The G7 just issued a communiqué which condemned airstrikes, and called for an arms embargo and the release of all political prisoners, writes Burma Campaign UK\’s Director Mark Farmaner for the Democratic Voice of Burma.
However, the foreign ministers didn’t pledge to do a single thing about the human rights violations they condemn, or the problems they highlighted. They made not one commitment for action.
More than that, companies from G7 countries are still helping to fund the Myanmar military and the human rights violations they commit. G7 members have failed to provide funding for the people they call for humanitarian access to. The G7 calls for things they know won’t happen and support things which they know have already failed.
Read Mark Farmaner’s op-ed article in DVB