Biden issues a new executive order relating to hostages and detained Americans

[Omaha Steve]

Source: NPR

President Biden has issued an executive order to try to improve efforts to free American hostages and detainees.

The order authorizes departments and agencies to use financial sanctions and visa bans on both state and non-state actors as a tool to try to secure the release of detained Americans.

It adds a new warning indicator — the letter D — to State Department travel advisories for countries where there's a risk of wrongful detentions of Americans by foreign governments.

That warning indicator will be applied to the travel advisory for China – a country currently designated as "Level 3 – reconsider travel."

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2022/07/19/1112235608/biden-executive-order-hostages-detained-americans

[OneCrazyDiamond]

1. I hope it helps Brittney Griner

I don't think we should release someone nicknamed "Merchant of Death".

[rogue emissary]

2. +1