Almost 400 organisations say Morrison government\u2019s decision not to impose sanctions is disappointing and emboldens military junta<\/p>
Democracy campaigners defying the military junta in Myanmar have pleaded with Australia to sanction the generals who engineered February\u2019s coup and the businesses that sustain the military regime.<\/p>
Nearly 400 civil society organisations inside Myanmar have written an open letter to the foreign minister, Marise Payne, condemning Australia\u2019s \u201cshameful inaction\u201d and urging it to impose new sanctions to de-legitimise the military regime and squeeze its sources of foreign funding.<\/p>
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