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A U.N.-appointed human rights expert and opponents of Myanmar’s military government have welcomed the latest sanctions imposed by the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada on companies ...
Myanmar has been plunged in turmoil since the military seized power from an elected government in a 2021 coup, which sparked financial sanctions imposed on the military, banks and other associated ...
The new sanctions target six persons and one entity, including the ministers for immigration and population, labour, and health and sports, the EU said in a statement.
A 2023 UN report alleges that these arms were likely to be used in the commission of international crime and that companies have avoided sanctions through shell companies. [59] The India–Myanmar border is 1,021 miles (1,643 km) in length and runs from the tripoint with China in the north to the tripoint with Bangladesh in the south. [60]
The U.S. Treasury Department announced Wednesday it was imposing the sanctions on Myanmar’s Defense Ministry and two state-owned banks, the Myanma Foreign Trade Bank and the Myanma Investment ...
27 November - The Chief Prosecutor of International Criminal Court says he had requested an arrest warrant for Myanmar's leader, Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing. [66] 30 November - Myanmar Navy patrol boats shoot at two Thai fishing vessels, killing one fisherman and arresting of 31 others including four Thai nationals and 27 Myanmar nationals. [67]
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on Aung Lin Dwe since 11 February 2021, pursuant to Executive Order 14014, in response to the Myanmar's military coup against the democratically elected civilian government of Burma. The US sanctions include freezing of assets in the US and ban on transactions with US person. [27]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Washington should impose sanctions on a Myanmar bank being used to circumvent existing U.S. restrictions, advocates said, urging the outgoing Biden administration to cut off ...