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16 September 2022.

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16

Name of listed entity

Babbar Khalsa

Also known as

Babba Khalsa;

Babba Khalsa International

Address

India; Pakistan

Instrument of first listing

Charter of the United Nations (Anti‑terrorism — Persons and Entities) List 2002 (No 3) [F2021L00636, Gazette No. GN 23, 12 June 2002]

Additional information

Tracing its origin back to 1920, Babbar Khalsa is one of the oldest and most organised Sikh terrorist‑secessionist groups. Babbar Khalsa in its present form, however, appears to have been established in 1980.

17

Name of listed entity

Continuity IRA

Also known as

CIRA

Address

Northern Ireland

Instrument of first listing

Charter of the United Nations (Anti‑terrorism — Persons and Entities) List 2002 (No 1) [F2021L00645, Gazette No. GN 11, 20 March 2002]

Additional information

The Continuity IRA is an extreme militant Irish republican group that emerged from a split in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) and became active in opposition to PIRA’s ceasefire declaration in 1994.

18

Name of listed entity

International Sikh Youth Federation

Also known as

ISYF

Address

Pakistan; United Kingdom; India

Instrument of first listing

Charter of the United Nations (Anti‑terrorism — Persons and Entities) List 2002 (No 3) [F2021L00636, Gazette No. GN 23, 12 June 2002]

Additional information

The International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) is a Sikh secessionist group founded in the United Kingdom in 1984 as the international arm of the All Indian Sikh Students’ Federation. Chapters of ISYF were later opened throughout the UK, Germany, Canada and the United States.

19

Name of listed entity

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Also known as

LTTE;

Tamil Tigers;

Ellalan Force

Address

Sri Lanka

Instrument of first listing

Charter of the United Nations (Anti‑terrorism — Persons and Entities) List 2001 (No. 2) [F2021L00643, Gazette No. S 500, 21 December 2001]

Additional information

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is a Tamil separatist militant group that was formed in 1976 by Vellupillai Prabhakaran. The LTTE’s primary stated objective is to establish an independent Tamil homeland in northern and eastern Sri Lanka.

20

Name of listed entity

Loyalist Volunteer Force

Also known as

LVF

Address

Northern Ireland

Instrument of first listing

Charter of the United Nations (Anti‑terrorism — Persons and Entities) List 2002 (No 1) [F2021L00645, Gazette No. GN 11, 20 March 2002]

Additional information

The Loyalist Volunteer Force was formed in 1996 from disaffected members of the mid‑Ulster brigade of the Ulster Volunteer Force.

21

Name of listed entity

New People’s Army/Communist Party of the Philippines

Also known as

Communist Party of the Philippines;

CPP;

CPP/NPA;

New People’s Army;

NPA;

NPA/CPP;

NPP/CPP

Address

Philippines

Instrument of first listing

Charter of the United Nations (Anti‑terrorism — Persons and Entities) List 2002 (No. 4) [F2021L00644, Gazette No. S 399, 28 October 2002]

Additional information

Formed in March 1969, the New People’s Army is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). The CPP seeks to create a Communist State within the Philippines through engaging in a “protracted people’s war” and “guerrilla warfare”.

22

Name of listed entity

Orange Volunteers

Also known as

OV;

Orange Volunteer Force;

OVF

Address

Northern Ireland

Instrument of first listing

Charter of the United Nations (Anti‑terrorism — Persons and Entities) List 2002 (No 1) [F2021L00645, Gazette No. GN 11, 20 March 2002]

Additional information

The original “Orange Volunteers” was a loyalist paramilitary group formed in the early 1970s. In 1998, the Orange Volunteers name was resurrected, with the group carrying out a number of attacks to destabilise the Northern Ireland peace process.
 

23

Name of listed entity

Real IRA

Also known as

32 County Sovereignty Committee;

Irish Republican Army;

The New IRA;

Real Irish Republican Army;

Real Óglaigh na hÉireann;

RIRA;

Republican Action Against Drugs;

RAAD;

IRA

Address

Northern Ireland

Instrument of first listing

Charter of the United Nations (Anti‑terrorism — Persons and Entities) List 2001 (No. 2) [F2021L00643, Gazette No. S 500, 21 December 2001]

Additional information

The Real IRA is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation based in Northern Ireland. Founded in 1997, it was originally composed of former members of the Provisional IRA (PIRA) who opposed the PIRA’s engagement in the peace process that led to the Good Friday peace agreement in 1998.

24

Name of listed entity

Red Hand Defenders

Also known as

RHD

Address

Northern Ireland

Instrument of first listing

Charter of the United Nations (Anti‑terrorism — Persons and Entities) List 2002 (No 1) [F2021L00645, Gazette No. GN 11, 20 March 2002]

Additional information

The Red Hand Defenders (RHD) is a loyalist paramilitary entity that formed in 1998. The RHD opposes the peace process and peace agreements, including the Good Friday Agreement.

25

Name of listed entity

Ulster Defence Association

Also known as

Ulster Freedom Fighters;

UDA;

UFF

Address

Northern Ireland

Instrument of first listing

Charter of the United Nations (Anti‑terrorism — Persons and Entities) List 2002 (No 1) [F2021L00645, Gazette No. GN 11, 20 March 2002]

Additional information

The Ulster Defence Association is the largest loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland history. It was formed in September 1971 from a number of loyalist vigilante groups.

26

Name of listed entity

Hamas

Also known as

Islamic Resistance Movement;

Harakat al‑Muqawama al‑Islamiya;

Izz al‑Din al Qassam Battalions;

Izz al‑Din al Qassam Brigades;

Izz al‑Din al Qassam Forces;

Students of Ayyash;

Student of the Engineer;

Yahya Ayyash Units;

Izz al‑Din al Qassim Brigades;

Izz al‑Din al‑Qassim Forces;

Izz al‑Din al Qassim Battalions

Address

Palestinian Territories

Instrument of first listing

Charter of the United Nations (Anti‑terrorism — Persons and Entities) List 2001 (No. 2) [F2021L00643, Gazette No. S 500, 21 December 2001]

Additional information

Hamas is the dominant violent extremist organisation in the Palestinian Territories.

27

Name of listed entity

Kurdistan Workers’ Party

Also known as

Freedom and Democratic Congress of Kurdistan;

Halu Mesru Savunma Kuvveti;

Hezan Parastina Gel;

HPG;

KADEK;

Kongra Azadi u Demokrasiya Kurdistan;

Kongra Gel;

Kongra Gele Kurdistan;

Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Congress;

Kurdistan Freedom Brigade;

Kurdish Freedom Falcons;

Kurdistan Freedom Hawks;

Kurdistan Halk Kongresi;

Kurdistan Labor Party;

Kurdish Liberation Hawks;

Kurdistan Ozgurluk Sahinleri;

Kurdistan People’s Congress;

New PKK;

Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan;

People’s Congress of Kurdistan;

People’s Defence Force;

PKK;

TAK;

Teyrbazên Azadiya Kurdistan

Address

Türkiye

Instrument of first listing

Charter of the United Nations (Anti‑terrorism — Persons and Entities) List 2001 (No. 2) [F2021L00643, Gazette No. S 500, 21 December 2001]

Additional information

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party was formed in 1978 and initially sought the creation of an independent Kurdish state in south‑eastern Türkiye, Syria and Iraq. It now calls for greater Kurdish autonomy.
 

28

Name of listed entity

Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Also known as

PIJ;

al‑Quds Brigades;

Harakat al‑Jihad al‑Islami fi Filistin;

Islamic Jihad;

Islamic Jihad Palestine;

Islamic Jihad—Palestine Faction and Islamic Holy War;

The Jerusalem Brigades;

Saraya al‑Quds

Address

Palestinian Territories

Instrument of first listing

Charter of the United Nations (Anti‑terrorism — Persons and Entities) List 2001 (No. 2) [F2021L00643, Gazette No. S 500, 21 December 2001]

Additional information

Palestinian Islamic Jihad is an extremist organisation that fuses Sunni Islamic and Palestinian national objectives. It is committed to the destruction of Israel and the creation of an Islamic state that includes the Palestinian Territories and Israel.

9

Name of listed person

Jose Maria SISON

Also known as

Joma;

Armando LIWANAG

Address

Netherlands

Date of birth

a) 8 February 1938; b) 8 February 1939

Place of birth

Ilocos Sur, Northern Luzon, Philippines

Citizenship

Philippines

Instrument of first listing

Charter of the United Nations (Anti‑terrorism — Persons and Entities) List 2002 (No. 4) [F2021L00644, Gazette No. S 399, 28 October 2002]

Additional information

Mr Sison founded the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines in 1969 and also served as its Chairman. Mr Sison also founded the Party’s military wing, the New People’s Army, in 1969. The New People’s Army/Communist Party of the Philippines is also a listed entity under Australian sanctions law.