As with Ukraine, a coalition should pressure Myanmar’s junta, UN expert says
United NationsReuters Russian weapons being used in Ukraine are also killing people in Myanmar, an independent UN expert said on Wednesday, urging countries to form a coalition – just as they have on Moscow over Ukraine – to target and pressure Myanmar’s military junta. Myanmar has been in crisis since the army ousted leader Aung […]
Essay: We must not stop until we see change in Myanmar
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, says a far more co-ordinated and comprehensive response is needed on Myanmar, one which includes a full global arms embargo against the military, and co-ordinated, targeted sanctions against its enterprises…
UN arms embargo on CAR extended for year, China abstains
New York City, New York, USReuters The United Nations Security Council on Thursday extended a Central African Republic arms embargo and targeted sanctions regime for another year, however China abstained in the vote because it believes the measures should be removed. The 15-member Security Council imposed the arms embargo on CAR in December, 2013, when […]
Some 200 rights groups push for UN arms embargo on Myanmar
New York City, USReuters More than 200 civil society groups, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, called on the UN Security Council on Wednesday to impose an arms embargo on Myanmar to help protect civilians peacefully protesting a military coup. Since the military seized power on 1st February and ousted an elected government led […]