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Nyunt Win Swe

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TypePerson[sources]
NameNyunt Win Swe[sources]
Birth datenot available[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
NationalityMyanmar (Burma)[sources]
CountryMyanmar (Burma)[sources]
First nameNyunt Win[sources]
Last nameNyunt Win Swe · Swe[sources]
TitleMajor General[sources]
PositionCommandant des forces armées du Myanmar/de la Birmanie (Tatmadaw) dans la région de Yangon depuis juin 2020 · Commander of the Yangon Region of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) · Général de division[sources]
Source linkgels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr[sources]
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Major General Nyunt Win Swe is the Commander of the Yangon Region of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) since June 2020. In that capacity, Nyunt Win Swe commands and controls military forces in the Yangon Region and, together with the Head of Bureau of Special Operations 5, Lieutenant General Thet Pon, oversees the military tribunals for the Yangon Region. In March 2021, the State Administration Council introduced martial law in Myanmar, transferring executive and judicial power to the head of the relevant regional military commands. By July 2022, military tribunals in the Yangon Region sentenced 119 individuals to death, many of them for political reasons, including four members of the democratic opposition who were executed in the Yangon Region. Additionally, military forces in the Yangon region committed violent acts and killings against peaceful protestors, such as the use of lethal force during anti-junta protests in Yangon’s Hlaing Tharyar township on 14 March 2021.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

In his capacity as Commander for the Yangon Region, Nyunt Win Swe is responsible for serious human rights violations, for activities undermining democracy and the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, as well as for actions that threaten the peace, security and stability of Myanmar/Burma.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Le général de division Nyunt Win Swe est le commandant des forces armées du Myanmar/de la Birmanie (Tatmadaw) dans la région de Yangon depuis juin 2020. En cette qualité, Nyunt Win Swe commande et contrôle les forces militaires dans la région de Yangon et, conjointement avec le chef du Bureau des opérations spéciales no 5, le général de corps d’armée Thet Pon, il supervise les tribunaux militaires de la région de Yangon. En mars 2021, le Conseil d’administration de l’État a introduit la loi martiale au Myanmar/en Birmanie, transférant le pouvoir exécutif et judiciaire au chef de chaque commandement militaire régional concerné. Jusqu’en juillet 2022, les tribunaux militaires de la région de Yangon ont condamné à mort 119 personnes, dont un grand nombre pour des raisons politiques, dont quatre membres de l’opposition démocratique qui ont été exécutés dans la région de Yangon. En outre, les forces militaires de la région de Yangon ont commis des actes violents et des meurtres contre des manifestants pacifiques, comme le recours à la force létale lors de manifestations organisées contre la junte dans le canton de Hlaing Tharyar à Yangon le 14 mars 2021. En sa qualité de commandant pour la région de Yangon, Nyunt Win Swe est responsable de graves violations des droits de l’homme, d’activités portant atteinte à la démocratie et à l’état de droit au Myanmar/en Birmanie, ainsi que d’actions qui menacent la paix, la sécurité et la stabilité du Myanmar/de la Birmanie.

French Freezing of Assets,

Relationships

Data sources

EU Consolidated Travel Bans3,894

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU

French Freezing of Assets6,267

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,315

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council.

Belgium · Federal Public Service Finance

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,054

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · European External Action Service

Canadian Special Economic Measures Act Sanctions4,240

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA.

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,011

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes.

Switzerland · State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)


Source data IDs: ca-sema-2-93-mm-nyunt-win-swe · ch-seco-57489 · eu-tb-logical-145508 · eu-fsf-eu-9045-43 · fr-ga-5047

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