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Petition · past parliament

Impose trade sanctions on the Myanmar Government

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The Myanmar authorities have been engaged in ethnic cleansing and genocide against the Rohingya community for decades. The atrocities, murder, rape violence against the Rohingya community is leading to displacement, hardship and suffering of a community.
The United Nations has recognised the Atrocities, death and destruction but the Myanmar leader: Aung San Suu Kyi is too weak to challenge the Military or is complicit in the ethnic cleansing

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Impose Financial sanctions on the State of Myanmar (Burma).

Timeline

14 Sep 2017 Petition opened for signatures
14 Sep 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 14 Sep 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.