EXTERNAL ACTION / Myanmar

EU Council sanctions a further four people and two entities involved in escalation of violence in Myanmar

Strasbourg, 11/12/2023 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 11 December, the EU Council approved additional restrictive measures against four individuals and two entities involved in the escalation of violence in Myanmar, as part of an eighth series of sanctions (see EUROPE B13227A37).

“The EU condemns the continuing grave human rights violations by the Myanmar armed forces, including torture, sexual and gender-based violence, the persecution of civil society actors, human rights defenders and journalists, and attacks on the civilian...