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However, the US re-imposed targeted sanctions following the 2017 Rohingya genocide [4] and the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, [5] focusing on individuals involved in atrocities to prevent ineffective sanctions or sanctions that would diminish US influence in Myanmar.
The United States condemned the coup and imposed sanctions on Myanmar military leaders and their business associates. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] In July 2022, the new junta of Myanmar executed four political prisoners, [ 68 ] which was met with condemnation from the G7 nations , including the United States. [ 69 ]
Myanmar absent at the US-ASEAN Summit 2022 in Washington, D.C. ASEAN has blocked Myanmar from participating in regional summits since the 2021 coup. [4] For instance, during the 2022 ASEAN summit, Myanmar's chair remained empty. [5] This condition persisted until New Zealand invited the junta to two ASEAN summits hosted in Wellington in April ...
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 sanctions are the latest the Western governments have imposed on Myanmar’s military regime, after the army seized power from the elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1, 2021.
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 United States has imposed two-thirds of the world's sanctions since the 1990s. [1] In 2024, the Washington Post said that the United States imposed "three times as many sanctions as any other country or international body, targeting a third of all nations with some kind of financial penalty on people, properties or organizations". [2]
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on Mya Tun Oo since 11 February 2021, pursuant to Executive Order 14014, in response to the Burmese military's coup against the democratically elected civilian government of Burma. [26] [27] The US sanctions include a freezing of any assets in the US and a ban on transactions with US ...