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The British Foreign Office is ‘in discussion’ with UN Security Council members regarding the escalating crisis in North-Western Burma, according to a Foreign Office Minister today. Amanda Milling MP, Minister of State for Asia, made the statement in answer to…

The Myanmar regime will not be invited to attend the upcoming G7-ASEAN foreign ministers meeting in person, the UK has said. The UK is serving as the G7’s host nation this year, reports the Irrawaddy. Anna Roberts, executive director of…

Norwegian telecoms firm Telenor is set to pull out of Burma over demands it run software that would allow the army to eavesdrop on private communications. The Lebanese investment firm M1 will likely step in to fill the gap, reports…

Since the military February 1, 2021, coup the junta has been brutally cracking down, arbitrary detaining thousands, relentlessly torturing, and ruthlessly killing civilians against an illegitimate coup attempt. Most of the political prisoners are mentally and physically tortured, and do…

Burma Campaign UK today called on the UN Security Council to urgently convene a meeting on the escalating military attacks and troop build-up in Chin State, Sagaing Region and Magwe, North-Western Burma. As penholder on Burma at the UN Security…

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a statement from the British government that the Burmese military will not be invited to attend the G7 ASEAN meeting of foreign ministers in person. In an answer to a question in Parliament asked by…

The undersigned organisations raise serious concerns about violations of freedom of religion or belief in Burma/Myanmar, which have increased significantly since the military illegally seized power on 1 February 2021. We call on United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to personally…

20 companies from 15 countries have been added to the ‘Dirty List’. The total number of companies on the ‘Dirty List’ is now 102. Total, Chevron, Keurig/Dr Pepper, Lloyds Register, Hilton, GAIL and Kogas are among 20 companies added to…

Burma Campaign UK is calling on the government of Greece to enforce European Union sanctions on Burmese military companies. Greek shipping company Conbulk Ship Management has repeatedly been using the military owned Hteedan port in Yangon, despite its owners, Myanmar…

More than 52,000 people have signed a petition to Nick Clegg, the Facebook Vice-President of Global Affairs, calling on him to take down the Facebook pages of Burmese military companies. United Nations investigators have detailed how these military owned companies…