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Urgent update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation The Shan Human Rights Foundation strongly condemns the Burma Army shelling and aerial bombing of Mong Nawng town in central Shan State between November 9 and 12, 2015. The firing of shells…

Burma Campaign UK is calling on members of the United Nations Security Council to take up the issue of increased Burmese Army military offensives in Shan State and Kachin State when they discuss the situation in Burma this morning. The…

Article in the Myanmar Times by Zoya Phan, Campaigns Manager at Burma Campaign UK With the National League for Democracy likely to form the next government in Myanmar, is there finally an end in sight for conflict that has plagued…

Wai Hnin Pwint Thon, Campaigns Officer at Burma Campaign UK, writing in Mizzima: As millions turned out to vote with hope in their hearts on Sunday, one of the groups of people unable to take part were Myanmar’s political prisoners….

Anna Roberts, Executive Director of Burma Campaign UK, writes in The Irrawady: Over the election period, there has been an obvious focus on Aung San Suu Kyi and her future political role in Burma. Many articles and comments have been…

Article by Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, in the International Business Times   People are rightly celebrating what looks like a huge victory for Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy, in the elections held…

Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK, writes in the Huffington Post: For millions of people in Burma and for supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi around the world, Sunday’s election appears to be the fulfillment of their dreams. Aung…

Burma Campaign UK Campaigns Manager Zoya Phan writes for The Independent:   As someone forced to flee Burma as a teenager when the Burmese army attacked my village, I haven’t been able to stop watching the news from my country…

Burma Campaign UK Executive Director Anna Roberts is interviewed about the election on the Today programme, Radio 4. You can listen to the interview here (2hr 40 mins in to the programme)

Our briefing paper on the election is quoted in the Telegraph today: “The UK Burma Campaign estimates that up to 10 million people – around 20 per cent of the country’s population – may be unable to go to the…