Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/500 in connection with sanctions based on human rights violations worldwide has been published in the Official Journal (OJ) of the EU. It amends the list of sanctioned natural and legal persons, entities and bodies set out in Annex I, Part A and B to Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 by adding nine persons and three entities to that list. The affected parties are the following:
##### Individuals
1. Entry #27 – Neda Mohammad NADEEM
2. Entry #28 – Sheikh Muhammad Khalid HANAFI
3. Entry #29 – Alexander Georgievich FEDORINOV
4. Entry #30 – Ivan RYABOV
5. Entry #31 – Nikolay Anatolevich KUZNETSOV a.k.a. Nikolaj Anatolevich Kuznetsov, Nikolaj Kuznetsov, Nikolay Kuznetsov
6. Entry #32 – Ramil Rakhmatulovich IBATULLIN
7. Entry #33 – Gatluak Nyang HOTH
8. Entry #34 – Gordon Koang BIEL a.k.a. Gordon Koang Char BIEL, Koang Biel CHAR, Koang NYALUALGO
9. Entry #35 – Toe UI
##### Entities
1. Entry #13 – Qarchak Prison a.k.a. Gharchak Prison, Zendân-e-Qarchak, Qarchak Women’s Prison, Shahr-e Rey Prison
2. Entry #14 – Syrian Republican Guard
3. Entry #15 – Office of the Chief of Military Security Affairs (OCMSA)