Banned from Britain: The torture and murder suspects from Russia, Saudi Arabia, Myanmar and North Korea on list of 49 individuals and groups facing UK assets freeze over 'human rights abuses'
A roll call of 49 foreign nationals and groups put under sanction by Britain over appalling human rights violations feature doctors, spies, politicians and military officers.
They all span the globe from different backgrounds but have one chilling thing in common: appalling abuse against other people.
Over half of the list is made up of Russians involved in the murder and torture of whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky, a tax adviser who reported a massive fraud by officials and police officers,But Saudi nationals totalling 20 are also named in the documents after being inmplicated or convicted for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Joining them two Burmese generals disgraced over their role in the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims.
The final two names are of groups responsible for running prison camps in North Korea carrying out murder, torture and enslavement.
Now all of them are barred from entering Britain, putting their money through British banks or holding any assets in Britain or any of its overseas territories.
Their assets will be frozen and they are banned from doing any business here or with any homegrown companies.
The MailOnline investigates the truth behind the high-profile countries and names on the list:
RUSSIA: Alexander Bastrykin, 66, Head of the Investigative Committee, mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky
Alexander Bastrykin, 66, Head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, is on the list
Bastrykin is the most profile name on the list and went to university with Russian president Vladimir Putin and reports directly to him in his investigative role. He has had a dazzling legal career and was appointed the First Deputy Prosecutor General in 2007.
In 2009 he was hurt by remote-control bomb detonated when he arrived at the scene of another explosion on elite passenger train the Nevsky Express, which had killed 27 people.
Three years later he was forced to deny threatening a journalist and joking about investigating his death.
He is understood to have a background as a poet and is said to use site Stihi.ru in the guise of a made-up Polish writer called Stanislav Strunevsky,
In 2018 he was appointed professor at St. Petersburg State University and as a scholar has had over 100 written woks published.
He is on the list over his investigation into the mistreatment and death of whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky, a tax adviser who reported a massive fraud by officials and police officers. The FCO say he ‘intentionally or recklessly failed to fulfill that responsibility’.
RUSSIA: Aleksey Vasilyevich Anichin, 70, Deputy Minister in the Interior Ministry, mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky
Aleksey Vasilyevich Anichin, 70, Deputy Minister in the Russian Interior Ministry
The Ukranian-born politician was involved in the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky whilst he was detention, which contributed significantly to his death in 2009.
He is on the list over his ‘team’ of investigators who did not investigate complaints made by Magnitsky about his mistreatment.
He is also said to have concealed evidence of Magnitsky’s deteriorating medical condition.
In 2011 he seemed unconcerned at the idea he could face sanctions or be refused entry anywhere after being told he faced EU sanctions.
He told reporters: ‘I don’t have any immediate plans to go abroad.
“But if I do go and they don’t let me in, it won’t be a big tragedy for me.”
SAUDI ARABIA: Ahmad Hassan Mohammed al-Asiri, 68, former deputy head of Saudi Arabia military intelligence, hiring team to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Ahmad Hassan Mohammed al-Asiri, 68, former deputy head of Saudi Arabia military intelligence
Ahmed al-Asiri is a close confidant and adviser to Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman.
He is the former deputy military chief was cleared of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi but it is linked to the killing.
The FCO have put him on the list because they say he was involved in the unlawful killing of the writer.
They assert he was a senior official involved in hiring the 15 man team sent to Turkey to kill Mr Khashoggi.
SAUDI ARABIA: Saud Abdullah Al Qahtani, 46, Saudi Air Force training officer, planning operation to kill Jamal Khashoggi
Saud Abdullah Al Qahtani, 46, Saudi Air Force training officer
Prince Mohammed's most trusted adviser at the time, Al Qahtani is said to have planned and directed the operation to kill Mr Khashoggi.
He was in the Consulate during the unlawful killing of of the journalist in Istanbul on October 2, 2018.
The FCO list also declares he played an 'active part' of the 15-man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities.
He is also known to have worked in the Office of the Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia
SAUDI ARABIA: Dr Salah al-Tubaigy, 48, Head of Forensics at Saudi Ministry of Interior, murder and cover-up of Jamal Khashoggi
Dr Salah al-Tubaigy, 48, Head of Forensics at the Saudi Ministry of Interior
The former scientist was born in Jazan and holds a Professor role in the Department of Criminal Evidence at Naif Arab University
He is accused of dismembering Khashoggi then directing a clean-up and cover-up
Dr al-Tubaigy is said to have been part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities.
The FCO describe him as being 'present at the time of Jamal Khashoggi’s death and held a direct role in Jamal Khashoggi’s killing and in the concealment of evidence relating to his death'
SAUDI ARABIA: Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb, 49, Saudi Intelligence Officer, murder of Jamal Khashoggi
Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb, 49, Saudi Intelligence Officer, is banned from the UK
Mutreb is currently imprisoned in Saudi Arabia after being given the death sentence over the killing of Mr Khashoggi
He had previously worked in the UK after being assigned to Saudi Embassy in London in 2007.
Mutreb also worked with Saud Alqahtani, the Crown Prince’s adviser.
He is on the list for his part in killing Mr Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
Turkey’s Daily Sabah newspaper published details of a recording of before the murder.
Mutreb can be heard asking whether the "animal to be sacrificed" has arrived.
BURMA: Min Aung Hlaing, 64, Commander in Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces, Rohingya Muslim population genocide
Min Aung Hlaing, 64, Commander in Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces
He was the top military commander responsible for the 2017 genocide against the country's Rohingya Muslim population.
Hlaing was accused of 'serious human rights violations' by the Foreign Office.
It said he and his deputy Soe Win were responsible for military operations against the Rohingya in Rakhine state between 2017 and 2019.
They sparked human rights violations that included unlawful killings as well as burning of Rohingya houses and buildings.
Torture, forced labour, systematic rape and other forms of targeted sexual violence were also inflicted during the operations.
NORTH KOREA: Ministry of State Security Bureau, runs North Korea prison camps, scenes of terrible abuse and atrocities
Ministry of State Security Bureau in North Korea also known as Bureau 7
This organisation is also known as ‘Bureau 7’ and the ‘Farming Bureau’ but hides a terrible secret.
It is one of only two groups on the list and the head of the unit is a mystery to investigators.
The FCO included it because it is actually the organisation in charge of running North Korea’s political prison camps.
They say there are terrible human right atrocities inflicted against prisoners held there by guards and officials.
Murder, torture and enslavement is said to be part of the routine in the bureau.
World of sanctions: names on the list in Russia, Saudi Arabia, North Korea and Myanmar
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