More than 200 NGOs call on UN to impose Myanmar arms embargo

Amnesty International and other organisations call for embargo in response to the military’s violent crackdown on protests.

Amnesty International and more than 200 other non-governmental organisations have called for a global arms embargo on Myanmar given the continuing violent crackdown by the military on protesters following the coup there in February. “It is time for the UN Security Council to use its unique powers to impose a comprehensive global arms embargo in order to try and end the military’s killing spree,” Lawrence Moss, senior UN Advocate for Amnesty International, said on Wednesday. Mere condemnation by the international community has so far had no effect, he said.