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Call for Additional, Coordinated International Sanctions
Dear High Representative / Vice-President Borrell, and Foreign Ministers of EU member states,
We write to urge the European Union and its member states to fully implement the targeted sanctions that were imposed against the leadership of Myanmar’s abusive military junta, and to urgently adopt additional sanctions against further military officials and military-owned companies.
Since the February 1, 2021 coup, Myanmar’s military has responded with increasing brutality to the nationwide protests calling for a restoration of democracy. Security forces have killed over 550 people, including at least 45 children as young as 5, and detained an estimated 2,700 activists, journalists, civil servants, and politicians. Hundreds have been forcibly disappeared, which could amount to crimes against humanity. Over the past weeks, the military has demonstrated a callous disregard for human life that has driven its strategy for decades