<span style="color: #222222;">The European Union has extended a ban on selling arms to Myanmar and prolonged sanctions against high-ranking officials till 30th April 2020, over their role in the Rohingya crisis.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The EU said in a statement that the sanctions include an embargo on arms and equipment that can be used for internal repression, an export ban on dual-use goods for use by the military and border guard police, and export restrictions on equipment for monitoring communications that might be used for internal repression.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">About 14 top military and border officials are under individual EU sanctions – barring them from travelling to or through the European bloc and freezing any assets they hold in Europe – over alleged human rights violations, including killings and sexual violence.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Rohingya, described by the UN as the world's most persecuted people, have faced heightened fears of attack since dozens were killed in communal violence in 2012.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In August 2017, almost 750,000 Rohingya refugees fled a military crackdown in northern Myanmar to cross into Bangladesh, where 300,000 members of the persecuted Muslim minority were already in camps.</span><br />