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Archives for 2017

Min Aung Hlaing tells Pope ‘no religious discrimination’ – CNN

November 28, 2017

CNN reports that after meeting Pope Francis during his visit to Burma, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said all faiths in the country are able to worship freely. Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, is quoted: “Min Aung Hlaing is the biggest obstacle to improving human rights, democratic reform, peace, modernization, and improving health …

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Urgent appeal for charges to be dropped against nine Ho Pong farmers unjustly arrested four months ago

November 28, 2017

Urgent appeal by the Shan Human Rights Foundation The Shan Human Rights Foundation is calling urgently for charges to be dropped against nine farmers, including a 12-year-old boy, from Ho Pong, southern Shan State, who were unjustly arrested by the Burma Army between July 15 and August 4, 2017, on suspicion of links to a …

Read moreUrgent appeal for charges to be dropped against nine Ho Pong farmers unjustly arrested four months ago

Pope Francis faces diplomatic challenges with visit – VOA News

November 25, 2017

Pope Francis visits Burma and Bangladesh next week amid international outrage over what the US describes as the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslim minority, reports the Voice of America. In an interview with VOA News, Mark Farmaner, Burma Campaign UK’s director, explains: “If he uses the word Rohingya, some of the Buddhist nationalists might …

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Deal For Rohingya refugees to return not enough – BuzzFeed News

November 23, 2017

Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, criticised the deal between Burma and Bangladesh to repatriate Rohingya refugees who have filled out their personal details on forms. He described the deal as a way of “buying time”, since sluggish bureaucracy in both countries means that it could take years to cross-check refugees’ identities. “When people …

Read moreDeal For Rohingya refugees to return not enough – BuzzFeed News

Detailing EU Complicity In Rohingya Crisis – Parliament Publishes Burma Campaign UK Evidence

November 20, 2017

As EU Foreign Ministers meet Asian counterparts at the ASEM meeting in Burma’s capital, Naypyidaw, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament has published evidence submitted by Burma Campaign UK which details EU complicity in the current Rohingya Crisis. The submission details repeated decisions by the European Union and its member states not to …

Read moreDetailing EU Complicity In Rohingya Crisis – Parliament Publishes Burma Campaign UK Evidence

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 the deteriorating human rights situation in Myanmar We, the undersigned human rights organisations, strongly support calls for a UN Human Rights Council special session on …

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