May 6th, 2021 -
In this file photo taken on February 8, 2021, protesters gather to demonstrate against the February 1 military coup, in downtown Yangon. STR / AFP
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Hundreds on NGOs call the UN to impose arms embargo on Myanmar amid continuous clashes with protesters.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, among over 200 non-governmental organizations, have urged the United Nations Security Council to impose an arms embargo on the junta in Myanmar for its lethal crackdown on anti-coup protesters.
“No government should sell a single bullet to the junta,” the NGOs said in a joint statement on Wednesday.
The military government has been ruling the country since ousting the civil government of Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup on February 1.