'There Must Be Justice': U.S. Sanctions Myanmar Soldiers For Rohingya Killings
The sanctions target four mid-level commanders and two units — but they failed to satisfy senators and activists alike, who say the U.S. has a ways to go to hold Myanmar accountable for its crimes.
Nearly a year since Myanmar began its bloody crackdown on the Rohingya, driving more than 700,00 members of the Muslim minority group to flee, the U.S. is sanctioning several high-level commanders and units in the country's armed forces.
The Treasury Department announced the penalties Friday, saying they're part of a "strategy to hold accountable those responsible for such wide scale human suffering."
"Burmese security forces have engaged in violent campaigns against ethnic minority communities across Burma, including ethnic cleansing,, , extrajudicial killings, and other serious ," the Treasury's Under Secretary said in a statement that also referred to the country by its former name.
