HE British Parliament It was announced on Wednesday Wagner mercenary groupR. terrorist organizationAfter the Minister of Internal Affairs Suella Braverman, submitted the proposal last week. Confirming the order means: Criminalization of all acts of support to the group within United Kingdom, including organizing meetings to promote its activities, public demonstrations in your favor or displaying your flag and logo. This regulation will also allow the organization to seize any assets it may have in the country and arrest its members. 14 years in prison for persons involved in these activities.
“The ban is not only a powerful tool to denigrate terrorist organisations, but also Strong message from England During the introduction of the bill to the House of Commons, Braverman spoke about his commitment to combating terrorist activity around the world. The Minister drew attention to the organization’s connections with Russia and said that the decision “care and attention“The activities of mercenaries in countries such as Ukraine they tried to kill To President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to British officials. “The Wagner group is clearly terrorists,” Braverman said.
opposition He supported the government’s proposal but criticized its rejection It took too long when making this decision. Liberal Democrat MP: “How much of what happened could have been prevented?” asked. Layla Moran. “This barbaric group has always been terrorists. They were terrorists a year ago, they were terrorists nine years ago. We didn’t need any more information, we just needed information. to make a decision“. Despite the criticism, which was joined by Labour’s Head of Security Dan Jarvis, Braveman highlighted that the UK was one of the first European countries to include the Wagner group on its list of terrorist organisations, which they have already Islamic State anyone Boko Haram.
parliamentary report
British Government already tax penalties to the mercenary group, including its founder, Yevgeny PrigozhinHe died at the end of August when the plane he was traveling in crashed. However, pressure to toughen these sanctions has increased in recent months. foreign affairs committee The Parliament will publish a report Administrator “a incomprehension“It’s about underestimating the danger the organization poses outside Europe, especially on the African continent, in recent years.
At the end of July, the committee warned about the group’s activities in five African countries: the Central African Republic, Sudan, Libya, Mozambique and Mali. Mercenaries taught, according to report torture techniques they resorted to local police forces and “capitalized on suffering” and “took advantage of the gap left by Western countries in the last decade”“Take advantage of the chaos”. Organizations such as Human Rights Watch have also warned about executions, torture and beatings carried out by Wagner group members against civilians in Mali and the Central African Republic.