Lawmakers Ask Biden to Impose Sanctions for Murder of Lebanese Activist
The House Foreign Affairs Committee’s top Democrat and top Republican urged the Biden administration to sanction those responsible for the murder of an anti-Hezbollah activist in Lebanon earlier this month. Reps. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., and Michael McCaul, R-Texas, on Feb.…
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18 asked Biden to impose sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act for the assassination of activist Lokman Slim, saying the murder “could constitute a sanctionable gross violation of internationally recognized human rights.”