On Monday 22 March, the Council of the European Union sanctioned eleven Burmese officials responsible for the 1 February coup and the subsequent and ongoing crackdown on peaceful protesters in the country.
“The number of murders has reached an unbearable level”, explained German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, among others, in justification of the adoption of restrictive measures consisting of an asset freeze and a visa ban. According to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign...