Fact Sheet: Executive Order, Syria Human Rights Abuses

by Gary Kopycinski on April 29, 2011

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Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2011. Today, President Obama signed an Executive Order imposing sanctions against Syrian officials and others responsible for human rights abuses, including through the use of violence against civilians and the commission of other human rights abuses.