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Interpreting what's behind the 'veto' coup d'etat 29 published : 20 Feb 2021 at 04:00 29 Military "veto" coups have been prominent in countries where armed forces have played leading roles in society like Myanmar and Thailand -- the two countries which have experienced their fair share of coups. The latest putsch occurred on Feb 1, in Myanmar. With Myanmar's military having had a long and close relationship with Thailand's armed forces, and both countries' militaries prone to staging coups, one wonders to what extent Myanmar's putsch can be explained in the contex...

What is Human Rights Watch’s position on sanctions? Human Rights Watch supports the use of certain types of sanctions—including targeted sanctions and travel bans, and restrictions on military, trade, financial, economic, and other relations—as a means to condemn situations involving grave or widespread human rights abuses or humanitarian law violations, to assert pressure to end those abuses, to hold those responsible to account, and as a means to deter other parties from becoming complicit in abuses. The aim is to affect the actions of policymakers and perpetrators of abuses while min...