Burma Campaign UK
The Burmese military has exploited a large network of business ties to fund “brutal operations against ethnic groups”, a United Nations fact-finding mission said in its latest report. It calls on the international community to sever all ties with the military and impose financial sanctions, an arms embargo and a consumer boycott. Mark Farmaner, director …
Burma Campaign UK today slammed American web services company Cloudflare as ‘complete hypocrites’ for terminating its services for the 8chan website, used by terrorist white nationalists involved in mass shootings in America and elsewhere, whilst still working for Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military. United Nations investigators have said Min Aung Hlaing …
As the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar today publishes a new report on Burmese military economic interests, Burma Campaign UK called on the British government to support their recommendation of sanctions on Burmese military companies. To date, the British government has not supported either the findings or the recommendations of the UN Fact-Finding Mission, …
The US State Department announced that it has barred several senior Burmese military officials from entering the United States, over a lack of accountability for atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims. Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, said the ban would have little effect and more needed to be done to hold those guilty of …
The United States has issued sanctions to Min Aung Hlaing and three more top military leaders over what it called “gross human rights violations” during the “ethnic cleansing” of the Rohingya Muslim minority. The leaders and their immediate families are barred from entry into the US, reports the New Mexico-based public broadcasting service KRWG. “It …
The United States has imposed sanctions on Min Aung Hlaing and three of Burma’s highest-ranking generals for their roles in the atrocities carried out against Rohingya Muslims since 2017. The four generals and their immediate family members will be barred from entering the US. Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, said the travel ban …