Burma Campaign UK
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a commitment by Japan to stop selling arms and military equipment to the Burmese military. In the statement by G7 Foreign Ministers on 5th May, Japan signed on to the following language: “…we commit to continuing to prevent the supply, sale or transfer of all weapons, munitions, and other military-related …
Over 200 nongovernmental organizations from around the world are calling on the United Nations Security Council to immediately impose a global arms embargo on Myanmar to pressure the junta to stop killing unarmed protesters and end human rights abuses against those opposing military rule. Download the statement here. Global Civil Society Statement on Myanmar We, …
Wai Hnin Pwint Thon, campaigns officer at Burma Campaign UK, and the daughter of a man serving a 65-year jail sentence in Myanmar for his part in the 2007 protests, gave France 24 her take on the current situation. Wai Hnin says negotiations will have to happen but that talking with the Myanmar military is …
100 MPs from 9 political parties in the British Parliament have come together to support a Parliamentary Motion condemning the military coup in Burma. They are calling for stronger action by the British government, including building an arms embargo coalition and joining the Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice. Early Day Motion …
Statement by 41 Karen community organisations worldwide For decades the Royal Thai government has hosted ethnic Karen refugees and other refugees from Burma and we are grateful for the sanctuary we have been given in the past. Now, once again, our fellow Karen are fleeing attacks by the Burmese military. More than 20,000 people have …
Wednesday 21st April is Blue Shirt Day for political prisoners. It’s the anniversary of the death of U Win Tin, a leader of the democracy movement who famously kept wearing his prison blue shirt after being released from prison, saying he would only stop wearing it when all political prisoners are free. Every year human …