With all the other sanctions that have been on Syria for years, will they even notice?
[NPASyria] The Official Journal of the European Union...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
has published a list of entities that would be subjected to restrictive measures against the background of committing violations of human rights
...not to be confused with
individual rights,mind you...
, especially those of women’s rights. Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir
Pencilneckal-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
and senior officers took part in the list.
The EU sanctioned nine persons and three entities in six countries: Afghanistan, Russia, South Sudan, Burma, Iran
...The nation is noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence...
and Syria.
The sanctions included Syrian President Bashir al-Assad and five officers in the Syrian Elite Republican Guard, for their involvement in committing violations of women’s rights.
The punished officers are Major General Shoaeb Suleiman, head of the Syrian Elite Republican Guard, Brigadier General Muhammad Qasem, General Malik Aliaa, supreme commander at the guard, Major General Issam Zahreddine, Major General Muhammad Nayouf, and Muhammed Kaddor.
"The Syrian Elite Republican Guard is an entity responsible for the security of officials and part of the Syrian security forces," the EU statement said.
It added, "In its ranks, sexual and gender-based violence against women is widespread, particularly during the ongoing Syrian conflict. Victims have reported
The guard is a part "of a systematic approach by the Syrian regime to use sexual and gender-based violence to repress and intimidate the Syrian people, particularly women and girls."