‘Shameful inaction’: Myanmar civil groups urge Australia to sanction coup generals

Almost 400 organisations say Morrison government's decision not to impose sanctions is disappointing and emboldens military junta

Democracy campaigners defying the military junta in Myanmar have pleaded with Australia to sanction the generals who engineered February's coup and the businesses that sustain the military regime.

Nearly 400 civil society organisations inside Myanmar have written an open letter to the foreign minister, Marise Payne, condemning Australia's shameful inaction" and urging it to impose new sanctions to de-legitimise the military regime and squeeze its sources of foreign funding.