U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered new sanctions against seven senior Venezuelan officials who the United States says violated human rights and engaged in acts of corruption. Targets in the executive order, announced Monday, include the head of the country's intelligence service as well as the director of national police. The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a former Somali prime minister who was ordered to pay more than $20 million to victims of human rights abuses in his country. _________________________________________ Mohamed Ali Samantar. He served as Somalia's prime minister and defense minister in the 1980's and early 1990's. U.S. federal courts have found that Samantar, who lives in Virginia, cannot claim immunity on account of being an official of a foreign government. 美国总统巴拉克?奥巴马下令对七名委内瑞拉高级官员实施新的制裁，原因是美方认为他们违反了人权，还有腐败行为。在周一宣布的这份总统行政命令中，制裁目标包括该国情报机构领导以及国家警察部门的主管。 美国最高法院驳回了一名前索马里总理的上诉，此人被要求向其国内滥用人权的牺牲者赔偿两千多万美元。___________________________________________他在二十世纪八十年代以及九十年代初担任索马里总理及国防部长。美国联邦法院发现居住在维吉尼亚的萨马塔不能要求豁免权，因为他是一名外国政府的官员。
