Burma Campaign UK welcomes new UK sanctions on Myanmar but wants more
Burma Campaign UK welcomed new UK sanctions targeting suppliers of aviation fuel to the Burmese military, but claimed they do not go far enough.
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Burma Campaign UK welcomed new UK sanctions targeting suppliers of aviation fuel to the Burmese military, but claimed they do not go far enough.
Responding to measures announced by the British and Canadian governments to prevent aviation fuel reaching the Myanmar military, Amnesty International’s Business and Human Rights Researcher Montse Ferrer said: “Moves to stop the supply of aviation fuel to Myanmar’s military, announced today by the Canadian and British governments, are an important step towards ending companies’ contribution to […]
Pressure group Justice For Myanmar has welcomed the latest round of Canadian sanctions in response to the Myanmar military’s illegal attempted coup, to mark Human Rights Day.
Amnesty International has called for states and companies to suspend exports of aviation fuel to Myanmar.
Australia is an outlier among like-minded countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union, all of which have imposed tough sanctions on Myanmar's military rulers since the coup on February 1 last year.