Canada on Friday imposed recent sanctions on Russia, Iran and Myanmar, citing alleged human rights violations by their governments.
The measures included sanctions towards 33 present or former senior Russian officers and 6 entities concerned in alleged “systematic human rights violations” towards Russian residents who protested towards Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Canadian international ministry mentioned in an announcement.
Since Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24, Canada has imposed sanctions on greater than 1,500 people and entities from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
Sanctions have been additionally imposed on 22 people in Iran, who included senior members of the judiciary, jail system and regulation enforcement, in addition to political leaders, equivalent to senior aides to Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and figures in state-directed media retailers, the assertion added.
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Sanctions on Iran got here a day after Iran hanged a person convicted of injuring a safety guard with a knife and blocking a road in Tehran, in accordance with the semi-official Tasnim information company, the primary such execution over current anti-government unrest. Nationwide protests erupted after the loss of life of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian lady Mahsa Amini in police custody on Sept. 16.
“There’s extra work to be achieved, however Canada won’t ever cease standing up for human rights,” Canadian International Minister Melanie Joly mentioned.
Along with Iran and Russia, Canada additionally imposed sanctions on 12 people and three entities in Myanmar that carry out key capabilities on behalf of the Myanmar navy, facilitate arms flows to the navy and allow the navy’s violence, Canada mentioned.
The navy seized energy in a coup in Myanmar final yr. Rights activists say the junta is now commonly utilizing the loss of life penalty as a “political instrument.”
Greater than 16,500 folks have been arrested and greater than 13,000 of them stay in detention for the reason that coup, in accordance with a human rights group that paperwork violations by the Myanmar navy.