On the second anniversary of the military coup in Burma (also known as Myanmar), the Australian government has announced a raft of sanctions targeting Burma’s military junta; these are the first sanctions implemented by Australia since the military coup in 2021.
Announcing the sanctions on Feb. 1, Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Tim Watts said that the targeted financial sanctions would focus on individuals responsible for the “egregious human rights abuses” and entities that enabled the repression of the Burmese people.
