The United States and its allies have imposed more sanctions on Myanmar’s military leaders amid deepening conflict two years since the military seized power in a coup.
Washington imposes sanctions US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that six individuals and three organizations were “involved in the regime’s efforts to generate revenue and secure weapons.”
Officials from the military’s fat energy company Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) as well as its Mining Enterprises 1 and 2 are among those targets, and so is the air force.
Reflecting growing concern about the devastation caused by air strikes – 11 children died when a school in the Sagaing region was bombed last September – Canada and the UK imposed new measures on the supply and sale of aviation fuel.
The UK targets units of Sun Asia Group, which dominates the aviation fuel sector in Myanmar, while Canada moves to suspend the direct and indirect supply, sale or transfer to continue – including transiting, transshipping and brokering – aviation fuel in this country.
Montse Ferre, Amnesty International’s human rights and business researcher, welcomes the focus on aviation fuel and urges more countries to follow Canada’s lead.
