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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…

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…

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…

Media Release from Fortify Rights More than 40 Diverse Groups Call for a “Truly Independent” Commission of Inquiry More than 40 Myanmar-based civil society organizations today called for a “truly independent” international investigation into the situation in Rakhine State, where…

Statement from Rohingya Communities Worldwide   Request OIC to support UN Commission of Inquiry We, the undersigned organisations, representing Rohingya communities around the world, would like to express our deepest appreciation to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the…

Burma Campaign UK today called upon the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to officially support the establishment of a UN Commission of Inquiry into the situation in Rakhine State, Burma, when it holds an emergency meeting on the Rohingya this Thursday…

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…

Fourteen Nobel laureates including 12 Nobel Peace Prize laureates have been joined by Arianna Huffington, Richard Branson, director Richard Curtis, former Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi and investor Mo Ibrahim in a letter to the UNSC asking that the…

Burma Campaign UK today publishes a new briefing paper, ‘Time for a rethink on policy towards Burma’s military’, calling for a debate on new ways to influence Burma’s military. The commentary briefing paper argues that the international community has yet…