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Treasury Sanctions Commanders and Units of the Burmese Security Forces for Serious Human Rights Abuses

Designations Build on International Efforts to Hold Accountable Persons Responsible for Serious Human Rights Abuses in Burma August 17, 2018 WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned four Burmese military and Border Guard Police (BGP) commanders and two Burmese military units for their involvement in ethnic cleansing in …

By U.S. Mission Burma | 20 August, 2018 | Topics: Exclude, Exclude All, News, Official Reports | Tags: BURMA SANCTIONS, Commanders and Units of the Burmese Security Forces

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY TILLERSON: Efforts to Address Burma’s Rakhine State Crisis

For Immediate Release STATEMENT BY SECRETARY TILLERSON November 22, 2017 Efforts to Address Burma’s Rakhine State Crisis I visited Naypyitaw, Burma on November 15, where I met separately with State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. I reaffirmed the United States’ strong commitment …

By U.S. Mission Burma | 22 November, 2017 | Topics: Exclude, Exclude All, Key Officials, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Burma | Tags: Rakhine Crisis