British MPs want Hong Kong's Carrie Lam on Magnitsky hit list | latikambourke
"Would he be prepared to follow through with these, no matter who these individuals they are, no matter how high they go, even if that meant starting with Carrie Lam - whose family, I understand, have the privilege of British passports?" former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith asked Raab.
Australia is considering similar legislation while the US already lists 250 entities and individuals, and Canada lists 70. "The United States will continue to seek out additional allies and partners to jointly leverage all tools at our disposal to deny access to the US and international financial systems to all those who engage in serious human rights abuses," Pompeo said.
"The point of commissioning this advice from the National Cyber Security Centre was to understand the implications of the US sanctions, clearly the US sanctions will present challenges," Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden told the BBC's Radio 4.
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