The UK Parliament today held a Westminster Hall debate on human rights in Myanmar.
Rushanara Ali MP, the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Burma, said “I welcome some of the steps that our Government have taken, but the fact remains that sanctions against the Burmese military’s sources of incomes are too slow to be implemented. Even after two years, there are organisations and individuals who remain untouched by sanctions, including those working in major revenue generators such as gas, banking and mining.”
FCDO Minister Andrew Mitchell MP said “Conflict-related deaths in Myanmar last year were second only to Ukraine.” Afterwards the BCUK team met Mr Mitchell, who said he would look again at further aviation fuel sanctions.