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Burma Campaign UK today condemned the European Union response to ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya as absolutely pathetic and effectively giving a green light for abuses to continue. The only practical measure agreed by EU Foreign Ministers meeting today was…

A persistent myth that the military in Burma are looking for an excuse to retake direct control of the country is now being used to justify inaction over the ethnic cleansing and possible genocide of the Rohingya. While a misplaced…

Burma Campaign UK today issues a new briefing paper ‘The Military Coup Threat Myth’. It examines a persistent myth that the military in Burma are looking for an excuse to retake direct control of the country and that this is…

Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK Starvation caused by military and government restrictions on aid, movement, as well as new human rights violations and security concerns, are triggering a new wave of Rohingya people fleeing to Bangladesh. Without immediate…

The Foreign Office has confirmed that Prince Charles will not visit Burma on his tour of southeast Asia and India later this month, reports the Democratic Voice of Burma. “To have someone of Prince Charles’s stature go to visit the…

Pakistan’s Daily Times reports that Mark Farmaner, Burma Campaign UK’s director, has urged St. Hugh’s College to confirm that the removal of Aung San Suu Kyi’s portrait is connected to her refusal to acknowledge the ongoing genocide against Rohingya Muslims….

We, a global coalition of 87 civil society organizations, urgently call upon UN member states to take immediate steps to address the human rights abuses and humanitarian catastrophe engulfing Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya population. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UN High…

Burma Campaign UK today called on the Department for International Development (DFID), to step in and provide emergency funding to 9,000 people at risk from cuts in aid. International donors have cut aid to 9,000 displaced villagers from Shan and…

Global coalition calls for end to prosecutorial persecution with criminal defamation law (Bangkok, September 19, 2017) – Prosecution of migrant workers and their advocates under criminal defamation laws for reporting violations of Thailand’s labor law violates Thailand’s international legal obligations…

Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to resume its past leadership on Burma within the European Union, and push for practical steps from the European Union to pressure Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military, to…