Canada adds sanctions on Russia, Iran, Myanmar over human rights

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Sanctions on Iran came a day after Iran hanged a man convicted of injuring a security guard with a knife and blocking a street in Tehran, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency

, the first such execution over recent anti-government unrest. Nationwide protests erupted after the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in police custody on Sept. 16.

“There is more work to be done, but Canada will never stop standing up for human rights,” Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said. In addition to Iran and Russia, Canada also imposed sanctions on 12 individuals and three entities in Myanmar that perform key functions on behalf of the Myanmar military, facilitate arms flows to the military and enable the military’s violence, Canada said.

The military seized power in a coup in Myanmar last year. Rights activists say the junta is now regularly using the death penalty as a “political tool.” More than 16,500 people have been arrested and more than 13,000 of them remain in detention since the coup, according to a human rights organization that documents violations by the Myanmar military.

 

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But Quebecs bill 21 is not a violation of minority rights?

The western world needs to start digging up their own oil & resources! Enough with the anti-oil bs rhetoric which is only used to fool the locals & make all the innocent citizens of Iran & other middle eastern countries to pay the West’s cheap oil by blood! Enough is enough!!

wow! sanctions imposed on 22 individuals in Iran. whoopty fucking do! that's gonna make a huge difference for the thousands of Iranians about to get the same fate. words and sanctions are no longer sufficient!

Canada could impose “sanctions?”

Why can they not follow Canada’s example and send in the police to beat them?

Lmao. Why not Saudi Arabia?

While they continue to murder with impunity. Canada is not a serious country. TrudeauIsDestroyingCanada

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