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Statement by Burma Campaign UK Burma State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in the UK on Friday 5th May as part of a week-long visit to Europe, having also visited Belgium and Italy. Here are ten questions that…

Re: Open Letter to Various Governments Regarding the UN-Mandated Fact-Finding Mission to Myanmar Your Excellency, 27th April 2017 We, the undersigned, call on States, including the United States, United Kingdom and the member states of the European Union, Association of…

Burma Campaign UK today condemned the governments of Germany and Austria for inviting Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military, to visit their countries this week. Earlier this year, the United Nations reported how Min Aung Hlaing’s soldiers had…

On the occasion of the third anniversary of the death of U Win Tin, 24 organisations are calling for the immediate release of all individuals detained or imprisoned on fabricated, politically motivated charges, and for the establishment of an independent…

Wai Hnin Pwint Thon, Campaigns Officer at Burma Campaign UK, spoke today on women’s rights at an event in Parliament hosted by Catherine West MP, Shadow Foreign Minister, to mark International Women’s Day.

Burma’s ethnic Rohingya Muslims are fleeing for their lives, says Human Rights Watch. A UN flash report found it’s very likely that crimes against humanity were committed in October and November. Only an independent international investigation will be able to…

Fifty-one members of the British Parliament from nine different political parties have added their names to an Early Day Motion (a Parliamentary petition) calling on the British government to support a UN Commission of Inquiry into the situation in Rakhine…

On International Women’s Day, join us and stand with the women of Burma to end rape and sexual violence. Take action here

Statement by His Eminence Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Cardinal Archbishop of Yangon: 6 February 2017 Myanmar  passes through some of the most agonizing moments in her history. With folded arms we appeal to all:  Heal – Do not wound. People…

On Sunday 29 January 2017, widely respected human rights lawyer and legal adviser to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (NLD), U Ko Ni was brutally murdered. The Burma Justice Committee (BJC) urges the Burmese…