{"id":58590,"date":"2023-06-20T14:13:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T21:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=58590"},"modified":"2023-06-20T14:13:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T21:13:17","slug":"designating-and-promoting-accountability-for-conflict-related-sexual-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=58590","title":{"rendered":"Designating and Promoting Accountability for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>06\/20\/2023 01:25 PM EDT<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Department of State is designating two ISIS leaders as Specially Designated Global Terrorists, under Executive Order 13224.\u00a0 Both individuals have committed sexual violence against Yezidis and were responsible for the abduction and enslavement of Yezidi women and girls.\u00a0 More than 2,700 women and children, mainly Yezidis, remain unaccounted for.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arkan Ahmad \u2018Abbas al-Matuti (aka Abu Sarhan) is a senior field military commander in Wilayat al-Jazirah, having held several positions within ISIS, including the wali of the Bulayj, Syria sector.\u00a0 Al-Matuti was involved in selling Yezidi women and girls, taking several Yezidi captives as sexual slaves for himself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Nawaf Ahmad Alwan al-Rashidi (aka Abu Faris) manages ISIS financial payments to members and widows and works in the group\u2019s smuggling operations.\u00a0 Al-Rashidi was involved in planning, coordinating, and conducting several attacks in Syria between 2018-2019.\u00a0 Al-Rashidi was also responsible for the sexual slavery and rape of Yezidi women and girls in Sinjar, Iraq.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The United States is also concurrently designating two South Sudan-based individuals, under Executive Order 13664, involved in abductions and conflict-related sexual violence.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>James Nando is a Major General in South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces.\u00a0 In 2021, forces loyal to Nando were responsible for at least 64 instances of rape and sexual slavery against civilians in Western Equatoria.\u00a0 In 2018, Nando was responsible for the abduction of hundreds of women and girls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Alfred Futuyo is Governor of Western Equatoria and affiliated with Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement\/Army \u2013 In Opposition.\u00a0 In 2018, forces under Futuyo\u2019s command carried out numerous attacks in Western Equatoria that resulted in the abduction of 887 civilians, of whom at least 43 were raped.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The United States remains steadfast in our resolve to promote accountability for those who violate or abuse human rights, particularly against women and girls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>06\/20\/2023 01:25 PM EDT &nbsp; Antony&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58591,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58590\/revisions\/58591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}