TUC conference supports Burma Campaign UK
Thanks to the TUC for supporting human rights and democracy in Burma. Doug Janke, Burma Campaign UK’s head of development, on our stall at the TUC conference today.
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UN: Burma Army Committing Ethnic Cleansing: UK Must Stop Training Programme
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 the face of a military offensive by the Burmese Army. Rohingya sources estimate 5,000 or …
157 Parliamentarians call on Government to suspend and review British Military Training Programs with Burmese Military
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, Myanmar. Following attacks against government buildings on 25th of August by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation …
Why won’t Aung San Suu Kyi act? – BBC’s Fergal Keane
Fergal Keane’s article for the BBC features an image of Aung San Suu Kyi on a former Burma Campaign UK poster with the words “Please use your liberty to promote ours”. “Aung San Suu Kyi does not control the military and they do not trust her. But her refusal to condemn well-documented military abuses provides …
Aung San Suu Kyi should speak out – CBC News
“She was the one person in the country who really could have challenged this really ingrained and endemic prejudice against Muslims in the country and Rohingya in particular,” Mark Farmaner of Burma Campaign UK told Canada’s CBC News. And Tun Khin, President of Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK, said “We are witnessing the most horrific situation …
Stop Myanmar’s savagery against Rohingya – Asia Sentinel
Calling for international action to end the genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority community, Asia Sentinel quotes Anna Roberts, Executive Director of Burma Campaign UK, saying that the British government has not changed its policy and is conducting business relations with Myanmar as if nothing has happened. Read Asia Sentinel article