sanctions

LONDON, May 27 (YPA) - More than 800 prominent UK judges, lawyers, and academics, including former Supreme Court justices, have called on the British government to impose immediate sanctions on "Israel". This call came in an unprecedented…

STOCKHOLM, May 20 (YPA) - Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard announced on Tuesday that her country will move within the European Union to push for sanctions against Israeli occupation government ministers over ongoing crimes…

SANAA, April 21 (YPA) - China imposed sanctions, on Monday, on several US members of Congress, government officials, and heads of non-governmental organizations for their "blatant behavior on Hong Kong-related issues." Chinese Foreign…

SANAA, Feb. 22 (YPA) - Somerset Council in the UK has passed a motion supporting divestment from companies that support Israel’s military occupation and apartheid, marking another major step for the Palestine solidarity movement and the…

SANAA, Feb. 16 (YPA) - The Swedish parliament has voted to impose sanctions on the Israeli occupation. The proposed resolution calls on the Brussels government to stop granting arms licenses to the occupation, stop supporting companies…

LONDON, Nov. 30 (YPA) - British lawyers sent a letter to British Foreign Secretary David Cameron calling on him to impose sanctions on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and other members of the…

BRUSSELS, Nov. 09 (YPA) - Belgian Deputy Prime Minister, Petra De Sutter, has called on the government to impose sanctions on the Israeli entity and investigate the bombing of hospitals and refugee camps in the Gaza Strip. “It is time to…

SANAA, Oct. 11 (YPA) - The UN Security Council will hold a closed session on Friday to follow up on developments in the situation in Yemen. A statement issued by the Security Council stated that the session will be of a “closed”…

MOSCOW, March 10 (YPA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry has announced the imposition of sanctions on 144 officials and parliamentarians in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. The move comes in response to the active pressure of the Baltic states…

SANAA, Oct. 20 (YPA) - Member of the Sanaa negotiating delegation, AbdulMalik Al-Ajri, has described the West's sanctions as economic terrorism that went beyond the politicization of the economy. "The West criticized the Arabs’ ban on…