British policy on Burma News

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the decision by the British government to end training of the Burmese military, and called on the government to now work for a UN mandated global arms embargo against the military in Burma. Burma Campaign…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, has today described the military attacks against the Rohingya as a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing”. Since 25th August, more than 300,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh in…

From the Office of Rushanara Ali MP 157 Parliamentarians have called on the Government to suspend and review its military training programme of the Burmese military in light of the recent escalation of violence towards Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State,…

Burma Campaign UK today warned that Burma is undergoing its biggest human rights crisis in decades, which has in turn created a major humanitarian crisis. However, unlike in the past, there has been virtually no corresponding international response. In just…

  Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to immediately halt training programmes being provided for free to the Burmese military. Last year the British government spent more than £300,000 training the Burmese military, 67 percent of the…

This is the response from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to Burma Campaign UK supporters who emailed them to call for a UN Security Council meeting on the crisis in Rakhine State:   31 August 2017 Dear Sir/Madam Thank you…

Burma Campaign UK today called on British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to ask for a meeting on rising tensions in Rakhine State, Burma at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Britain leads on Burma at the UNSC. Anti Rohingya tensions…

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 2nd anniversary of the rape and murder of two Kachin teachers in Northern Burma, Burma Campaign UK marks the anniversary by delivering a petition and campaign postcards to the British government. 3254 people are calling on the government…

The government of Burma has today published an interim report of the Commission established by the President to investigate violence in Rakhine State since October 2016. The findings confirm concerns that the investigation is a farce. It claims that there…