The US imposed sanctions against former officials who raped orphan girls in Khorezm

The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on two former civil servants of Uzbekistan and the former head of an orphanage for serious violations of human rights. We are talking about those accused of committing sexual crimes against children of the orphanage in Urganch in connection with the Khorazm case.

The US has imposed sanctions on former officials accused of sex crimes in Khorezm

The United States has announced sanctions against three former Uzbek officials accused of sexual crimes against children of the Urganch orphanage. This was reported by Gazeta.uz with reference to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Ministry of Finance.

Yulduz Khudaybergenova, the former head of the charity house, Oybek Masharipov, the former head of the Khorezm region's justice department, and Anvar Kuryazov, the former head of the emergency department of Yangiariq district, were accused of "human trafficking and gender violence, including physical and sexual violence against children in the state orphanage."

"Yulduz Khudaibergenova, Anvar Kuryazov and Oybek Masharipov regularly engaged in physical violence, sexual violence and child trafficking while working as civil servants. During her tenure as the director of the state orphanage, Khudaibergenova forced at least three underage girls to have sex with six men for at least 10 months in exchange for money and goods. He used physical violence, threats, starvation, and isolation to secure their obedience. Masharipov and Kuryazov demanded to have sex with children in exchange for a "gift" for the orphanage, and regularly visited the institution for this purpose," the report said.

All three were included in the global Magnitsky Act sanctions list, which targets individuals responsible for serious human rights abuses around the world.

All assets and property interests of these persons located in the US or controlled by US persons are frozen. Any companies in which they own 50% or more may also be blocked.

At the same time, visa restrictions were imposed on these persons by the US State Department.

The law, named after Russian legal adviser Sergei Magnitsky, was passed in 2012 to punish those involved in his death in a detention center. Four years later, the law gained "global" status, allowing the US to impose visa and financial restrictions against human rights abusers and corruption worldwide.