A former UN Special Rapporteur on human rights has urged the international community, including Australia, to step up its response to Myanmar's military junta.
Source:The federal government is facing renewed pressure to impose targeted sanctions against Myanmar's ruling junta on the one-year anniversary of the bloody military coup in the country.
“Countries like Australia if they adopted sanctions it would really go a long way,” she told SBS News. Rights groups have also estimated that 11,000 people have been arbitrarily imprisoned since the coup began.repeated Australia's condemnation of the Myanmar military's use of violence and serious human rights against civilians.
“It is beyond time for the Morrison-Joyce Government to implement targeted sanctions against those responsible for the coup and the subsequent violent crackdown,” she said.Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi jailed for four more years “The Australian government should unequivocally stand by them and heed their calls to help deprive the military of its revenue sources, joining other governments to maximise pressure on Myanmar’s junta,” she said in a statement ahead of the anniversary.
The Australian government has suspended military cooperation with Myanmar and redirected aid to non-government organisations in response to the coup.Senator Payne has also called for immediate and unimpeded access to humanitarian aid for citizens.
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