What do Canada’s new sanctions against Myanmar military regime mean?

Doctors in Myanmar are raising the alarm that the military junta is seizing parts of the emergency aid sent to the country in the aftermath of the earthquake disaster. “Some of the aid, most of it, is not reaching the people who need it,” doctor Nang Win tells The Guardian.

What do Canada’s new sanctions against Myanmar military regime mean?

Ottawa – Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, recently announced sanctions against 13 Myanmar senior government officials and 3 entities for undermining the peace, security and stability of the country and contributing to gross human rights violations. The sanctions announced today respond to gross and systematic human rights violations committed by individuals in Myanmar’s Ministry of Defence and the Armed ...

Aid Cuts Deepening Myanmar Military-made Crisis - Progressive Voice Myanmar

“The junta has intensified violence and atrocities, particularly airstrikes —the only advantage it has over the people’s resistance —with tragic consequences.”Khin Ohmar, Chairperson of Progressive Voice While the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) convened in Geneva this month, the human rights and humanitarian crisis in Myanmar is worsening and international life-saving aid continues to plummet. In Myanmar and along its borders,…