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Published: 13 Feb 2021 10:13 AM BdST
Updated: 13 Feb 2021 10:13 AM BdST Demonstrators protest in front of Russian embassy against the military coup and demand for the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 12, 2021. REUTERS
The United Nations human rights investigator for Myanmar urged the UN Security Council on Friday to consider imposing sanctions and arms embargoes as a UN rights body adopted a resolution calling for Aung San Suu Kyi s release. );
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The United States, which imposed its own sanctions targeting Myanmar s military junta on Thursday, took the floor at the Human Rights Council to urge other UN member states to follow suit.
By Reuters Staff
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GENEVA (Reuters) - Some 300 elected parliamentarians in Myanmar called on the United Nations on Friday to investigate “gross human rights violations” committed by the military since its Feb. 1 coup, including arrests of civilian leaders and shooting protesters.
In a letter read out to the Human Rights Council in Geneva by Britain’s ambassador Julian Braithwaite, they said the junta had also “placed restrictions on people’s freedom of speech by preparing a telecommunications bill intended to control access to the Internet and mobile services.
“We urge the Human Rights Council to support our efforts.”
Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Jon Boyle
The United Nations human rights investigator for Myanmar urged the U.N. Security Council on Friday to consider imposing sanctions and arms embargoes as a U.N. rights body adopted a resolution calling for Aung San Suu Kyi's release.