Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 of 7 December 2020 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses

Type Regulation
Publication 2020-12-07
Last updated 2026-07-30
State In force
Department Council of the European Union
Source EUR-Lex
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Наталия Николаевна ДУДАРЬ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Judge at the Basmanny District Court in Moscow DOB: 13.6.1974 POB: Russia Nationality: Russian Gender: female Natalia Nikolaevna Dudar is a judge at the Basmanny District Court in Moscow. In her position, she has issued a number of rulings against peaceful protesters and political opponents, including employees of Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), Ilia Yashin and Vladimir Kara-Murza. She issued orders to conduct searches of employees of the FBK and wiretap their phones. She extended the arrest in pre-trial detention centre of Lilia Chanysheva, former Head of Navalny’s headquarters in Ufa, who was accused of creating an extremist community. Natalia Nikolaevna Duda is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, in particular arbitrary arrests or detentions, and the violation of freedom of opinion and expression which is of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 TEU. 22.3.2024

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Oleg Vladimirovich SEVOSTYANOV  [^E0001]

Олег Владимирович СЕВОСТЬЯНОВ Position(s): Head of the Department of the Ministry of Justice of Russia for the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug DOB: 16.10.1968 POB: Bratsk, Irkutsk region, former USSR (now Russian Federation) Nationality: Russian Gender: male Tax identification number: 622701024605 Oleg Vladimirovich Sevostyanov is a high-level Russian official. He is Head of the Department of the Ministry of Justice of Russia for the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. In that position, he is responsible for ensuring the protection of human and civil rights and freedoms in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The IK-3 penal colony, where opposition politician Alexei Navalny died and which is known for exerting physical and psychological pressure, full isolation, torture and violence on prisoners as well as the poor quality of medical services, is located in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Therefore, Oleg Vladimirovich Sevostyanov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

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Vsevolod Lvovich VUKOLOV  [^E0001]

Всеволод Львович ВУКОЛОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation DOB: 7.4.1969 POB: Moscow, former USSR (now Russian Federation) Nationality: Russian Gender: male Tax identification number: 770405292394 Vsevolod Lvovich Vukolov is a high-level Russian official. He is Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation. In that position, he is responsible for the supervision of the Federal Penitentiary Service and the Department of State Policy in the Field of the Penitentiary System. Accordingly, he was responsible for the execution of prison sentences of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, his safety, and well-being in Russian prisons. As he oversaw the imprisonment of Alexei Navalny he is ultimately responsible for the death of Alexei Navalny in the IK-3 penal colony. Therefore, Vsevolod Lvovich Vukolov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

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Viktor Evdokimovich GAVRILOV  [^E0001]

Виктор Евдокимович ГАВРИЛОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Head of the Transport Department of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) Economic Security Service DOB: 1961 Nationality: Russian Gender: male Associated individuals: Aleksandr Vasilievich Bortnikov Viktor Evdokimovich Gavrilov is Head of the Transport Department of the FSB Economic Security Service. In that position, he was responsible for coordinating various governmental agencies after the arrival of opposition politician Alexei Navalny in Moscow after his treatment for Novichok poisoning in 2021. His actions facilitated and enabled the arrest and imprisonment of Alexei Navalny. Therefore, Viktor Evdokimovich Gavrilov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

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Ilya Nikolayevich KRUGLYSHEV  [^E0001]

Илья Николаевич КРУГЛЫШЕВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Senior Legal Counsellor of the Legal Service of the Organisational and Analytical Department of the Vladimir Region Federal Penitentiary Service Rank: Captain DOB: 23.2.1986 Nationality: Russian Gender: male Ilya Nikolayevich Kruglyshev is a high-level Russian official. He is the Senior Legal Counsellor of the Legal Service of the Organisational and Analytical Department of the Vladimir Region Federal Penitentiary Service and represented the IK-6 penal colony in court cases filed by Alexei Navalny against the IK-6 penal colony. In that position, he was directly involved in creating torture conditions for Alexei Navalny in the penal colony No. 6 in Melekhovo, Vladimir region. He also did not consider the complaints regarding the conditions of serving a sentence made by Alexei Navalny (including the complaints about the inability to buy additional portions of food). Therefore, Ilya Nikolayevich Kruglyshev is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

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Dmitry Evgenievich SAMOILOV  [^E0001]

Дмитрий Евгеньевич САМОЙЛОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Judge of the Kovrov City Court DOB: 6.4.1970 Nationality: Russian Gender: male Dmitry Evgenievich Samoilov is a Russian judge working in the Kovrov City Court. In that position, he repeatedly refused to address opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s claims against the IK-6 correctional colony, aimed at restoring and protecting his rights violated by the leadership of the IK-6. Navalny’s claims concerned access to medical aid, access to information, and the right to contact his family. Therefore, Dmitry Evgenievich Samoilov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

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Ilnar Irfanovich BASYROV  [^E0001]

Ильнар Ирфанович БАСЫРОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): judge of the Moscow City Court DOB: 8.6.1981 Nationality: Russian Gender: male Associated entities: Moscow City Court Ilnar Irfanovich Basyrov has been working as a judge in the Moscow City Court since 28 May 2014. He was appointed by presidential decree. In that position, he was directly involved in the trial of the opposition politician Alexei Navalny. In a politically motivated trial he pronounced Alexei Navalny guilty, and placed him in a high-security penal colony in order to prevent Navalny from engaging in political activity. Therefore, Ilnar Irfanovich Basyrov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

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Sergey Anatolevich MOROZ

Сергей Анатольевич МОРОЗ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Head of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for Moscow DOB: 15.9.1968 POB: Berdyansk, Zaporozhye, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) Nationality: Russian Gender: male Individual Taxpayer Number: 644918369538 Sergey Moroz is a Russian official. He is Head of the Federal Penitentiary Service in Moscow. In that position, he placed the opposition politician Alexei Navalny on the federal wanted list. Sergey Moroz is accused of having exerted extreme humiliation and violence on detainees upon their arrival in detention. Therefore, Sergey Moroz is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

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Elena Evgenievna MOROZOVA

Елена Евгеньевна МОРОЗОВА (Russian spelling) Position(s): Judge of the Khimki City Court DOB: 2.12.1977 Nationality: Russian Gender: female Elena Morozova is a Russian judge working in the Khimki City Court. In her position, she decided to place the opposition politician Alexei Navalny in custody for 30 days after he arrived in Moscow after his treatment for Novichok poisoning. The trial she chaired violated fair trial standards, including the right to review the contents of the indictment and trial documents, the opportunity to consult with a lawyer, and public access to the trial. Therefore, Elena Morozova is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

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Musa Abdurakhmanovich MUSAEV  [^E0001]

Муса Абдурахманович МУСАЕВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Judge of the Moscow Regional Court DOB: 14.10.1951 Nationality: Russian Gender: male Musa Abdurakhmanovich Musaev is a Russian judge working in the Moscow Regional Court. In his position, he started legal proceedings regarding the arrest of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny upon his return from Germany, where he was receiving treatment for Novichok poisoning. He upheld the decision to arrest Navalny for 30 days, rejecting his appeal. The decision was made during a brief hearing that lasted only five minutes. Therefore, Musa Abdurakhmanovich Musaev is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

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Mikhail Yurievich PTITSYN

Михаил Юрьевич ПТИЦЫН (Russian spelling) Position(s): Chairman of the Moscow City Court DOB: 21.8.1963 Nationality: Russian Gender: male Mikhail Ptitsyn is Chairman of the Moscow City Court. In that position, he positively considered the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service’s proposal to replace opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s probation sentence with a fully fledged sentence. Consequently, Alexei Navalny was deprived of the possibility to act in public life in Russia by being imprisoned in a penal colony. Therefore, Mikhail Ptitsyn is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

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Sergey Alekseevich RYABTSEV

Сергей Алексеевич РЯБЦЕВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Judge of the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow DOB: 4.9.1989 Nationality: Russian Gender: male Sergey Ryabtsev is a Russian judge working in the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow. In that position, he was involved in sabotaging the investigation regarding the poisoning of Alexei Navalny by refusing to address the complaint about the inaction of the Investigative Directorate of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB). Moreover, he continuously delivers sentences against freedom of speech in Russia. Therefore, Sergey Ryabtsev is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

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Petr Pavlovich SERKOV

Пётр Павлович СЕРКОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation DOB: 7.6.1955 POB: Poldamasovo, Ulyanovsk region, former USSR (now Russian Federation) Nationality: Russian Gender: male Individual Taxpayer Number: 732502615730 Petr Serkov is the First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. In that position, he upheld the verdict against the opposition politician Alexei Navalny in 2018. Consequently, Alexei Navalny was convicted and imprisoned in a high-security penal colony in order to prevent him from engaging in political activity. Placing Alexei Navalny in a penal colony resulted in his death. Therefore, Petr Serkov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

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Yuri Vasilievich SITNIKOV  [^E0001]

Юрий Васильевич СИТНИКОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Judge of the Supreme Court of Russia (currently retired) DOB: 17.4.1961 POB: Krutogorye, Lipetsk region, former USSR (now Russian Federation) Nationality: Russian Gender: male Yuri Vasilievich Sitnikov is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of Russia who served as a member of the Appellate Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. In that position, he excluded Alexei Navalny from running in the presidential election in Russia in 2018 in a politically motivated trial. Therefore, Yuri Vasilievich Sitnikovis responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including systematic violations of the right to peaceful assembly and association, and freedom of expression and opinion. 22.3.2024

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Nikolay Viktorovich TIMOSHIN

Николай Викторович ТИМОШИН (Russian spelling) Position(s): Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation DOB: 14.8.1959 POB: Zhidkoe village, Znamensky district, Oryol region, former USSR (now Russian Federation) Nationality: Russian Gender: male Nikolay Timoshin is Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. Previously, he held the position of Member of the Court’s Presidium. As Member of the Presidium, Nikolay Timoshin upheld the verdict against the opposition politician Alexei Navalny in 2018. Consequently, Alexei Navalny was convicted and imprisoned in a high-security penal colony in order to prevent him from engaging in political activity. Therefore, Nikolay Timoshin is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

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Vladimir Yurievich ZAITSEV

Владимир Юрьевич ЗАЙЦЕВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Chairman of the Appellate Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation DOB: 31.3.1957 POB: Valamaz, Krasnogorsk, Udmurtia SSR (now Russian Federation) Nationality: Russian Gender: male Vladimir Zaitsev is Chairman of the Appellate Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. In that position, he excluded Alexei Navalny from running in the presidential election in Russia in 2018 in a politically motivated trial. Therefore, Vladimir Zaitsev is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including systematic violations of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, and freedom of expression and opinion. 22.3.2024

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Vladimir Sergeevich SHVEDOV*

Владимир Сергеевич ШВЕДОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Head of the Department of State Policy in the Sphere of Execution of Criminal Sentences in the Russian Ministry of Justice DOB: 26.10.1980 POB: Moscow, Russia Passport number: 4506085659 Tax identification number: 773320017740 Nationality: Russian Gender: male Address: Moscow City, Russian Federation Associated individuals: Vsevolod Lvovich Vukolov Associated entities: Russian Ministry of Justice Vladimir Sergeevich Shvedov is a high-level Russian official. He is head of the Department of State Policy in the Sphere of Execution of Criminal Sentences in the Russian Ministry of Justice. In that position, as he leads the state policy in the field of execution of criminal sentences and considers citizens’ appeals, he was responsible for the execution of prison sentences of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Therefore, Vladimir Sergeevich Shvedov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

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Neria BEN PAZI

a.k.a. Naria BEN FAZ

DOB: 28.11.1993 Nationality: Israeli Gender: male ID number: 311509004 In recent years, Neria Ben Pazi has established several of the most violent outposts in the West Bank. He is one of the main perpetrators of the forced displacement of the Bedouin community of Wadi Seeq near Ramallah in October 2023. Since 2021, Neria Ben Pazi has been accused of repeatedly attacking Palestinians in Wadi Seeq and in Deir Jarir and his actions have been likened to torture. On 12 October 2023, he participated in a violent attack in Wadi Seeq, where Palestinians were severely beaten, handcuffed and photographed in their underwear. Settlers urinated on them and extinguished cigarettes on them. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses against Palestinians, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, which is also of serious concern with regard to the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 19.4.2024

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Yinon LEVI

a.k.a. Yinon LEVY

DOB: 12.12.1992 Nationality: Israeli Gender: male ID number: 203807276 Yinon Levi has taken part in multiple violent acts against neighbouring villages from his residence in the Meitarim farm illegal outpost. This notably includes storming and damaging houses of Palestinian families, including in the presence of women and children, as well as having dogs set on Palestinian shepherds to physically attack them while letting his herd graze on their privately owned lands. Levi was involved in the violent attack by settlers on 28 July 2025 in the West Bank village of Umm Al-Khair, in which Levi shot and killed human rights defender Awdah Hathaleen. He is therefore responsible for serious and widespread human rights violations or abuses targeted at the Palestinians’ right to physical and mental integrity, right to property and right to private and family life, which are also of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 19.4.2024

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Meir Mordechai ETTINGER

מאיר אטינגר (Hebrew spelling) Position(s): member of the Hilltop Youth DOB: 4.10.1991 POB: Kiryat Moshe, Jerusalem, Israel Nationality: Israeli Gender: male Associated entity: Hilltop Youth Meir Ettinger is a leading figure of the Hilltop Youth, a radical youth group consisting of members known for violent acts against Palestinians and their villages in the West Bank. The Hilltop Youth establishes unauthorised outposts on hilltops in the West Bank and engages in settler violence through so-called ‘price tag attacks’. The settler violence, including physical and psychosocial harassment, beatings, murder and demolition of property, against Palestinians is of a systematic nature. Meir Ettinger encourages and incites attacks and participates in intimidation to force Palestinians off their lands. He has contributed to the establishment of illegal settlements and outposts on Palestinian lands across the West Bank, employing and condoning tactics of intimidation, harassment and violence. He was involved in a deadly arson attack in 2015, already being considered part of the Hilltop Youth, on a Palestinian West Bank home that killed two parents and their 18-month-old boy. Therefore, Meir Ettinger is responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as violations or abuses of the right to property and the right to private and family life of Palestinians in the West Bank and for supporting and encouraging such acts. Those abuses and violations are also of serious concern with regard to the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 19.4.2024

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Elisha YERED

אלישע ירד (Hebrew spelling) Position(s): member of the Hilltop Youth DOB: 2001 Nationality: Israeli Gender: male Associated entity: Hilltop Youth Elisha Yered is an Israeli settler activist in the West Bank and known as being affiliated with the Hilltop Youth, a radical youth group that engages in violent acts against Palestinians and their villages in the West Bank. The Hilltop Youth engages in settler violence through so-called ‘price tag attacks’. This settler violence, including physical and psychosocial harassment, beatings, murder and demolition of property, against Palestinians is of a systematic nature. Elisha Yered encourages such acts and participates in them. He regularly incites violence against Palestinians in the West Bank including by distributing messages such as to ‘wipe out’ a Palestinian village. In April 2024, Elisha Yered coordinated and incited settler attacks that left four Palestinians dead, scores wounded, dozens of homes and more than 100 cars torched across 11 villages, and thousands of animals slaughtered. He sent WhatsApp messages calling for ‘collective punishment against the murderous Arab population.’ The rampage was one of the most intense and systematic settler attacks in decades. He personally harassed a Palestinian family, using intimidating and threatening language to impede their freedom of movement on their own land and is involved in the destruction of property of Palestinians in the West Bank. Elisha Yered was part of a group of armed settlers that on 4 August 2023 advanced from the direction of the illegal outpost of Oz Zion to the Palestinian village of Burqa near Ramallah. The settlers fired bullets at the Palestinians, which led to the death of the 19-year old Palestinian Qusai Jammal Mi’tan and wounded several other Palestinians. Therefore, Elisha Yered is responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as violations or abuses of the right to property and the right to private and family life of Palestinians in the West Bank and for supporting and encouraging such acts, and is responsible for the advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred which constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence. Those violations or abuses are also of serious concern with regard to the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 19.4.2024

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Moshe SHARVIT

משה שרביט (Hebrew spelling) DOB: 13.11.1994 Nationality: Israeli Gender: male ID number: 206223000 Address: Tirzah Valley Farm outpost, West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories Associated entities: Moshe’s Farm Moshe Sharvit is an Israeli settler in the Jordan Valley who lives in an outpost near a village, called ‘Tirza Valley Farm’ and also known as ‘Moshe’s Farm’. Moshe Sharvit is engaged in settler violence and threats towards Palestinian residents in shepherding communities close to his hilltop outpost in the West Bank. His harassment against those communities has escalated since October 2023. Moshe Sharvit has frequently harassed Palestinians verbally and physically, demanding that they leave their homes and properties. In October 2023, that behaviour resulted in Palestinian civilians fleeing their village of Ein Shibli. He used threatening language against Palestinian men, women and children and physically attacked an elderly person. His actions include hurling stones at Palestinians and their livestock, intentionally driving into herds and cultivated fields, deploying dogs to attack Palestinians and their livestock, and physically abusing animals by using clubs and whips. On 6 March 2025, a Jerusalem court barred Sharvit from approaching a Palestinian family’s compound near his outpost, following repeated assaults and harassment. Therefore, Moshe Sharvit is responsible for serious and systematic human rights abuses, including abuse of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental integrity. Those abuses are also of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 15.7.2024

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Zvi BAR YOSEF

a.k.a. Zvi BAR-YOSEF

DOB: 20.9.1992 Nationality: Israeli Gender: male ID number: 204377998 Associated entities: Zvi’s Farm Zvi Bar Yosef established the unauthorised outpost known as ‘Zvi’s Farm’ in the West Bank, east of the Halamish settlement. The outpost has taken over some 2 500 dunams / 620 acres that were cultivated by the villages of Jibya, Kaubar (Kobar) and Umm Safa. In 2019, 2021 and 2023, Zvi Bar Yosef repeatedly attacked and committed acts of violence against Palestinians from those villages, causing severe injuries to some of them. Bar Yosef still lives in Zvi’s Farm. His history of violence has turned the surrounding area into a no-go zone, Palestinians can no longer access their own fields. Therefore, Zvi Bar Yosef is responsible for serious and systematic human rights abuses, including abuses of the right to physical and mental integrity, the right to property and the right to private and family life. Those abuses are also of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 15.7.2024

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Isaschar MANNE

a.k.a. Issachar MANN יששכר מן (Hebrew spelling) DOB: 10.5.1983 Nationality: Israeli Gender: male ID number: 038826939 Isaschar Manne, who established the unauthorised Manne Farm outpost in the South Hebron Hills, has repeatedly invaded private lands of the residents of the village of Ta’ala and prevented Palestinians from moving about freely, for instance by preventing Palestinian children from reaching their school in Tuba, Masafer Yatta. Since 2018, there have been several accounts of Isaschar Manne barging into shepherds’ homes, and threatening and harassing them. Manne, who is often armed, has prevented Palestinian shepherds from accessing their pastures, thus depriving them of the possibility to cultivate their land and provide for their needs. Therefore, Isaschar Manne is responsible for systematic and serious human rights abuses, including abuses of the right to property, the right to private and family life and the right to education. Those abuses are also of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 15.7.2024

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Baruch MARZEL

Position(s): Member of Otzma Yehudit DOB: 23.4.1959 POB: Boston, USA Nationality: American, Israeli Gender: male Address: Tel Rumeida settlement, Hebron, Occupied Palestinian Territories Baruch Marzel is the founder of the far-right political party ‘Otzma Yehudit’, currently led by Itamar Ben Gvir. The party represents one of Israel’s most extremist ideologies and is part of the Kahanist movement. In the 1990s, he was the leader of the Kahane party until it was banned by the Israeli authorities in 1994. In 2019, Baruch Marzel was banned by the Israeli Supreme Court from standing in parliamentary elections because the court found that he had made numerous racist remarks. Baruch Marzel calls for the creation of a Greater Israel where Palestinians would have no place. He openly calls for an ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians and denies the Palestinians’ right to their own land. Since the Gaza conflict began, he has repeatedly called for humanitarian aid to Gaza to be blocked and for the entire population of Gaza to be forcibly transferred. Therefore, Baruch Marzel is responsible for serious human rights abuses, in particular systematic advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred, which constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence. Those abuses are also of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 15.7.2024

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Ben-Zion ‘Bentzi’ GOPSTEIN

בן ציון גופשטיין (Hebrew spelling) Position: founder and leader of Lehava DOB: 10.9.1969 Nationality: Israeli Gender: male ID number: 024526394 Address: Givat HaAvot, Kiryat Arba, Occupied Palestinian Territories Associated entities: Lehava Ben-Zion ‘Bentzi’ Gopstein, who lives in the settlement of Kiryat Arba (West Bank), is the founder and leader of the extremist organisation ‘Lehava’, a spin-off from the Kahanist movement, with the goal to ‘fight assimilation in the Holy Land’. Ben-Zion ‘Bentzi’ Gopstein promotes a vision that denies all Palestinians their rights and calls for an end to the Palestinian presence in Israel and in the Palestinian Territories. Ben-Zion ‘Bentzi’ Gopstein was banned by Israel’s Supreme Court from running in the 2019 Knesset elections because he ‘systematically incites racism against the Arab public’. In 2025, he was convicted of incitement to terror, after he railed against Arab Israelis, stating ‘The enemies within us are a cancer, and if we don’t get rid of this cancer, we won’t be able to continue existing here as Jews’. Since 2023, Gopstein has been advising far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and senior police officials on security matters. Following a terror attack in East Jerusalem, he proposed that the minister take brutal measures including targeted assassinations, house demolitions, the blockade of entire neighbourhoods, and legislation to deport the families of attackers. Therefore, Ben-Zion ‘Bentzi’ Gopstein is responsible for systematic and serious human rights abuses consisting of advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred, which constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence. Those abuses are also of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 15.7.2024

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Abdel Karim Mahmoud (Mahmood, Mohammad) IBRAHIM

عبد الكريم محمود إبراهيم (Arabic spelling) Position(s): Chief of staff of the Syrian Army POB: Tartous, Syria Nationality: Syrian Gender: male Abdel Karim Mahmoud Ibrahim was the chief of staff of the Syrian Army between 2022 and December 2024. The Syrian state under the regime of al-Assad, including its military, committed systematic and widespread torture, rape and sexual and gender-based violence against civilians. As the chief of staff of the Syrian Army, Abdel Karim Mahmoud Ibrahim is responsible for the actions of the armed forces under his command. Therefore, Abdel Karim Mahmoud Ibrahim is responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture and systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence. 22.7.2024

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Ali Mahmoud ABBAS

علي محمود عباس (Arabic spelling) Position(s): Minister of Defence and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army DOB: 2.11.1964 POB: Rif Dimashq, Syria Nationality: Syrian Gender: male Ali Mahmoud Abbas was the Minister of Defence of Syria and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Army between 2022 and December 2024. The Syrian state under the regime of al-Assad, including its military, committed systematic and widespread torture, rape as well as sexual and gender-based violence against civilians. As the Minister of Defence of Syria and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Army, Ali Mahmoud Abbas is responsible for the actions of the armed forces under his command. Therefore, Ali Mahmoud Abbas is responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture and systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence. 22.7.2024

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RI Chang Dae

Position(s): Minister of State Security Nationality: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Gender: male Ri Chang Dae has been the Minister of State Security in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) since 2022. Women and girls showing opposition to the regime or held in detention or prison centres in DPRK are systematically targeted by violence, particularly under the guard of the Ministry of State Security and in centres run by that Ministry. As head of the Ministry of State Security, Ri Chang Dae is responsible for numerous acts of sexual and gender-based violence committed by officials of that Ministry. Ri Chang Dae is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations, including systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence. 22.7.2024 118 [^E0001]. Evgeniy Aleksandrovich SOBOLEV a.k.a. Yevhen Oleksandrovich SOBOLEV Евгений Александрович Соболев (Russian spelling) Position(s): Head of the penitentiary service of the Russian occupation authorities in the Kherson region DOB: 25.7.1985 POB: Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, Ukraine Nationality: Russian Gender: male Passport No.: 3125216313 Evgeniy Sobolev is the head of the penitentiary service of the Russian occupation authorities in the Kherson region. Under his command, a widespread and systematic pattern of human rights violations in detention facilities in areas under the control of the Russian occupation authorities, including the Kherson region, has been documented. This pattern includes torture, and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and sexual and gender-based violence. The practices involved include rape, forced nudity, genital electrocution and threats of genital mutilation. Persons suspected of passing information to the Ukrainian authorities, or of supporting the Ukrainian armed forces, have been specifically targeted. In his capacity as head of the penitentiary service of the Russian occupational authorities in the Kherson region, Evgeniy Sobolev is responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment and other human rights violations, including systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence. 22.7.2024

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Muhammad Hussein AL-JASIM

a.k.a. Abu AMSHA, Muhammad Husayn AL-JASIM, Muhammad AL-JASSIM BIN HUSSEIN, Mohamed ALJASEM, al-Amshat محمد حسين الجاسم أبو عمشة محمد حسين الجاسم محمد الجاسم بن حسين محمد الجاسم (Arabic spelling) Position(s): DOB: 1985 POB: Al-Jawsa, Hama Governorate, Syria Nationality: Syrian Gender: male Associated entities: Sultan Sulaiman Shah Brigade Muhammad Hussein al-Jasim is the founder and leader of the Sultan Sulaiman Shah Brigade, a Syrian armed militia active in the Syrian civil war. In March 2025, the Sultan Sulaiman Shah Brigade, under Muhammad Hussein al-Jasim’s command, took part in the violence in the coastal region of Syria, targeting civilians and especially the Alawite community, including by committing arbitrary killings of civilians. Muhammad Hussein al-Jasim is therefore responsible for serious human rights abuses in Syria, including arbitrary killings. 28.5.2025

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Sayf Boulad ABU BAKR

a.k.a Sayf BALUD, Saif ABU BAKR, Seyf Ebu BEKIR, Seyf EBUBEKIR سيف بولاد أبو بكر سيف بولاد سيف أبو بكر (Arabic spelling) Position(s): DOB: 1987-1988 POB: Bza’ah, al-Bab District, Syria Nationality: Syrian Gender: male Associated entities: Hamza Division Sayf Boulad Abu Bakr is the leader of the Hamza Division, an armed militia created in 2016 and operating in Syria. Throughout the Syrian civil war, the Hamza Division, under Sayf Boulad Abu Bakr’s command, has been responsible for numerous acts of torture in that group’s detention centers, for extortion and for forced displacement of civilians, especially in the regions of Afrin and Aleppo. In March 2025, the Hamza Division, under Sayf Boulad Abu Bakr’s command, took part in the violence in the coastal region of Syria, targeting civilians and especially the Alawite community, including by committing torture and arbitrary killings of civilians. Sayf Boulad Abu Bakr is therefore responsible for serious human rights abuses in Syria, including torture and arbitrary killings of civilians. 28.5.2025

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Miqdad Lu’ay FATIHA

a.k.a. Miqdad FATIHA, Miqdad FUTAIHA, Abu Jafar, Abu Jaafar, Abu Ja’ afa, Miqdad Fteha مقداد لؤيّ فتيحة مقداد فتيحة (Arabic spelling) DOB: 19.6.1989 POB: Jableh, Latakia, Syria Nationality: Syrian Gender: male Address: Syria/Lebanon Miqdad Fatiha is a former member of the Syrian Republican Guard, which has since been disbanded. In this role he has been responsible for many serious human rights violations or abuses, including torture and other cruel treatment of prisoners. After the fall of the al-Assad regime in December 2024, Miqdad Fatiha has formed militias in the coastal regions of Syria, stoking sectarian tensions and inciting violence. Units under his command were involved in the March 2025 sectarian violence in the coastal region of Syria that resulted in the loss of hundreds of civilian lives. As the leader of the militias, Miqdad Fatiha is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. 23.6.2025

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Ghaith DALLA

a.k.a. Ghiath Suleiman DALLA, Ghyath DALLA, Ghayth DALLA غياث سليمان دلا غياث سليمان دلّا (Arabic spelling) DOB: 31.7.1971 POB: Beit Yashout, Syria Nationality: Syrian Gender: male Associated individuals: Maher Al-Assad Associated entities: Fourth Division of the Syrian Army, Military Council for the Liberation of Syria Ghaith Dalla is a former Brigadier General with Syria’s notorious Fourth Army Division during the al-Assad regime. In this role, he has been responsible for many serious and well-documented human rights violations or abuses, including extrajudicial killings and cruel punishment by way of starvation. After the fall of the al-Assad regime, Ghaith Dalla went on to establish and lead the ‘Military Council for the Liberation of Syria’ in March 2025. His militia has since stoked sectarian tensions and incited violence in the coastal region of Syria. Ghaith Dalla’s units were involved in the March 2025 sectarian violence in the coastal region of Syria that resulted in the loss of hundreds of civilian lives. Therefore, Ghaith Dalla is responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses. 23.6.2025

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Suhayl AL-HASAN

a.k.a. Suhail Salman AL-HASAN, Suhail AL-HASSAN سهيل سلمان الحسن (Arabic spelling) DOB: 10.6.1970 POB: Jableh, Latakia, Syria Nationality: Syrian Gender: male Address: Tartus, Syria Suhayl al-Hasan is a Former Commander of Division 25 Special Mission Forces of the Syrian armed forces under the al-Assad regime. In this role, as well as in the numerous other positions he held in the Syrian Armed Forces, he has committed and overseen countless severe human rights violations or abuses that include torture, extrajudicial killings and arbitrary arrests. He is also reported to have overseen the deployment of chemical weapons. After the fall of the al-Assad regime, Suhayl al-Hasan went on to establish the ‘Coastal Shield Brigade’ in March 2025. His militia has since stoked sectarian tensions and incited violence in the coastal region of Syria. Suhayl al-Hasan’s units were involved in the March 2025 sectarian violence in the coastal region of Syria that resulted in the loss of hundreds of civilian lives. Therefore, Suhayl al-Hasan is responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses. 23.6.2025

124.

Mudalal KHOURY

a.k.a. Madalal (Mtanyus) KHURI, Mudallal KHOURY, Mudallal KHOURI مدلل خوري (Arabic spelling) DOB: 18.6.1957 POB: Homs, Syria Nationality: Syrian, Russian Gender: male Address: Moscow Associated individual: Imad Khoury Mudalal Khoury is a Syrian-Russian businessman operating from Russia. He is one of the most prominent Syrian businessmen who supported the al-Assad regime. In a context where the al-Assad regime used barrel bombs and chemical weapons against the civilian population of Syria, Mudalal Khoury represented the regime’s business and financial interests in Russia. Amongst other things, he provided front companies to be used for the al-Assad regime’s chemical and ballistic weapons programmes. Therefore, Mudalal Khoury has provided financial, technical and material support for serious human rights violations or abuses, in particular crimes against humanity. 23.6.2025

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Imad KHOURY

a.k.a. Emad KHOURY, Mtanyus KHURY, KHURI, KHOURI عماد خوري (Arabic spelling) DOB: 3.10.1964 Nationality: Syrian, Russian Gender: male Associated individual: Mudalal Khoury Imad Khoury is one of the most prominent Syrian businessmen who supported the al-Assad regime. In a context where the al-Assad regime used barrel bombs and chemical weapons against the civilian population of Syria, Imad Khoury represented the regime’s business and financial interests. Amongst other things, he founded a company that was part of a money laundering scheme supporting the al-Assad regime. In this way, together with his brother Mudalal Khoury, he helped finance the severe crimes against humanity committed under the al-Assad regime. Therefore, Imad Khoury has provided financial, technical and material support for serious human rights violations or abuses, in particular crimes against humanity. 23.6.2025

126.

Naji Ibrahim SHARIFI-ZINDASHTI a.k.a. KENANI, Emirhan

SERIFI ZINDASTI, Naci SERIFI-ZINDASTI, Naci SHARIFI ZINDASHTI, Naji SHARIFI-ZINDASHTI, Naji ناجی ابراهیم شریفی زیندشتی (Persian spelling) DOB:31.5.1974 POB: Zindasht or Orumiyeh, Iran Nationality: Iranian Gender: male ID: 2753229112 Associated entity: Zindashti Network Naji Sharifi-Zindashti is an Iranian narcotics trafficker and organised crime boss. He is the leader of the Zindashti Network, a criminal group that has carried out numerous acts of transnational repression, including assassinations outside of Iran. He is connected to the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), which is the branch of the Iranian government tasked, inter alia, with assassinating persons critical of the actions or policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, or persons otherwise deemed to be opponents of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Therefore, Naji Sharifi-Zindashti is responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses outside of Iran, in particular extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings and enforced disappearance of persons. 15.7.2025

127.

Abdulvahap KOCAK

a.k.a. Abdolwahab KOCAK Abdolvahab KUCHAK

POB: Adiyaman, Türkiye Nationality: Turkish Gender: male ID: Ul2429867 Abdulvahap Kocak is officially Naji Zindashti’s gardener. He also served as an assassin who has been implicated in multiple killings ordered by Naji Zindashti and executed by the Zindashti Network. In particular, Abdulvahap Kocak assassinated the Iranian dissident Mas’ud Molavi Vardanjani, a crime for which he was convicted in Türkiye. Therefore, Abdulvahap Kocak is associated with Naji Zindashti and the Zindashti Network that are responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killings. He is also responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses outside of Iran, in particular extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killings. 15.7.2025

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Ali ESFANJANI

علی اسفنجانی (Persian spelling) DOB: 15.8.1985 Nationality: Iranian Gender: male ID: P30251288 As part of a plot by the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and the Zindasthi Network, Ali Esfanjani befriended Iranian dissident Mas’ud Molavi Vardanjani, fed the MOIS information about him and led him to the place where he was killed by Abdulvahap Kocak. As such, Ali Esfanjani is associated with Naji Zindashti and the Zindashti Network that are responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killings. He is also directly involved in an extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killing by assisting in, preparing or facilitating that killing. 15.7.2025

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Ali KOCAK

POB: Adiyaman Kahta, Türkiye Nationality: Iranian Gender: male ID: 20926131442 Ali Kocak is Abdulvahap Kocak’s brother and an associate of the Zindashti Network. Ali Kocak conducted surveillance on Iranian Gem TV owner, Saeed Karimian, prior to his killing and is suspected of being responsible for the killing itself. Therefore, Ali Kocak is involved in serious human rights violations or abuses, by assisting in, preparing and facilitating extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killings. Furthermore, Ali Kocak is formally Naji Zindashti’s driver. Ali Kocak is therefore associated with Naji Zindashti and the Zindasthi Network that are responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killings. 15.7.2025

130.

Ekrem Abdulkerym OZTUNC a.k.a. Ekrem ÖZTUNÇ

DOB: 7.10.1984 POB: Yuksekova, Türkiye Nationality: Turkish Gender: male Address: Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan, Iran ID: U01292672 Ekrem Oztunc is a nephew of Naji Zindashti and a close Zindashti Network associate. He has played a pivotal role in relaying, through encrypted channels, the orders to kill during the Network’s assassination attempts. As such, Ekrem Oztunc is associated with Naji Zindashti and the Zindashti Network, as well as responsible for planning, ordering, assisting in or facilitating extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings and enforced disappearance of persons, which constitute serious human rights violations or abuses. 15.7.2025

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Mohammed Reza ANSARI

Nationality: Iranian Gender: male Mohammed Ansari is the leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Unit 840. He ordered the assassination of journalists critical of the Iranian regime, including two journalists of Iran International. Mohammed Ansari is therefore responsible for planning, assisting in, preparing and facilitating extrajudicial killings, which constitute serious human rights violations or abuses. 15.7.2025

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Nihat Abdul Kadir ASAN a.k.a. ASAN, Nihat

ASAN, Nihat Abdulkadir EBRAHIMIHARKIAN, Ramin KURD, Ibrahim ASHAN, Nihat BAHTIYAR

DOB: 1.10.1981 or 11.11.1981 POB: Van, Türkiye Nationality: Iranian Gender: male ID: 2751062326 (Iran) Passport: U13927927 (Türkiye) Nihat Asan is a close Zindashti Network associate, who has played a pivotal role in logistical planning for many of the network’s assassination attempts. As such, Asan is associated with Naji Zindashti and the Zindashti Network. He is also responsible for planning, ordering, assisting in or facilitating extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, which constitute serious human rights violations or abuses. 15.7.2025

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Reza HAMIDIRAVARI a.k.a. Reza HAMIDI RAVARI

رضا حمیدی راوری (Persian spelling) DOB: 31.10.1963 Nationality: Iranian Gender: male ID: V40150378 Reza Hamidiravari is an intelligence officer working for the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS). He oversees Naji Zindashti’s MOIS-directed operations, including the killing of dissidents and critics of the Iranian regime. As such, Reza Hamidiravari is associated with Naji Zindashti and the Zindashti Network, that are responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killings. 15.7.2025

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Vadim Viktorovich BULGAKOV

a.k.a. Vadym Viktorovych BULHAKOV Вадим Викторович БУЛГАКОВ (Russian spelling) Position: Head of the Directorate of the Russian Federal Penal Enforcement Service for the ‘Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol’ DOB: 30.1.1969 POB: Simferopol, Ukraine Nationality: Ukrainian, Russian Tax ID Ukraine (ДРФО): 2523214611 Tax ID Russia (ИНН): 910218275068 Gender: male Address: Simferopol, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine Associated individuals: Arkady Alexandrovich Gostev, Director of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service Aleksei Nikolaevich Pikin, Deputy Head of the Directorate of the Russian Federal Penal Enforcement Service for the ‘Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol’ Since November 2014, Vadim Bulgakov is the Head of the Directorate of the Russian Federal Penal Enforcement Service for the ‘Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol’. He holds sole authority over the Directorate’s activities and, as such, bears personal responsibility for, among other things, the proper provision of medical services to detainees and prisoners in Crimea. In this capacity, he is accountable for the widespread and systematic denial of adequate medical care and treatment to detainees and prisoners, in particular political prisoners. This amounts to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Since his appointment as Head of the Directorate in 2014, widespread and systematic human rights violations in Crimean detention centres have been documented by the United Nations and the European Court of Human Rights. In particular, the administrative practice of ill-treatment and denial of medical care to political prisoners, which constitutes an act of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, has repeatedly occurred at the Simferopol detention centre in Crimea since his appointment. He is, in particular, responsible for the ill-treatment of human rights defenders Iryna Danylovych and Amet Suleymanov, who were denied proper medical care for several months during their imprisonment in the Simferopol detention centre. Therefore, Vadim Bulgakov is responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, namely cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, in particular in relation to political prisoners held in detention centres in Crimea. 5.9.2025

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Aleksei Nikolaevich PIKIN

a.k.a. Alexey Nikolaevich PIKIN Алексей Николаевич ПИКИН (Russian spelling) Position: Deputy Head of the Directorate of the Russian Federal Penal Enforcement Service for the ‘Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol’ DOB: 9.8.1975 Nationality: Russian Gender: male Address: Voronezh, Voronezh Region, Russia Associated individuals: Arkady Alexandrovich Gostev, Director of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service Vadim Viktorovich Bulgakov, Head of the Directorate of the Russian Federal Penal Enforcement Service for the ‘Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol’ Aleksei Pikin is the Deputy Head of the Directorate of the Russian Federal Penal Enforcement Service for the ‘Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol’ since May 2016. Within that structure, he holds responsibility for the management and coordination of the regional penal system in Crimea and Sevastopol, including staff conduct, inmate welfare, and the prevention of law violations within detention facilities. Given this mandate, he bears responsibility for any human rights violations committed against individuals sentenced to imprisonment in Crimea, including abuses by staff, unlawful disciplinary measures, or failure to prevent torture, mistreatment, or denial of basic rights within the penal system. He is accountable for widespread and systematic denial of adequate medical care and treatment provision to detainees and prisoners, in particular political prisoners. This amounts to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Since his appointment as Deputy Head in 2016, widespread and systematic human rights violations in Crimean detention centres have been documented by the United Nations and the European Court of Human Rights. In particular, the administrative practice of ill-treatment and denial of medical care to political prisoners, which constitutes an act of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, has repeatedly occurred under his authority at the Simferopol detention centre in Crimea since his appointment. He is, in particular, responsible for the ill-treatment of human rights defenders Iryna Danylovych and Amet Suleymanov, who were denied proper medical care for several months during their imprisonment in the Simferopol detention centre. Therefore, Aleksei Pikin is responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, namely cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, in particular in relation to political prisoners held in detention centres in Crimea. 5.9.2025

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Daniella WEISS

דניאלה וייס (Hebrew spelling) DOB: 30.8.1945 POB: Benee Brak, Mandatory Palestine (now Israel) Nationality: Israeli Gender: female Daniella Weiss is the Director of the Nachala Movement (‘Nachala’). Nachala has the aim of promoting Jewish settlements and illegal outposts in the West Bank. Through its activities, Nachala plays an instrumental role in facilitating and encouraging coercive acts that lead to the forced displacement of Palestinians and violate their right to property, their right to private and family life and their right to self-determination, as well as the right to life and to physical integrity. Nachala’s outposts, such as Evyatar, Maoz Esther, Oz Zion, Ramat Migron, Nachalat Zvi and Haeitam Farm, have been persistent sources of settler violence. Several Nachala outposts, including Yahish Zion, Maoz Esther, Oz Zion and Ramat Migron, were built on privately owned Palestinian land. All of Nachala’s outposts obstruct access to Palestinian agricultural and grazing land. Furthermore, after 7 October 2023, Nachala has been at the forefront of efforts to resettle the Gaza Strip. In her capacity as Director, Daniella Weiss plans, directs and publicly supports the acts of Nachala. Therefore, she is responsible for facilitating and encouraging human rights abuses in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, including violations or abuses of the right of Palestinians to self-determination, their right to property, their right to private and family life, as well as the right to life and to physical integrity, which are of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. In her capacity as Director, Daniella Weiss is associated with Nachala. 28.5.2026

137.

Meir DEUTSCH

מאיר דויטש (Hebrew spelling) Nationality: Israeli Gender: male Meir Deutsch is the director general of Regavim, which is an Israeli NGO with an active pro-Israeli settler and settlement expansion agenda in the West Bank. Regavim institutes legal proceedings and lobbies for the demolition of Palestinian property with the aim of expanding the control of Israel to the whole West Bank. Through its activities, Regavim plays an instrumental role in facilitating and encouraging coercive acts that aim to destroy Palestinian property and demolish Palestinian homes, leading to forced displacement of Palestinians and violations of their right to property, their right to private and family life and their right to self-determination, as well as the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. Regavim is responsible for multiple court proceedings, and lobbied, for the demolition of a Palestinian primary school, funded by the European Union, at the Jabbet al Dhib village, near Bethlehem, in the West Bank in May 2023. Therefore, in his role as director general of Regavim, Meir Deutsch is responsible for facilitating and encouraging human rights abuses in the West Bank, including abuses of the right to property, the right to private and family life and the right to education of Palestinians, as well as the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, which are of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 28.5.2026

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Avichai SUISSA

אביחי סויסה (Hebrew spelling) DOB: 1.7.1986 Nationality: Israeli Gender: male ID: 038172441 Avichai Suissa is the CEO of Hashomer Yosh, which is an Israeli NGO that provides material support and coordinates volunteers for farm work on herding farms, supporting at least 28 violent outposts and settlements in the West Bank by recruiting armed volunteers and providing guards involved in violent attacks. In particular, Hashomer Yosh is supporting outposts founded by individuals listed by the European Union: Neria Ben Pazi, founder of the Rimonim Farm Outpost; Zvi Bar Yosef, founder of Zvi’s Farm; Yinon Levi, founder of the Mitarim Farm; and Moshe Sharvit, founder of the Tirza Valley Farm Outpost / Moshe’s Farm. Therefore, Avichai Suissa is responsible for facilitating and encouraging human rights abuses in the West Bank, including abuses of the right to property of Palestinians and their right to self-determination and the right to physical and mental integrity, which are of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 28.5.2026

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Alexei Viktorovich KHAVETSKY

Алексей Викторович ХАВЕЦКИЙ (Russian) Function: Deputy Head of Security and Operational Work at Penal Colony No. 7 (Pakino, Vladimir Oblast) DOB: 23.12.1989 POB: Melekhovo, Kovrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia Nationality: Russian Gender: male Alexei Khavetsky is the Deputy Head of Security and Operational Work at Penal Colony No. 7 (Pakino, Vladimir Oblast) where he has orchestrated and supervised the systematic Mistreatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs). Under his leadership, Ukrainian POWs were subjected to severe physical beatings, electric shocks and intentional starvation. Khavetsky is further responsible for organizing acts of sexual violence and extreme humiliation, including forcing naked prisoners to simulate sexual acts for the entertainment of colony staff. By exercising command over the security operations of the facility, he directly participated in and facilitated pervasive abuse against persons. Therefore, Alexei Khavetsky is responsible for torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. 13.7.2026

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Artem Nikolayevich POTAPCHUK

Артем Николаевич ПОТАПЧУК (Russian) Function: Major, Assistant to the head of Penal Colony No. 120, senior officer in disciplinary isolation, Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ DOB: 6.6.1986 Nationality: Ukrainian Gender: male Address: Donetsk oblast, Makeyevka city, Kavkazskaya street, 27, apt. 2 Ukrainian passeport number: series МН No 553834 Tax identification number: 3156801837 Associated entities: Penal Colony No 120 – Olenivka prison Artem Potapchuk is the Assistant Head of the Olenivka prison in Donetsk region. In this role, he has been identified by journalistic investigations and survivor testimonies as being directly involved in the torture, beating and humiliation of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians. Reports indicate that most detainees in Olenivka prison were subjected to systematic torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. By virtue of his position and actions, Artem Potapchuk is responsible for serious human rights violations in Ukraine, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. 13.7.2026

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Dmitry NEELOV

a.k.a. Dmitry NEYOLOV a.k.a. Dmitry NEYELOV a.k.a. Dmitro NEYOLOV Дмитрий НЕЕЛОВ (Russian) Дмитро НЕЙОЛОВ (Ukrainian) Function: First Deputy Head of Olenivka prison Nationality: Ukrainian Gender: male Associated entities: Penal Colony No. 120 – Olenivka prison Dmitry Neelov is the First Deputy Head of the Olenivka prison. In this role, he has been identified by journalistic investigations and survivor testimonies as being involved in the torture, beating and humiliation of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians. Most detainees in Olenivka were subjected to systematic torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. Moreover, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Prosecutor General of Ukraine have identified the involvement of Dmitry Neelov in the mass killing of Ukrainian POWs in Olenivka on 28 and 29 July 2022. He is directly responsible for arbitrary killing of Ukrainian military personnel, as he was aware of the consequences of the explosions and the number of casualties caused by the Russian attack on the Olenivka prison on 28 and 29 July 2022, but deliberately delayed the evacuation of the wounded leading to the deaths of several of them. By virtue of his position and actions, Dmitry Neelov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Ukraine, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, as well as arbitrary killing through acts or omissions leading to the Olenivka explosions and the subsequent deaths of Ukrainian POWs. 13.7.2026

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Kirill Viktorovich SHAKUROV

a.k.a. Kyrylo SHAKUROV Кирилл Викторович ШАКУРОВ (Russian) Кирило Вікторович ШАКУРОВ (Ukrainian) Function: Senior Warrant Officer, Junior inspector of the duty shift at Penal Colony No 120, until 2022; since 2023, he has been an employee of Correctional Colony No 27, Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ DOB: 3.9.1986 Nationality: Ukrainian Gender: male Address: Donetsk oblast, Gorlovka city, Chernikova street, house 35, apt. 4 Ukrainian passport: ВК No 262981 Associated entities: Penal Colony No. 120 – Olenivka prison Tax identification number: 3165702233 Kirill Shakurov was Senior Warrant Officer, Junior inspector of the duty shift at Penal Colony No 120 (Olenivka prison) until 2022. In this capacity he was involved in the systematic beating, torture with the use of special and other means, and humiliation of captured Ukrainian servicemen. Since 2023, he has been an employee of Correctional Colony No 27, Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’. By virtue of his position and actions, Kirill Shakurov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Ukraine, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. 13.7.2026

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Vasiliy Valerievich BAKALINSKIY

a.k.a. Vasyl BAKALINSKIY Василий Валерьевич БАКАЛИНСКИЙ (Russian) Василь Валерійович БАКАЛИНСЬКИЙ (Ukrainian) Function: Warrant Officer and employee of Penal Colony No 120 DOB: 17.12.1989 Nationality: Ukrainian Gender: male Address: Donetsk oblast, Volnovakha district, Molodezhnoye village, Novoselov street, house 6, apt. 3 Associated individuals: Kirill Viktorovich Shakurov, Yuriy Alekseyevich Dmitrenko Associated entities: Penal Colony No 120 (Olenivka prison) Vasiliy Bakalinskiy is a supervisor/warden at Penal Colony No 120 (Olenivka prison). In this capacity he has been involved in the systematic beating, torture with the use of special and other means, and humiliation of captured Ukrainian servicemen. By virtue of his position and actions, Vasiliy Bakalinskiy is responsible for serious human rights violations in Ukraine, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. 13.7.2026

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Vyacheslav Nikolayevich YAKURNOV

Вячеслав Николаевич ЯКУРНОВ (Russian) Function: Major, head of the operational department of Penal Colony No. 120, Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ DOB: 14.2.1981 Nationality: Ukrainian Gender: male Address: Donetsk oblast, Donetsk city, Ovnatanyana st., bldg. 40, apt. 9 Ukrainian passport number: series ВА No 678960 Russian passport number: series 6023 No 090380 Associated entities: Penal Colony No. 120 – Olenivka prison Vyacheslav Yakurnov is the Head of the operational department at Olenivka prison in Donetsk region. In this role, he has been identified by journalistic investigations and survivor testimonies as being directly involved in the torture, beating and humiliation of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians. Reports indicate that most detainees in Olenivka were subjected to systematic torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. By virtue of his position and actions, Vyacheslav Yakurnov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Ukraine, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. 13.7.2026

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Yan Vyacheslavovych ZANEVSKY

a.k.a. Ladya Ян Вячеславович ЗАНЕВСКИЙ (Russian) Function: FSB officer DOB: 20.5.1995 Address: Moscow, 12 Tvadovskogo Street, building 3, apt. 263; Moscow, Lobnenskaya st. 2, apt. 128 Yan Zanevsky (alias ‘Ladya’), an officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), is responsible for serious human rights violations in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, including the Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Zaporizhzhia regions. In his capacity as an FSB ‘curator’, Yan Zanevsky personally supervised and participated in the illegal detention and torture of civilians, including acts of extreme physical and psychological violence such as beatings, suffocation, and sexual abuse. Yan Zanevsky is therefore responsible for torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment. 13.7.2026

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Yuri Alekseevich DMYTRENKO

Юрий Алексеевич ДМИТРЕНКО (Russian) Юрій Олексійович ДМИТРЕНКО (Ukrainian) Function: Warrant Officer and employee of Penal Colony No 120 (Olenivka prison); Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ DOB: 11.10.1979 Nationality: Ukrainian Gender: male Address: TOT of Donetsk region, Horlivka, st. Korchagina, bud. 28, sq. 32 Associated entities: Penal Colony No 120 (Olenivka prison) Yuri Dmytrenko is a supervisor/warden at Penal Colony No 120 (Olenivka prison). In this capacity he has been involved in the systematic beating, torture with the use of special and other means, and humiliation of captured Ukrainian servicemen. By virtue of his position and actions, Yuri Dmytrenko is responsible for serious human rights violations in Ukraine, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. 13.7.2026

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Chen ZHI

a.k.a. Neak Oknha Chen Zhi 陈志 (Chinese) チェン・ジー (Japanese) Image omitted; see official source Text of image ឆែន ឌី (Khmer) Position(s): Chairman of the Prince Holding Group Nationality: China, Cambodia DOB: 16.12.1987 POB: China Gender: male Chen Zhi is the Chairman of the Prince Holding Group. The Prince Holding Group is a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate based in Cambodia that builds scam centre compounds in Cambodia and Myanmar/Burma through different front companies. Chen Zhi is involved in serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma due to his role in facilitating large-scale scam centres. The Prince Holding Group built and operated at least ten scam centre compounds throughout Cambodia that perpetrate cryptocurrency investment scams and other fraudulent schemes. Those scam centre compounds include the Jinbei Compound in Cambodia, the Golden Fortune Science Case and Technology Park (also known as the Jinyun Compound) and Mango Park (also known as Jinhong Park). Inside those scam centre compounds, many victims from different countries are trafficked or lured under false pretences, held against their will, and forced to carry out online scams targeting victims around the world. Additionally, victims working in the scam centre compounds report abuse, torture, kidnapping, and illegal detention within those compounds. Victims who attempt to escape or refuse to cooperate are subjected to violence, intimidation, and other forms of severe mistreatment. Prince Holding Group associates, at Chen Zhi’s direction, frequently used violence and coercion to achieve business outcomes and further their criminal schemes. Furthermore, Chen Zhi possessed images of wounded victims of the Prince Holding Group’s violent methods. Although Chen Zhi was arrested in January 2026, scam centre compounds linked to him are still operating. Therefore, Chen Zhi is responsible for serious human rights violations, including trafficking in human beings, torture, and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. Chen Zhi is also involved in those serious human rights violations, including facilitating such acts. 30.7.2026

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Zhu ZHONGBAIO

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