UK and Canada Sanction Myanmar’s Coup Leader and His Subordinates
UK and Canada Sanction Myanmar’s Coup Leader and His Subordinates
The military-led National Defense and Security Council meets on Feb.1 following the announcement of the coup. / Tatmadaw Information Team
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By The Irrawaddy 19 February 2021
YANGON The United Kingdom and Canada have imposed sanctions on Myanmar’s top military generals, in response to human rights violations following the Feb. 1 military takeover.
The UK announced on Thursday that it has imposed sanctions on defense minister General Mya Tun O, home affairs minister Lieutenant General Soe Htut and his deputy, Lt Gen Than Hlaing, for their role in serious rights violations.
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Atrocity Alert No. 240: Myanmar (Burma), Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon
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MYANMAR’S MILITARY USES LETHAL FORCE AGAINST PROTESTERS
The threat of atrocities continues to increase in Myanmar following the 1 February military coup. On 9 February a 19-year-old protester, Mya Thwe Thwe Khaing, was fatally wounded when she was shot in the head by security forces in Naypyidaw. Meanwhile hundreds of thousands of people continue to participate in daily strikes and protests against the state of emergency declared by the military, with the security forces using tear gas, water cannon, rubber bullets and live ammunition in their attempts to suppress demonstrations. Overnight raids on the homes of activists, as well as beatings and arrests, have been widely reported and armored vehicles are now deployed in all major cities.
YANGON, 17 February 2021: Tourism crops up as one of the industries that line the pockets of Myanmarâs ruling government but nothing on the scale of mines, banks, petroleum, agriculture and the gems trade.
Experts and activists say key industries that have attracted foreign investors give army chiefs access to “enormous wealth from the sprawling conglomerates they control”, according to a widely publicised AFP report this week.
The report accuses the military coup leaders of “vested
interests in large swathes of the country’s economy, providing them with a
colossal and closely guarded fortune that the US President has targeted with
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