Critics are urging the EU to impose fresh sanctions on the military junta after the sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi, reports Germany’s Deutsche Welle.
Suu Kyi’s sentencing “is just the latest in a long list of reasons why the EU should impose more targeted sanctions on the military,” said Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK. “It’s been almost six months since the EU imposed any new sanctions, which will be encouraging the military to believe the EU won’t take any further action.”
“The EU is waking up to the fact that the ASEAN-led process won’t go anywhere and that they have to be more proactive instead of hiding behind ASEAN,” Mark Farmaner added.