Posted on Jul 19, 2022
Biden issues a new executive order relating to hostages and detained Americans
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President Biden has issued an executive order to try to improve efforts to free American hostages and detainees.
The order authorizes departments and agencies to use financial sanctions and visa bans on both state and non-state actors as a tool to try to secure the release of detained Americans.
It adds a new warning indicator — the letter D — to State Department travel advisories for countries where there's a risk of wrongful detentions of Americans by foreign governments.
That warning indicator will be applied to the travel advisory for China – a country currently designated as "Level 3 – reconsider travel."
The indicator also will be applied to five other countries that the State Department has designated as "Level 4 – do not travel:"
Russia, Iran and Venezuela, which also have the "K" warning indicator for the risk of kidnapping and hostage-taking Burma and North Korea, which do not have the "K" warning indicator.
President Biden has issued an executive order to try to improve efforts to free American hostages and detainees.
The order authorizes departments and agencies to use financial sanctions and visa bans on both state and non-state actors as a tool to try to secure the release of detained Americans.
It adds a new warning indicator — the letter D — to State Department travel advisories for countries where there's a risk of wrongful detentions of Americans by foreign governments.
That warning indicator will be applied to the travel advisory for China – a country currently designated as "Level 3 – reconsider travel."
The indicator also will be applied to five other countries that the State Department has designated as "Level 4 – do not travel:"
Russia, Iran and Venezuela, which also have the "K" warning indicator for the risk of kidnapping and hostage-taking Burma and North Korea, which do not have the "K" warning indicator.
Biden issues a new executive order relating to hostages and detained Americans
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And there are always those who ignore all the warnings and get caught up by hostile governments and/or non state terror groups
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The order "Bolstering Efforts to Bring Hostages and Wrongfully Detained United States Nationals Home" came at a time of high-profile detentions of Americans abroad, such as WNBA star Brittney Griner's in Russia.
Biden's order says terrorist organizations, criminal groups and other malicious actors who take hostages for financial or political gain "threaten the integrity of the international political system" and the safety of Americans and others abroad.
"Hostage-taking and the wrongful detention of United States nationals are heinous acts that undermine the rule of law," the order states.
"The United States government must redouble its efforts at home and with partners abroad to deter these practices and to secure the release of those held as hostages or wrongfully detained."
Biden's order authorizes federal departments and agencies to impose sanctions and visa bans on those directly or indirectly involved in the hostage-taking or wrongful detention of Americans."
..."The order "Bolstering Efforts to Bring Hostages and Wrongfully Detained United States Nationals Home" came at a time of high-profile detentions of Americans abroad, such as WNBA star Brittney Griner's in Russia.
Biden's order says terrorist organizations, criminal groups and other malicious actors who take hostages for financial or political gain "threaten the integrity of the international political system" and the safety of Americans and others abroad.
"Hostage-taking and the wrongful detention of United States nationals are heinous acts that undermine the rule of law," the order states.
"The United States government must redouble its efforts at home and with partners abroad to deter these practices and to secure the release of those held as hostages or wrongfully detained."
Biden's order authorizes federal departments and agencies to impose sanctions and visa bans on those directly or indirectly involved in the hostage-taking or wrongful detention of Americans."
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