Asian Tribune: April 13, 2013 The European Union (EU) should renew its suspension of sanctions against Myanmar but stop short of a total lifting of restrictive measures, ASEAN Parliamentarians said today, citing serious human rights concerns and the failure of the Myanmar government to meet EU benchmarks for reform. The call came ahead of the 22 April meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council to decide the future of the EU’s restrictive measures against Myanmar in light of the ending of the current 12-month suspension of sanctions on 30 April. When the EU announced the one-year suspension of sanctions last year, it set a number of key benchmarks for the Myanmar government to achieve if restrictive measures were to be lifted permanently. Although many reforms have taken place over the past 12 months, none of those key benchmarks have been met and in many instances, the human rights situation in the country has worsened in the past year rather than improved. The EU shoul