Burma Campaign UK
Since the military coup, the EU and UK have announced they are considering targeted sanctions on the military, writes Burma Campaign UK’s Director in Labour Hub. Rohingya activists, Burma Campaign UK, the Labour Party and even UN investigators have been calling for this for years. The people of Myanmar are crying out for international support. …
Burma Campaign UK today calls on Facebook to immediately ban all Burmese military pages and the pages of military owned companies as “organized violence or criminal activity” under Facebook’s community standards. The Burmese military stand accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice and are being investigated for crimes against humanity by the International …
Korean Air, listed on the Burma Campaign UK ‘Dirty List’ for renting offices from the military owned Myawaddy Bank Luxury Complex, is to move its agent office to a new location. A supporter of Burma Campaign UK was informed of the move after writing to them following the military coup on 1st February 2021. Korean …
Burma’s internet has been cut overnight, hours after armoured vehicles rolled into several cities, prompting fears for the fate of protesters and warnings by diplomats that “the world is watching”. A statement put out by a group of ambassadors including the envoys from the EU, US, UK and Canada, said “We call on security forces …
Burma’s military government is detaining officials of the Union Election Commission (UEC) in night-time raids and asking them to provide evidence that November’s election was rigged, according to a senior member of the organisation. Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, told the Guardian he was aware of the detentions. “In the middle of the …
Burma Campaign UK today expressed alarm that a European Parliament Resolution on Myanmar included a call for suspending GSP trade privileges, known as Everything but Arms (EBA), and not a call for sanctioning military owned and controlled companies. Suspending EBA will put thousands of workers out of work, while at the same time European companies …