Myanmar: Sanction Generals and Military-Owned Companies

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image State Administrative Council Chairman and Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing makes a televised statement in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, February 11, 2021. © 2021 Tatmadaw True Information Team Facebook page via AP (Washington) – Governments should impose targeted sanctions on the generals responsible for Myanmar’s February 1, 2021 coup overthrowing democratic rule and the ensuing arbitrary arrests and other abuses, Human Rights Watch said today in a new Questions-and-Answers document on sanctions policy related to Myanmar. Targeted sanctions should also be imposed…

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