Suzanne and Ruth are joined by John Sifton, Asia Advocacy Director at Human Rights Watch. Having previously served as a researcher and Acting Deputy Washington Director, he now focuses on South and Southeast Asia, East Asia, the Middle East, and terrorism and counter-terrorism issues worldwide. Sifton began working at Human Rights Watch in 2001, first as a researcher on Afghanistan and Pakistan, and then as the senior researcher on terrorism and counterterrorism. He has been working on sanctions policy in relation to Myanmar for over 10 years. Here he offers his expertise and knowledge on the subject of sanctions on the Tatmadaw, particularly Myanmar Oil and Gas (MOGE), which is worth over $1 billion to the Myanmar military annually. If sanctioned, the blocking of this main source of the military’s income could prove decisive in changing the course of Myanmar's future.

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Credits:

Song: Kabar Makyay Bu (Until the End of the World), was written and recorded by Naing Myanmar, it became the revolutionary anthem of the 1988 pro-democracy movement and could be heard once again all over Myanmar during the 2021 Coup. Naing Myanmar maintains that the song is no longer his, since the '88 uprising “it belongs to everyone”.

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