July 7, 2021
Summary:
- UN rights expert calls for sanctions on oil and gas sector
- Bachelet urges ASEAN to foster dialogue to resolve crisis
- Nearly 900 killed since Feb. 1 coup, 5,200 detained
GENEVA, July 7 (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights investigator called on countries on Wednesday to impose economic sanctions on Myanmar's oil and gas sector to cripple the junta that took power five months ago.
Myanmar has been in crisis since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government on Feb. 1, unleashing nationwide anger that quickly turned into protests and strikes brutally suppressed by security forces, with nearly 900 killed.