Australia Sanctions Four Sudanese Individuals and One Entity for Human Rights Abuses

Australia imposed asset freezing sanctions against four Sudanese individuals and one entity under its autonomous human rights sanctions framework, with travel bans on the individuals. The listed individuals are Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Al-Burhan, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo Mousa, Al-Tijani Al-Tahir Karshoum and Hussein Barsham; the listed entity is Al-Baraa Bin Malik Brigade. Unauthorized dealings with controlled assets, and making assets available to or for the benefit of listed persons or entities, are prohibited. The Foreign Minister also issued class-based humanitarian permit SAN-2026-00229 to facilitate certain humanitarian activities in Sudan.