The US’s Biden administration moved Wednesday to designate the Houthi rebels, Ansar Allah, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) group, the latest effort to cut the group’s financial resources in response to attacks on shipping lanes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The designation will take effect on February 16. Officials stressed [...]
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The US Department of the Treasury announced Thursday that it and the Turkish government have identified and frozen the assets of a “key financial facilitation network” based in Mersin, Turkey. The asset freeze targeted four individuals and two entities in Turkey that were accused of assisting ISIS with transferring funds between Iraq and Syria. The [...]
The US Department of the Treasury (DOT) Wednesday announced sanctions against two members of the violent Russian extremist group known as the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM). The DOT imposed sanctions on Stanislav Shevchuk and Alexander Zhuchkovsky pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 13224. EO 13224 “gives the U.S. Government a powerful tool to impede terrorist funding and [...]
US Department of State adds five militant leaders to global terrorist list
The US Department of State designated on Friday five terrorist leaders in Africa as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). The SDGTs include Bonomade Machude Omar, Sidan ag Hitta, Salem ould Breihmatt, Ali Mohamed Rage, and Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir. Omar, who leads the ISIS-Mozambique Military and External Affairs Departments, has coordinated and lead several terrorist attacks, [...]
US rights groups back high court challenge to terrorism support laws
The American Civil Liberties Union, (ACLU), the Constitution Project (CP), and the Rutherford Institute filed amici curiae briefs Tuesday backing a challenge to a federal law [18 USC §...
KindHearts ruling exposed Treasury Department's unconstitutional freezing of Muslim charity assets
Sahar Aziz : "A recent ruling by a federal district court signifies an encouraging shift for Muslim charities in the United States. For many such non-profits, mere investigation by the Department...
Ninth Circuit denies challenge to ban on providing services to terrorist organizations
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday ruled against a Humanitarian Law Project (HLP) challenge to former President George W. Bush's Executive Order 13224 , which prohibits unlicensed US groups...
Humanitarian Law Project, et al. v. US Treasury Department, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, August 24, 2009 [ruling against a Humanitarian Law Project challenge to former President George W. Bush's Executive Order 13224, which prohibits...
US terrorism financing laws violate Muslim charities' rights: report
US anti-terrorism laws are hindering Muslim charities and violating the constitutional rights of practicing Muslims, according to a report released Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) . Entitled "Blocking Faith, Freezing Charity," the report...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Oregon has ruled that the US Treasury Department's freezing of the assets of the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation violated the organization's due processes rights because it...