Tue Apr 30, 2019
A Myanmarese border guard stands near a Rohingya Muslim family in front of their home in a village during a government-organized visit for journalists in Buthidaung Township in the restive Rakhine State, Myanmar, on January 25, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
The European Union (EU) has extended sanctions, including a weapons embargo, against Myanmar for one year over the Myanmarese military’s deadly crackdown on minority Muslims in the country.
The European Council said in a statement on Monday that the sanctions included restrictions on arms, dual-use products, and surveillance equipment that could be used for “internal repression” in Myanmar’s Kachin, Rakhine, and Shan states, where minority Rohingya Muslims have been subjected to state-sponsored violence.