UKSL Sanctions designation

Yuri Khadzimuratovich Karayev

Individual · designated 29 September 2020

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
GHR0055
OFSI group ID
13923
Designation type
Individual
Date designated
29 September 2020
Last updated
9 April 2025

Regimes

  • The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020

Designation sources

  • UK

Sanctions imposed

  • Asset freeze
  • Travel Ban
  • Director Disqualification Sanction

Official reasons

  • Yuri Karayev was the Minister of Internal Affairs in Belarus and was appointed in June 2019. In this role, Karayev had overall leadership and command of, and was therefore responsible for, the actions of the Internal Troops and Public Security Police in Minsk. Therefore, he is responsible for serious violations of the right not to be subject to CIDT or torture of detained protestors and journalists, carried out by those security forces under his command following the election of 9 August.

Other information

  • The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Addresses

  • Country: Belarus
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