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BURMA: Joint Letter from Faith Leaders to President Biden Calling for Sanctions on Companies

4 May 2023

Our sacred values demand that we act to protect the lives and human rights of the many people of Burma. [...] The United States could impose targeted sanctions that would cut off the junta’s access to funds and severely limit the dictatorship’s access to financial resources.  The most recent round of U. [...] This would be the most effective and direct way for the United States to disrupt the flow of jet fuel into Burma.  3. [...] Impose sanctions on the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) to impact one of their largest revenue streams, which funds the junta’s campaign of violence against the people of Burma  The people living under a violent, unelected regime in Burma need more than toothless sanctions and farcical announcements. [...] Doing business with the Burmese junta is nothing short of funding genocide, mass atrocities, displacement, and the oppresssion of hundreds of thousands of civilians.
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