Burma Campaign UK
Joint Statement August 25, 2025, marks eight years since the Myanmar military and authorities launched widespread atrocities against the Rohingya population in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Starting in August 2017, Myanmar security forces razed several hundred Rohingya villages and killed Rohingya women, men, and children throughout northern Rakhine State, forcing at least 700,000 to flee to …
JOINT PUBLIC STATEMENT The undersigned organizations are gravely concerned over reports of an increasing number of deaths in custody in Myanmar, especially in the last four and a half years that has seen an unprecedented erosion of respect for and the protection of human rights. Since the 2021 military coup, over 1,800 people have reportedly …
Joint Statement: ASEAN’s Denouncement of the Junta’s Sham Election and Admission of Timor-Leste Are Principled, Critical Steps Forward On 11 July 2025, ASEAN announced its position that the Myanmar military junta’s so-called election “is not a priority” and “will not solve any problems, but instead will worsen conditions.” We—the undersigned 237 Myanmar, regional, and international …
Burma Campaign UK today publishes a new briefing paper, ‘The Burmese Military’s ‘Elections’: New Date, New Danger, Same Sham.’ The briefing paper is available here. The Burmese military are planning new elections at the end of 2025. They will clearly be a total sham and mostly rejected internationally and domestically. The Burmese military know this …
Zoya Phan, Programme Director at Burma Campaign UK, spoke at the launch of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission’s new report on Burma, “Unspeakable Tragedy”, in the UK Parliament, 4 June 2025. I would like to thank the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission for inviting me today and for a timely and important report on …