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| US sanctions Myanmar military commanders over Rohingya abuses |
| 2018-08-19 |
| [DAWN] The US government on Friday hit four Myanmar military commanders and two military units with punitive sanctions, accusing them of "serious human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... abuses" and "ethnic cleansing" in violently expelling minority Rohingya from their homes. Military and border guard commanders Aung Kyaw Zaw, Khin Maung Soe, Khin Hlaing, and Thura San Lwin were accused of leading violent campaigns against the Moslem Rohingya in Rakhine state as well as minorities in Kachin and Shan states. "Burmese security forces have engaged in violent campaigns against ethnic minority communities across Burma, including ethnic cleansing, massacres, sexual assault, extra-judicial killings, and other serious human rights abuses," said Sigal Mandelker, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence in the US Treasury, which announced the sanctions. The US Treasury said the sanctions on individuals were meant as a warning to security forces to cease abuses of ethnic and religious minorities and to respect their rights. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Maybe they don't have as much beach as the Paleostinians. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-08-19 17:19 |
| #1 Really? Isn't that kind of the job of the UN Human Rights crew? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-08-19 17:17 |