Biden Commutes Sentences of 31 Nonviolent Drug Offenders and Unveils Rehabilitation Plan.
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The US government has announced its first-ever sanctions against actors for engaging in the wrongful detention of Americans. The sanctions against four individuals and two security services in Russia and Iran mean that all of the designees’ property and interests in property in the possession or control of US persons are now blocked. President Joe Biden has emphasized that holding Americans hostage or wrongfully detaining them is unacceptable and has vowed to pursue new ways to bring them home until they are released.
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