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UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has announced economic sanctions against individuals and organisations from Russia, Saudi Arabia, Myanmar and North Korea. (Photo, May 2020).

Video. UK sanctions Russians and Saudis under new human rights powers

Updated: 06/07/2020 - 19:58 GMT+2

The UK sanctions target alleged perpetrators in the killings of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, as well as others from Myanmar and North Korea.

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