Trump EO Authorizes Sanctions Against Religious Freedom Violators
President Donald Trump’s June 2 executive order to support international religious freedom authorizes the Treasury Department to impose sanctions on countries violating those freedoms. The order directs the Treasury secretary to recommend “the use of economic tools to advance” religious…
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freedom in “countries of particular concern.” Those tools include the use of sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, the order said.