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Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2011 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: [UNAANET] FYI - Obama suspends entry to war criminals & others
Mr. Otim,
Thank you for this post, which is significant for Uganda, where government
torture is as routine as sunrise. In fact, this new order by US President Obama
is somewhat similar to the one issued by President George W. Bush, which was
the basis for banning Mrs. Jovia Saleh from entering USA. There is a standing
US Presidential Finding barring entry into USA for any person, together with
their entire family, who interfere with the growth and properity of Democracy.
Here is the full text of Obama's order:
Obama on Suspending Entry for Human Rights Violations
04 August 2011
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
August 4, 2011
SUSPENSION OF ENTRY AS IMMIGRANTS AND NONIMMIGRANTS OF PERSONS
WHO PARTICIPATE IN SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN LAW
VIOLATIONS AND OTHER ABUSES
- - - - - - -
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
The United States enduring commitment to respect for human rights and
humanitarian law requires that its Government be able to ensure that the United
States does not become a safe haven for serious violators of human rights and
humanitarian law and those who engage in other related abuses. Universal
respect for human rights and humanitarian law and the prevention of atrocities
internationally promotes U.S. values and fundamental U.S. interests in helping
secure peace, deter aggression, promote the rule of law, combat crime and
corruption, strengthen democracies, and prevent humanitarian crises around the
globe.
I therefore have determined that it is in the interests of the United States to
take action to restrict the international travel and to suspend the entry into
the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of certain persons who have
engaged in the acts outlined in section 1 of this proclamation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, by the authority vested in me as President by
the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including
section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended (8
U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, hereby find
that the unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States
of persons described in section 1 of this proclamation would be detrimental to
the interests of the United States. I therefore hereby proclaim that:
Section 1. The entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of
the following persons is hereby suspended:
(a) Any alien who planned, ordered, assisted, aided and abetted, committed or
otherwise participated in, including through command responsibility, widespread
or systematic violence against any civilian population based in whole or in
part on race; color; descent; sex; disability; membership in an indigenous
group; language; religion; political opinion; national origin; ethnicity;
membership in a particular social group; birth; or sexual orientation or gender
identity, or who attempted or conspired to do so.
(b) Any alien who planned, ordered, assisted, aided and abetted, committed or
otherwise participated in, including through command responsibility, war
crimes, crimes against humanity or other serious violations of human rights, or
who attempted or conspired to do so.
Sec. 2. Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply with respect to any
person otherwise covered by section 1 where the entry of such person would not
harm the foreign relations interests of the United States.
Sec. 3. The Secretary of State, or the Secretary's designee, in his or her sole
discretion, shall identify persons covered by section 1 of this proclamation,
pursuant to such standards and procedures as the Secretary may establish.
Sec. 4. The Secretary of State shall have responsibility for implementing this
proclamation pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary, in consultation with
the Secretary of Homeland Security, may establish.
Sec. 5. For any person whose entry is otherwise suspended under this
proclamation entry will be denied, unless the Secretary of State determines
that the particular entry of such person would be in the interests of the
United States. In exercising such authority, the Secretary of State shall
consult the Secretary of Homeland Security on matters related to admissibility
or inadmissibility within the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Sec. 6. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to derogate from United
States Government obligations under applicable international agreements, or to
suspend entry based solely on an alien's ideology, opinions, or beliefs, or
based solely on expression that would be considered protected under U.S.
interpretations of international agreements to which the United States is a
party. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to limit the authority
of the United States to admit or to suspend entry of particular individuals
into the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101
et seq.) or under any other provision of U.S. law.
Sec. 7. This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any
party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its
officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
Sec. 8. This proclamation is effective immediately and shall remain in effect
until such time as the Secretary of State determines that it is no longer
necessary and should be terminated, either in whole or in part. Any such
termination shall become effective upon publication in the Federal Register.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of August, in
the year of our Lord two thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and thirty-sixth.
BARACK OBAMA
(Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State.)
James Ssemakula
From: Ochan Otim <oot...@gmail.com>
To: unaa...@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2011 1:18 PM
Subject: [UNAANET] FYI
Obama issued two orders Thursday, one to set up an interagency Atrocities
Prevention Board and another banning the entry into the United States of anyone
who assisted in "widespread or systematic violence" against a segment of a
civilian population.
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/08/04/3088855/jewish-groups-praise-obama-for-genocide-strategy
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