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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 ...
In June 2021, the United Nations General Assembly passed a non-binding resolution asking member states to impose an arms embargo on Myanmar. [1] Two hundred international organisations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have continued to press the UN and its member states to adopt a global arms embargo.
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 ...
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 ...
In the 2010s, following signs of democratisation and economic liberalisation, the United States lifted sanctions with Hillary Clinton, as Secretary of State, called for the mending of US relations with Myanmar. [3] However, the US re-imposed targeted sanctions following the 2017 Rohingya genocide [4] and the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, [5 ...
2 July – Media reported that Myanmar security forces killed at least 25 people in a confrontation with opponents of the military junta in the central town of Tabayin. [32] 19 to 30 July – Myanmar's healthcare system collapses at the onset of a new wave of COVID-19 cases as oxygen supplies run low.
BANGKOK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Myanmar's defense ministry and two banks used by the ruling military junta to buy arms and other goods from ...
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 ...