Media release
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, has renewed a number of Australia's listings of persons and entities associated with terrorism for a further three years, effective from 26 November 2013.
These listings implement Australia's obligations under United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution 1373 (2001) to suppress the financing of terrorism.
The Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 makes it an offence to use or deal with the assets of, or to make an asset available to, a listed person or entity.
The names of persons and entities whose listings have been renewed and an explanation of their rights can be found in Annex A to this media release.
Full details of all listed persons and entities can be found in the Consolidated List available at www.dfat.gov.au/icat/UNSC_financial_sanctions.html.
Anyone who believes they hold an asset that may be owned or controlled by a listed person or entity must immediately notify the Department at asset.freezing@dfat.gov.au and the Australian Federal Police at AOCC-Client-Liaison@afp.gov.au.
The threat of terrorism to Australia is real and enduring. The Australian Government remains determined to combat and prevent terrorism in all its forms.
Annex A
Review by the Minister of listings due to expire
The Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 (the Act) and the Charter of the United Nations (Dealing with Assets) Regulations 2008 provide that the Minister must list a person or entity if satisfied on reasonable grounds that the person or entity is mentioned in paragraph 1(c) of UNSC Resolution 1373, that is, the person or entity is:
- a person who commits, or attempts to commit, terrorist acts or participates in, or facilitates, the commission of terrorist acts;
- an entity owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such a person; or
- a person or entity acting on behalf of, or at the direction of, such a person or entity.
Ms Bishop recently considered whether to renew the listings of 87 of the 93 persons and entities who or which had been listed. The listings of those 87 persons and entities were due to expire before the end of 2013, mostly on 25 November 2013.
Listings of persons and entities renewed by the Minister
As a result of the review by the Minister of listings due to expire, Ms Bishop has declared that the listings of the following persons and entities associated with terrorism shall continue to have effect for a further three years until 25 November 2016, unless revoked or extended again in accordance with the Act:
Persons
AL-ALAMI, Imad Khalil
AL-MUGHASSIL, Ahmad Ibrahim
AL-NASSER, Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed
AL-YACOUB, Ibrahim Salih Mohammed
ALBERDI URANGA, Itziar
ALBISU IRIARTE, Miguel
ALEGRÃA LOINAZ, Xavier
APAOLAZA SANCHO, Ivan
ARZALLUS TAPIA, Eusebio
ASPIAZU RUBINA, Miguel de Garikoitz
ATWA Ali
BARAKAT, Assad Ahmad
BELOQUI RESA, Elena Maria
CAMPOS ALONSO, Miriam
CHAPARTEGUI NIEVES, Miren Nekane
CORTA CARRION, Miguel
ECHEBARRIA SIMARRO, Leire
ECHEGARAY ACHIRICA, Alfonso
EL-HOORIE, Ali Saed Bin Ali
GOGEASCOECHEA ARRONATEGUI, Eneko
HAMDAN, Usama
IPARRAGUIRRE GUENECHEA, Maria Soledad
IRIONDO YARZA, Aitzol
IZZ-AL-DIN, Hasan
MISHAAL, Khalid
MARZOUK, Musa Abu
MOHAMMED, Khalid Shaikh
MORCILLO TORRES, Gracia
NARVAEZ GONI, Juan Jesus
OLARRA AGUIRIANO, Jose Maria
OLANO OLANO, Juan Maria
ORBE SEVILLANO, Zigor
PALACIOS ALDAY, Gorka
PEREZ ARAMBURU, Jon Inaki
QUINTANA ZORROZUA, Asier
RETA DE FRUTOS, Jose Ignacio
RUBENACH ROIG, Juan Luis
SISON, Jose Maria
URANGA ARTOLA, Kemen
URRUTICOECHEA BENGOECHEA, Jose Antonio
VALLEGO FRANCO, Inigo
VILA MICHELENA, Fermin
Entities
Abu Nidal Organization
Al-Aqsa Foundation
Al-Aqsa Islamic Bank
Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade
Al-Shabaab
Association de Secours aux Palestinien
Aum Shinrikyo
Babbar Khalsa
Barakat Import Export Ltda
Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)
Beit El-Mal Holdings
Casa Apollo
Comité de Bienfaisance et de Secours aux Palestiniens (CBSP)
Continuity IRA (CIRA)
First of October Antifascist Resistance Group (GRAPO)
Gama'a Al-Islamiyya
Hamas
Hizballah
Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development
International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF)
Kahane Lives
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
Loyalist Volunteer Force
Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK)
National Liberation Army (ELN)
New Peoples Army (NPA)/Communist Party of the Philippines
Orange Volunteers
Palestinian Liberation Front
Palestinian Association in Austria
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Palestinian Relief and Development Fund (Interpal)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command
Shining Path
Real IRA (RIRA)
Red Hand Defenders
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C)
Sanabil Association for Relief and Development
Ulster Defence Association
Listings of persons and entities ceasing to have effect
As a result of the review by the Minister of listings due to expire, the listings of the following persons and entities shall cease to have effect on 25 November 2013:
Persons
MUGHNIYAH, Imad Fa'iz
Entities
Revolutionary Nuclei
Revolutionary Organization 17 November
United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia
Details of a listed person or entity
The details of a listed person or entity can be found in the DFAT Consolidated List available at www.dfat.gov.au/icat/UNSC_financial_sanctions.html#section7.
Request for a statement of reasons for a listing
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will provide a listed person or entity with the unclassified statement of reasons for his, her or its listing. Requests may be submitted in writing to:
Director, Sanctions and Transnational Crime Section
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
John McEwen Crescent
Barton ACT 0221 Australia
or by e-mail to asset.freezing@dfat.gov.au.
Application for revocation of a listing
A listed person or entity may apply to the Minister for Foreign Affairs to have his, her or its listing revoked. The application must be in writing and set out the circumstances relied upon to justify the application. Applications may be submitted in writing to:
The Minister for Foreign Affairs
c/- Director, Sanctions and Transnational Crime Section
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
John McEwen Crescent
Barton ACT 0221 Australia
or by e-mail to asset.freezing@dfat.gov.au.