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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 ...
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 European Union on Thursday imposed a seventh round of sanctions on Myanmar in response to what it said was the escalation of violence and human rights violations since the 2021 military coup ...
The sanctions by the Treasury Department marked the toughest U.S. action so far in response to Myanmar's crackdown on the Rohingya minority, which started last year and has driven more than ...
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 ...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2669 was adopted on 21 December 2022. In the resolution, the Security Council expressed its deep concern at the state of emergency imposed in Myanmar on 1 February 2021, demanded an immediate end to all forms of violence in the country and called for the immediate release of all arbitrarily detained prisoners, including Win Myint and Aung San Suu Kyi.
Myanmar is also designated a Tier 3 Country in the Trafficking in Persons Report for its use of forced labour, and is subject to additional sanctions as a result. The political relationship between the United States and Myanmar worsened after the 1988 military coup and violent suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations. Subsequent repression ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday slapped further sanctions on Myanmar, marking the three-year anniversary of the coup as Washington targeted two entities and several people it ...