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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

UNCOVERED: Australia targets myanmar iran with economic sanctions | History Defined

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australia on Wednesday announced targeted financial sanctions and travel bans against “individuals responsible for egregious human rights abuses” in Myanmar two years after a military junta seized power in the Southeast Asian country.

Australia also imposed additional sanctions on Iranian individuals and entities over “abhorrent abuses of human rights,” a government statement said.

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