Lawmaker Says Kazakhstan May Deserve Sanctions for Transnational Repression
Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., urged the Trump administration Aug. 8 to consider imposing sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act against those responsible for transnational financial repression of Barlyk Mendygaziyev, a Kazakhstani businessperson based in the U.S.
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In a letter to administration officials, McGovern said Kazakhstan’s government has taken several actions against Mendygaziyev and his family, including trying to freeze their U.S. bank accounts and imprisoning his brother, because they refused to pay bribes to Kazakhstan officials and supported families of political prisoners in Kazakhstan.
McGovern co-chairs the House Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, which highlighted Mendygaziyev’s situation at a hearing on transnational repression in June (see 2506250046).