U.S. Imposes New Sanctions Against China, Myanmar And North Korea On Human Rights Day

The US Department of the Treasury added China's SenseTime to a blacklist for developing facial recognition software 'that can determine a target’s ethnicity, with a particular focus on identifying ethnic Uyghurs' [File: Leah Millis/Reuters]  

Reuters: U.S. imposes sweeping human rights sanctions on China, Myanmar and North Korea 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday imposed extensive human rights-related sanctions on dozens of people and entities tied to China, Myanmar, North Korea and Bangladesh, and added Chinese artificial intelligence company SenseTime Group to an investment blacklist. 

Canada and the United Kingdom joined the United States in imposing sanctions related to human rights abuses in Myanmar, while Washington also imposed the first new sanctions on North Korea  under President Joe Biden's administration and targeted Myanmar military entities, among others, in action marking Human Rights Day.  

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U.S. Imposes New Sanctions Against China, Myanmar And North Korea On Human Rights Day  

US Announces New Sanctions on Human Rights Day -- VOA  

U.S. sanctions people, entities linked to China, Myanmar and North Korea -- Axios  

White House sanctions dozens accused of human rights abuses, including China, Russia -- The Hill  

US imposes new sanctions on China, Myanmar, North Korea -- DW  

US imposes sweeping sanctions on China, Myanmar and North Korea -- Al Jazeera



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