5/23/2011
EU puts Syrian President on sanctions list
BRUSSELS, The EU Foreign Ministers Council decided Monday to add Syrian President Bashar al-Asad on its blacklist and impose a visa ban and assets freeze for "continuing repression against the civilian population." A Council statement said the EU also decided to add 10 more Syrian officials to its blacklist in addition to 13 Syrian officials whose names were announced on 9 May.
The EU will publish the names of 10 Syrians on Tuesday.
"The EU condemns in the strongest terms the ongoing repression in Syria and the unacceptable violence used by the military and security forces against peaceful protestors which have led to hundreds of fatalities and many more people being injured," noted the statement.
"Those responsible for this violence should be held accountable," it added
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