of Jin Bei GroupNationality: China, CambodiaDOB: 23.12.1981Gender: maleAddress: Village 4, Sangkat 4, Preah Sihanouk City, Cambodia | Zhu Zhongbaio is the Chairman of the Jin Bei Group. The Jin Bei Group is a conglomerate that builds casinos and scam centre compounds in Cambodia. Zhu Zhongbaio is involved in serious human rights violations in Cambodia due to his role in facilitating large-scale scam centres.The Jin Bei Group network has a network of casinos and related companies in Sihanoukville in Cambodia, including Jin Bei 4, a scam centre compound that perpetrates cryptocurrency investment scams and other fraudulent schemes. Inside those scam centre compounds, many victims from different countries are trafficked or lured under false pretences, held against their will, and forced to carry out online scams targeting victims around the world. Additionally, victims working in the scam centre compounds report abuse, torture, kidnapping, and illegal detention within those compounds.Victims who attempt to escape or refuse to cooperate are subjected to violence, intimidation, and other forms of severe mistreatment. Furthermore, the Jin Bei Group and its related entities are associated with the Prince Holding Group, a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate based in Cambodia that builds scam centre compounds in Cambodia and Myanmar/Burma through different front companies.Therefore, Zhu Zhongbaio is responsible for serious human rights violations, including trafficking in human beings, torture, and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. | 30.7.2026149. | Saw San AUNG | 索桑昂 (Chinese)ソー・サン・アウン(Japanese)စောစံအောင်(Burmese/Myanmar) | Position(s): Chief of Staff of the Democratic Karen Benevolent ArmyNationality: Myanmar/BurmaDate of birth: 28.7.1968Gender: male | Saw San Aung is among the leaders of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), a Myanmar/Burmese armed group controlling territory in Myanmar/Burma’s Karen State, around Myawaddy on the Myanmar/Burma–Thailand border. The DKBA is involved in serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma due to its role in facilitating large-scale scam centres.The DKBA has allowed scam centre compounds to operate under its protection and has enabled criminal networks to function within areas under its control. In those scam centre compounds, many victims are trafficked or lured under false pretences, held against their will, and forced to carry out online scams targeting victims around the world. Reports from victims indicate abuse, torture, and inhumane treatment inside those compounds. DKBA soldiers have also been reported to participate in violence against trafficked individuals, including beatings of handcuffed trafficked individuals.Those who attempt to escape or refuse to cooperate are subjected to intimidation, violence, and other forms of severe mistreatment.The DKBA supports and protects cyber-scam centres, provides security for compounds such as the Tai Chang compound, enables their continued operation, and actively benefits from the revenues generated by those criminal activities. Therefore, Saw San Aung is responsible for serious human rights violations, including trafficking in human beings, torture, and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. Saw San Aung is also involved in those serious human rights violations, including by facilitating such acts. | 30.7.2026150. | Sai Kyaw HLAa.k.a.Ko Sai | 赛因乔拉 (Chinese)サイン・チョー・ラ(Japanese)စိုင်းကျော်ဠ(Burmese/Myanmar) | Position(s): Major General and Chairman of the Central Economic Committee of the Democratic Karen Benevolent ArmyNationality: Myanmar/BurmaDate of birth: 6.9.1971POB: Myanmar/BurmaGender: male | Sai Kyaw Hla is Major General and Chairman of the Central Economic Committee of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), a Myanmar/Burmese armed group controlling territory in Myanmar/Burma’s Karen State, around Myawaddy on the Myanmar/Burma–Thailand border. The DKBA is involved in serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma due to its role in facilitating large-scale scam centres.The DKBA has allowed scam centre compounds to operate under its protection and has enabled criminal networks to function within areas under its control. In those scam centre compounds, many victims are trafficked or lured under false pretences, held against their will, and forced to carry out online scams targeting victims around the world. Reports from victims indicate abuse, torture, and inhumane treatment inside those compounds.DKBA soldiers have also been reported to participate in violence against trafficked individuals, including beatings of handcuffed trafficked individuals. Those who attempt to escape or refuse to cooperate are subjected to intimidation, violence, and other forms of severe mistreatment.The DKBA supports and protects cyber-scam centres, provides security for compounds such as the Tai Chang compound, enables their continued operation, and actively benefits from the revenues generated by those criminal activities. Therefore, Sai Kyaw Hla is responsible for serious human rights violations, including trafficking in human beings, torture, and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. Sai Kyaw Hla is also involved in those serious human rights violations, including by facilitating such acts. | 30.7.2026151. | Saw STEEL | 索斯蒂 (Chinese)ソー・スティー(Japanese)စောစတီး(Burmese/Myanmar) | Position(s): Patron of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army’s Central Advisory Council; former Commander-in-chief of the Democratic Karen Benevolent ArmyNationality: Myanmar/BurmaDate of birth: 27.3.1961Gender: male | Saw Steel is the Patron of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army’s (DKBA) Central Advisory Council and former Commander-in-Chief of the DKBA, a Myanmar/Burmese armed group controlling territory in Myanmar/Burma’s Karen State, around Myawaddy on the Myanmar/Burma–Thailand border. The DKBA is involved in serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma due to its role in facilitating large-scale scam centres.The DKBA has allowed scam centre compounds to operate under its protection and has enabled criminal networks to function within areas under its control. In those scam centre compounds, many victims are trafficked or lured under false pretences, held against their will, and forced to carry out online scams targeting victims around the world. Reports from victims indicate abuse, torture, and inhumane treatment inside those compounds.DKBA soldiers have also been reported to participate in violence against trafficked individuals, including beatings of handcuffed trafficked individuals. Those who attempt to escape or refuse to cooperate are subjected to intimidation, violence, and other forms of severe mistreatment.The DKBA supports and protects cyber-scam centres, provides security for compounds such as the Tai Chang compound, enables their continued operation, and actively benefits from the revenues generated by those criminal activities. Therefore, Saw Steel is responsible for serious human rights violations, including trafficking in human beings, torture, and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. Saw Steel is also involved in those serious human rights violations, including by facilitating such acts. | 30.7.2026152. | Saw Sein WIN | 盛温 (Chinese)セイン・ウィン(Japanese)စိန်ဝင်း(Burmese/Myanmar) | Position(s): Adjutant-General of the Democratic Karen Benevolent ArmyNationality: Myanmar/BurmaDate of birth: 1956Gender: male | Saw Sein Win is Adjutant-General of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), a Myanmar/Burmese armed group controlling territory in Myanmar/Burma’s Karen State, around Myawaddy on the Myanmar/Burma–Thailand border. The DKBA is involved in serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma due to its role in facilitating large-scale scam centres.The DKBA has allowed scam centre compounds to operate under its protection and has enabled criminal networks to function within areas under its control. In those scam centre compounds, many victims are trafficked or lured under false pretences, held against their will, and forced to carry out online scams targeting victims around the world. Reports from victims indicate abuse, torture, and inhumane treatment inside those compounds.DKBA soldiers have also been reported to participate in violence against trafficked individuals, including beatings of handcuffed trafficked individuals. Those who attempt to escape or refuse to cooperate are subjected to intimidation, violence, and other forms of severe mistreatment.The DKBA supports and protects cyber-scam centres, provides security for compounds such as the Tai Chang compound, enables their continued operation, and actively benefits from the revenues generated by those criminal activities. Therefore, Saw Sein Win is responsible for serious human rights violations, including trafficking in human beings, torture, and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. Saw Sein Win is also involved in those serious human rights violations, including by facilitating such acts. | 30.7.2026153. | Saw Eh Le HTOO | 索依李图 (Chinese)ソー・イリトゥー(Japanese)စောအိလိထူး(Burmese/Myanmar) | Position(s): Colonel in the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army and operator of Deeko Park scam centre compoundNationality: Myanmar/BurmaGender: male | Saw Eh Le Htoo is a colonel in the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), a Myanmar/Burmese armed group controlling territory in Myanmar/Burma’s Karen State, around Myawaddy on the Myanmar/Burma–Thailand border. The DKBA is involved in serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma due to its role in facilitating large-scale scam centres. In addition, Saw Eh Le Htoo is reported to be operating the Deeko Park scam centre compound.The DKBA has allowed scam centre compounds to operate under its protection and has enabled criminal networks to function within areas under its control. In those scam centre compounds, many victims are trafficked or lured under false pretences, held against their will, and forced to carry out online scams targeting victims around the world. Reports from victims indicate abuse, torture, and inhumane treatment inside those compounds.DKBA soldiers have also been reported to participate in violence against trafficked individuals, including beatings of handcuffed trafficked individuals. Those who attempt to escape or refuse to cooperate are subjected to intimidation, violence, and other forms of severe mistreatment.The DKBA supports and protects cyber-scam centres, provides security for compounds such as the Tai Chang and Deeko Park compound, enables their continued operation, and actively benefits from the revenues generated by those criminal activities. Therefore, Saw Eh Le Htoo is responsible for serious human rights violations, including trafficking in human beings, torture, and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. Saw Eh Le Htoo is also involved in those serious human rights violations, including by facilitating such acts. | 30.7.2026