{"id":124647,"date":"2021-02-11T09:04:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T14:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=124647"},"modified":"2021-02-11T13:42:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T18:42:58","slug":"biden-admin-places-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-amid-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-places-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-amid-coup\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden admin. places sanctions on Myanmar military leaders amid coup"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-places-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-amid-coup%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=124647&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2370889\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2370889\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2370889 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21042317911564-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"A demonstrator flashes three-fingered salute of defiance in front of a public notice board with pictures of deposed national leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Mandalay, Myanmar on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. Large crowds demonstrating against the military takeover in Myanmar again defied a ban on protests Thursday, even after security forces ratcheted up the use of force against them and raided the headquarters of the political party of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi a day earlier. (AP Photo)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2370889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A demonstrator flashes three-fingered salute of defiance in front of a public notice board with pictures of deposed national leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Mandalay, Myanmar on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 10:30 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, February 11, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The Biden administration slapped new sanctions on Myanmar amid a growing political crisis happening in the Burmese country. While speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Joe Biden announced the U.S. is taking a series of actions against the leaders responsible for the military coup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, I have approved a new executive order enabling us to immediately sanction the military leaders who directed the coup, their business interests as well as close family members,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The new order will block the Burmese generals from accessing $1 billion of Myanmar assets held in the U.S. with more measures to come if power is not relinquished by the military.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the Myanmar military overthrew the civilian government after claims of voter fraud in last year\u2019s elections. Officials behind the coup said their cause for action is justified and they are working to investigate the fraud claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore the election, the Union Election Commission made many statements about early voting and didn\u2019t allow parties to conduct fair campaigns because of Covid-19,\u201d stated Myanmar Military Chief Min Aung Hlaing. \u201cWe are investigating the responsible authorities regarding voter fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The general added, they will hold a free and fair election once the unrest subsides and the state of emergency is lifted.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, thousands of protestors took to the streets this week to demand the military relinquish power and release their deposed leaders. Authorities have banned citizens from using platforms until further notice, while enacting a strict curfew within the country\u2019s first and second biggest cities.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2370880\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2370880\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2370880 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21042524723008.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus display slogans showing support for protests in Myanmar during a rally in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. The group condemned the February 1 military coup and calls for return to civilian government in Myanmar. (AP Photo\/Aaron Favila)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2370880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus display slogans showing support for protests in Myanmar during a rally in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. The group condemned the February 1 military coup and calls for return to civilian government in Myanmar. (AP Photo\/Aaron Favila)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While taking note of the political unrest, other nations around the world have also denounced the legitimacy of the military-led government.<\/p>\n<p>In a press briefing this week, New Zealand\u2019s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, announced the government will be suspending contact with Myanmar. She also raises concerns about the military coup\u2019s impact on human rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Zealand is suspending all high-level political and military contact with Myanmar,\u201d announced Ardern. \u201cWe\u2019ve also agreed to implement a travel ban to be formalized in the coming week on Myanmar\u2019s military leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>World leaders are calling for the United Nations Human Rights Council to conduct a special session as the situation in Myanmar continues to unfold.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/mypillow-ceo-lindell-condemns-censorship-by-big-tech-corporations\/\">MyPillow CEO Lindell condemns censorship by Big Tech corporations<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893213,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4496,3620,4505,6326,6407,5036],"class_list":["post-124647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-admin","tag-biden","tag-military","tag-myanmar","tag-places","tag-sanctions"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}