Burma Campaign UK
Joint statement: 46 human rights groups detail steps needed to ensure accountability for atrocity crimes Read the Joint Statement with signatories The international community must take urgent action to ensure accountability for atrocities in Myanmar, 46 organizations said today ahead of the four-year anniversary of the 1 February 2021 military coup. This year represents …
Burma Campaign UK is asking supporters to write to Airbus Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Faury, calling on him to deliver an ultimatum to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) that they stop arming the Burmese military, or Airbus will end all business relationships with the company. AVIC sold up to 8 new aircraft to …
Media Release from Burma Campaign UK and International Campaign for the Rohingya Google, Apple, YouTube (owned by Google), and LinkedIn (owned by Microsoft) are hosting Burmese military company Mytel Apps and channels, despite the company being sanctioned by the American government last week. Mytel may also be using technologies directly or indirectly supplied by Oracle, …
Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma’s democratically elected National League for Democracy, has today reached a total of 19 years in detention since 1989. She is currently under her fourth period of detention by the Burmese military, having most recently been arrested on 1st February 2021. Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a decision by the USA to sanction Mytel, a mobile telecoms company which is a joint venture between the Burmese military and Vietnamese telecoms company Viettel. The USA sanctioned Mytel without the usual public announcement and notifications on 6th January 2025. Details of the designation are available here. Viettel is …
Burma Campaign UK is urging UN Secretary General António Guterres to travel to Bangladesh to negotiate the opening of aid and trade routes into Rakhine State, Burma. In November the United Nations Development Programme warned of impending famine in Rakhine State. The aid and trade embargo imposed by the Burmese military on areas of Rakhine …