Canada imposes new sanctions against Russia and other countries
2022.12.09 04:25
Canada imposes new sanctions against Russia and other countries
Budrigannews.com – Canada imposed new sanctions on Russia, Iran, and Myanmar on Friday, citing alleged violations of human rights by their governments.
The Canadian foreign ministry said in a statement that the measures included sanctions against 33 current or former senior Russian officials as well as six entities that were allegedly involved in “systematic human rights violations” against Russian citizens who protested Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Since Russia’s attack on Feb. 24, Canada has forced sanctions on in excess of 1,500 people and elements from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
Sanctions were likewise forced on 22 people in Iran, who included senior individuals from the legal executive, jail framework and policing, well as political pioneers, for example, senior helpers to Iran’s Preeminent Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and figures in state-coordinated news sources, the assertion added.
According to the semi-official Tasnim news agency, Iran executed the first such person in response to recent anti-government unrest by hanging a man convicted of injuring a security guard with a knife and blocking a street in Tehran. Sanctions against Iran came a day after that. On September 16, the Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, 22, was found dead in police custody, prompting nationwide protests.
Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly stated, “There is more work to be done, but Canada will never stop standing up for human rights.”
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Canada claimed that in addition to Iran and Russia, it imposed sanctions on 12 individuals and three entities in Myanmar that facilitate arms flows to the military, enable the military’s violence, and perform key functions on behalf of the military.
Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup last year. Rights groups claim that the junta is now frequently employing the death penalty as a “political tool.”
A human rights organization that records violations by the Myanmar military says that since the coup, more than 16,500 people have been arrested and more than 13,000 of them are still in jail.
