http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/dutch-news/netherlands-unable-to-refuse-\ entry-to-iranians_108969.html <http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/dutch-news/netherlands-unable-to-refuse\ -entry-to-iranians_108969.html> Netherlands unable to refuse entry to Iranians 08/11/2010
RNW Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal says the Netherlands cannot refuse entry to, or freeze the bank accounts of Iranians suspected of human rights violations. However, the minister said he would call on the European Union to introduce such sanctions at some point in the future. The minister made his remarks in reaction to parliamentary questions by the Christian Union, the Christian Democrats, the conservative VVD, the Freedom Party PVV and the orthodox SGP. The five parties wanted to know whether the Netherlands could refuse entry to eight Iranians on a US black list. Mr Rosenthal says there is no legal basis for such a move in either Dutch or EU law. EU sanctions on Iranian citizens are limited to those active in the Iranian nuclear programme. This applies to Mohamed Ali Jafari, head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. He has been blacklisted by the United States and is involved in Iran's controversial nuclear programme, so the EU can deny him entry and freeze his assets. The Dutch parliament wants to ban entry for Iranians guilty of serious human rights violations. The five parties have pointed to the oppression of peaceful protesters and activists after the 2009 elections. The United States has already introduced an entry ban for Iranians suspected of human rights violations. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
