Amnesty International calls on the European Union to increase pressure on Myanmar

Amnesty International calls on the European Union to increase pressure on Myanmar

Amnesty International’s EU Office encourages the European Union to continue putting pressure on Myanmar to put a stop to human rights violations in the country.

Specifically, we call on the EU to:

• Ensure that the EU Arms Embargo to Myanmar is strictly imposed, and to build on this by supporting a mandatory and comprehensive United Nations Security Council arms embargo;
• Continue to press the UN Human Rights Council to demand an immediate halt to the violent repression of peaceful demonstrations and for a visit by the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar;
• Urge neighbouring countries, in particular, China and ASEAN countries, to exert all possible pressure to end the violent repression.