Venezuela approves bill targeting domestic supporters of US sanctions
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Assembly passes law that would ban officials who support international sanctions from holding office for up to 60 years.
Venezuelan lawmakers have approved a measure that would implement steeper penalties for those who support US sanctions against the government of President Nicolas Maduro.
On Thursday, the country’s National Assembly passed the so-called Simon Bolivar Liberator law, which bans officials who approve US sanctions against Venezuela from holding office for up to 60 years.
“Anyone who promotes, instigates, requests, invokes, favours, facilitates, supports or participates in the adoption of coercive measures … will be punished with imprisonment of 25 to 30 years,” the law also states.
The law also allows broadcast media to be shut down if they support sanctions, while text-based media may be hit with fines of up to $51.7m.
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