Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/606 of 04 May 2020 implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1716 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Nicaragua

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/606
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1716 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

The following entries are inserted under the heading ‘List of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 2’ in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1716:

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

‘1.

Ramón Antonio AVELLÁN MEDAL

Date of birth: 11 November 1954

Place of birth: Jinotepe, Nicaragua

Passport number: A0008696

Issued: 17 October 2011

Expires: 17 October 2021

Gender: male

Deputy Director-General of the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) and former chief of the police in Masaya. Responsible for serious human rights violations and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Nicaragua, including by coordinating the repression of protesters in Masaya in 2018.

4.5.2020

2.

Sonia CASTRO GONZÁLEZ

Date of birth: 29 September 1967

Place of birth: Carazo, Nicaragua

Passport number: A00001526

Issued: 19 November 2019

Expires: 19 November 2028

ID number: 0422909670000N

Gender: female

Special advisor to the President of Nicaragua on health issues and former Minister of Health. Responsible for serious human rights violations and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Nicaragua, including by hindering access to emergency medical assistance for injured civilians involved in demonstrations and ordering hospital staff to report demonstrators who have been brought to hospital by the police.

4.5.2020

3.

Francisco Javier DÍAZ MADRIZ

Date of birth: 3 August 1961

Gender: male

General Director of the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) since 23 August 2018 and former Deputy General Director of NNP. Responsible for serious human rights violations and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Nicaragua, including by leading police forces committing violence against civilians, including excessive use of force, arbitrary arrests and detentions and torture.

4.5.2020

4.

Néstor MONCADA LAU

Date of birth: 2 March 1954

Gender: male

Personal advisor to the President of Nicaragua on national security matters. In this capacity, he has been directly involved in and responsible for decision-making on national security matters and the establishment of repressive policies carried out by the State of Nicaragua against people taking part in demonstrations, opposition representatives and journalists in Nicaragua from April 2018 onwards.

4.5.2020

5.

Luís PÉREZ OLIVAS

Date of birth: 8 January 1956

Gender: male

General Commissioner and Legal Assistance Main Officer (DAEJ) in the ‘El Chipote’ penitentiary centre. Responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture, use of extensive force, mistreatment of detainees and other forms of degrading treatment.

4.5.2020

6.

Justo PASTOR URBINA

Date of birth: 29 January 1956

Gender: male

Head of Police Special Operations Unit (DOEP). He has been directly involved in the implementation of repressive policies against demonstrators and the opposition in Nicaragua, particularly in Managua. In this context, he is responsible for serious human rights violations and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Nicaragua.

4.5.2020’