Britain, Canada impose sanctions on Myanmar military coup leaders
Britain on Thursday imposed sanctions on Myanmar military officers involved in the Feb. 1 coup that ousted the country s elected government, with Canada also slapping on similar sanctions.
The sanctions come as the number of people detained since the coup has reached nearly 500 and arrest warrants have been issued to several celebrities amid an intensifying campaign by authorities against daily protests on the streets of Myanmar cities.
Protesters shout slogans during a rally against the military coup in Yangon on Feb. 18, 2021. (Anadolu Agency/Getty/Kyodo)
The British sanctions target Defense Minister Gen. Mya Tun Oo, Home Affairs Minister Lt. Gen. Soe Htut and Deputy Home Affairs Minister Lt. Gen. Than Hlaing. The trio has had assets frozen and each is banned from traveling to Britain.
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The loss of Aden’s Australian citizenship means she would be returned to NZ should she be deported by the Turkish government. King, who is a former Labour Party deputy leader, said she could not reveal what was said in the phone call between Morrison and Ardern, “although I heard it was a positive meeting”. “Our Prime Minister has raised this issue with Prime Minister Morrison from around about July 2019, and it is an issue she feels strongly about,” King told the Australian Institute of International Affairs on Tuesday afternoon. “It’s all to do with Australian legislation in terms of cancelling dual citizenship … and the issue of whether it should be cancelled.
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New Zealandâs high commissioner in Canberra, Dame Annette King, says Australiaâs decision to cancel the citizenship of a woman trying to flee Syria has left her country in a âdifficult positionâ.
New Zealand high commissioner Dame Annette King says the womanâs connections are in Australia, not New Zealand, and cancelling her citizenship leaves NZ in a âdifficult position.â
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Dame Annette said NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern first raised the cancellation of her Australian citizenship with Prime Minister Scott Morrison as far back as July 2019, saying âit is an issue she feels strongly aboutâ.