Burma Campaign UK
The British government has announced “shocking” cuts to its aid in support of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, reports Dhaka Tribune. “Even in a climate where aid cuts were expected due to the government’s broken promise of delivering 0.7% of GNI in aid, this is still shocking,” said Karin Valtersson, campaigns officer at Burma Campaign UK. …
Burma Campaign UK is calling on the British government to reverse cuts in international aid, and to protect the aid budget for Burma in light of the military coup and growing humanitarian crisis in the country. No announcement has yet been made on expected cuts in the Burma aid budget. The 2020-2021 aid budget for …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed an announcement by the British government that they are imposing sanctions on Myanmar Gems Enterprise (MGE). MGE manages the gemstones industry in Burma, which will be a significant source of revenue for the military now that it has seized control of government ministries. MGE is a state-owned enterprise under the …
Timber and gems exports from Burma are worth billions of dollars a year, and now that the military have seized government departments at gunpoint, that money will be going to the military. This money will help pay for the bullets fired at protestors and the bombs being dropped on ethnic civilians. Please email EU governments …
Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) and the international community must put justice for atrocity crimes at the centre of all efforts to restore democracy following the military coup, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) said. In a new briefing released today, BROUK sets out the paths available to …
Media Release from The Ethnic Health Committee (EHC) The EHC issues the following statement on the current health situation in ethnic areas of Burma. In the period before the coup d’état in Burma, the Ethnic Health Organizations, the main structures responsible for public health and health care in Burma’s Ethnic administrative areas, responded quickly to …