British government must resume sanctioning the Burmese military

Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to resume imposing regular sanctions to cut revenue, arms and equipment to the Burmese military.

It is almost a year since the British government imposed any new sanctions on the Burmese military. The last sanctions targeting the Burmese military were on 29^th October 2024.

Following the latest military coup in Burma in 2021, the British government and allies adopted a policy of systematically identifying and sanctioning sources of revenue, arms and equipment to the Burmese military.

Britain led the world in adopting coordinated targeted sanctions to help reduce the capacity of the Burmese military to carry out human rights violations and violations of international law. However, the pace of sanctions from the British government has slowed to a standstill.

The British government has not even kept up with all the sanctions imposed by the USA, EU, Canada and Australia. The British government frequently imposes more sanctions on Russia in a single day than it has on the Burmese military in almost five years.