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Embassy of the United States Rangoon, Burma - Home About the EmbassyU.S. Citizen ServicesVisas to the U.S.U.S. Policy & IssuesAmerican Center Embassy Highlights The U.S. Embassy in Rangoon will be closed on Thursday, May 01, 2008, Workers Day. It will open again for business on Friday, May 02, 2008. The White House, Washington D.C White House Statement Announcing New Sanctions on Regime Cronies Washington, D.C. February 5, 2008 The President has said that the United States would continue to review our policies and consider additional measures if Than Shwe s junta did not end its brutal oppression of the Burmese people. Therefore, today the Department of the Treasury s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated for sanctions four family members of regime leaders and four companies and three individuals connected to Tay Za, a Than Shwe regime crony and known arms dealer. These designations add to the 30 individuals and seven entities previously designated for sanctions. (Full text) U.S. Department Of Treasury s Office Treasury Action Targets Financial Network of Tay Za Washington, D.C. February 5, 2008 The U.S. Department of the Treasury s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced financial sanctions against family members of regime leaders and key additional individuals and businesses that are part of the financial network of Tay Za, a Burmese business tycoon and arms dealer with close ties to Burma s military junta. (Full text) UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar Paolo Sergio Pinheiro Pinheiro Dismayed by Continued Detentions, Arrests in Burma Geneva February 5, 2008 The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, today expressed his dismay that four months on from the violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrators, political and human rights activists continue to be arrested, detained and sentenced to prison terms under the securi...