The United States has publicly designated Chechnya's Prime Minister Muslim Khuchiev for his alleged role in human rights violations and denied him entry to the United States, the Department of State said in a press release on Thursday
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 25th April, 2019) The United States has publicly designated Chechnya's Prime Minister Muslim Khuchiev for his alleged role in human rights violations and denied him entry to the United States, the Department of State said in a press release on Thursday."The Department is publicly designating Muslim Khuchiev, the Chairman (Prime Minister) of the Government of the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation, under Section 7031(c) of the FY 2019 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Act, due to his involvement in gross violations of human rights," the release said.
The designation means that Khuchiev is now "ineligible for entry into the United States," the release added.
