The NLD in November described this year’s election as a “fake” and said it would not accept it. The election has also been dismissed as a sham by Western governments.
Washington also targeted former and current Myanmar military officials, the Treasury said, accusing the air force of continuing airstrikes against pro-democracy forces using Russian-made aircraft that have killed civilians.
Canada targeted six individuals and in its crackdown prohibited the export, sale, supply or shipment of aviation fuel. Australia targeted members of the junta and a military-run company.
The United Kingdom designated two companies and two people to conduct a bombing campaign against its own citizens to help supply aviation fuel to Myanmar’s air force.
John Sifton, Asia Advocacy Director at Human Rights Watch, said that even after Tuesday’s action, the United States still hasn’t matched the stronger sanctions imposed by the European Union, especially when it comes to natural gas revenues and the banks that finance extraction. process foreign payments for region.
“As a result, the measures taken so far have not placed enough economic pressure on the junta to force it to change its conduct,” Sifton said in a statement.
