๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ 12, 2024
The United States has imposed sanctions on eight entities, including four companies in Myanmar and Russia, for supplying parts and components to Myanmarโs military, which have enabled severe human rights violations, including deadly aerial assaults on civilians. The sanctions, announced by the Department of Commerceโs ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ (๐๐๐) on ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐๐ข๐บ, target organizations in relation to enabling or directly supporting human rights abuses.
Among the sanctioned entities, ๐๐ค๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ญ๐. and ๐๐ฒ๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ก๐ฐ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ญ๐., both based in Myanmar, and Russia-based ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ and ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐ค ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐ญ were targeted for supplying parts and components to the Myanmar military. These materials have been linked to the militaryโs use of aerial attacks against civilian populations, contributing to widespread human rights abuses.
โHuman rights abuses are contrary to the foreign policy interests of the United States,โ said Alan Estevez, Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security. The sanctions are intended to ensure that U.S. technology and resources are not used to facilitate such violations, he added.
In addition to the four firms linked to Myanmarโs military, two Chinese companiesโ๐๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐จ., ๐๐ญ๐. and ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ., ๐๐ญ๐.โwere sanctioned for enabling human rights abuses in China. The Commerce Department identified ๐๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ for its role in developing and selling technology that enables Chinaโs public security apparatus to carry out human rights abuses, including high-tech surveillance, while ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฌ was cited for enabling surveillance targeting Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups, as well as the general population.
The remaining two Russian companiesโ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ and ๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐๐๐จ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐โwere sanctioned for supplying facial recognition technology used by the Russian government to track and target peaceful protesters and activists. Their products have become key components of Russiaโs mass-surveillance system, according to the Department of Commerce.
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