Kachin Teachers Rape and Murder: Action Needed To End Impunity
January 19, 2018
Today marks the 3rd anniversary of the rape and murder of two Kachin teachers in Northern Burma. Burma Campaign UK has been campaigning for justice and accountability since the day…
Joint Appeal to the UN Security Council to Act on Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis
December 11, 2017
In advance of the United Nations Security Council’s December 12 meeting on the situation in Myanmar, we, a global coalition of 69 human rights, faith-based and humanitarian organizations, urgently call on the Council to take immediate action to address the campaign of…
Call for a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situaton in Myanmar
November 20, 2017
To: Member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council Excellencies, 20 November 2017 Open Letter Re: Call for a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on…
Burma Facing Biggest Human Right Crisis In Decades – British Government Response Pathetic
September 7, 2017
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,…
Rohingya Crisis: British Government Must Stop Training Burmese Military
September 4, 2017
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…
Kachin Teachers Rape and Murder 2nd Anniversary: Petition Calls for Action
January 19, 2017
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…
OIC Must Back UN Inquiry Into Rohingya Crisis
January 17, 2017
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…
Rohingya Crisis – UK Must Support UN Inquiry
January 4, 2017
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…
Time for a rethink on policy towards Burma’s military
December 16, 2016
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…
On-going Sexual Violence by Burma Army
December 6, 2016
Statement by the Karen Women’s Organisation 16 Days of Activism to Stop Violence Against Women During this current 16 Day Campaign to increase awareness about Violence Against Women, KWO feels…