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Stephen Kinnock – 2021 Comments on the Myanmar Military

The comments made by Stephen Kinnock, the Shadow Minister for Asia and the Pacific, on 25 March 2021.

Labour supports government sanctions and has been demanding for them to be implemented since August 2020.

These sanctions must now go further to include services and sanctions against the Myanmar Economic Corporation.

The UK government must also show global leadership and join the Gambia’s case against at the International Court of Justice in which Myanmar stands accused of genocide against the Rohingya.