Washington – United States on Friday imposed sanctions related to broad human rights on dozens of people and bound entities in China, Myanmar, North Korea and Bangladesh, and added Chinese intelligence intelligence companies to the investment black list.
Canada and the United Kingdom joined the United States in forcing sanctions related to human rights abuse in Myanmar, while Washington also imposed the first new sanctions in North Korea under the government of President Joe Biden and targeting Myanmar’s military entity, among others, in the act of marking human rights human day.
“Our actions today, especially those in partnership with Britain and Canada, sends a message that democracy throughout the world will act against those who abuse the power of the state to cause suffering and repression,” said Secretary of the Treasury Adeyemo.
The North Korean mission at the National and Chinese Embassy, ​​Myanmar and Bangladeshi in Washington did not immediately respond to a comment request.
The US Department of Finance in a statement said that it would add a sensitive Chinese intelligence company to the list of “Chinese military industry complex companies”, accusing to develop facial recognition programs that can determine ethnic targets, with a special focus on ethnic Uyghurs.
As a result, it will fall under investment prohibitions for US investors.
UN experts and rights groups estimate more than one million people, especially Uyghur and other Muslim minority members have been detained in recent years in a broad camp system in the western region of Xinjiang China.
China denied violations in Xinjiang, but the US government and many rights groups say Beijing is doing genocide there.
The Ministry of Finance said the North Korean Central Prosecutor’s Office was appointed, together with the former Minister of Social Security and recently assigned the Minister of the Indonesian Armed Forces Yong Gil.
President Joe Biden has collected more than 100 world leaders at the virtual peak this week and made a request to support democracy throughout the world, mention the rights of protection and freedom in facing an increase in authoritarianism “challenges defining” from the current era.