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Mark Farmaner, Burma Campaign UK’s Director, told RFI: “For the refugees in Bangladesh and the Rohingya still in Burma, there is no hope that the situation will improve and that they can go home. In fact, every day, more and more refugees try to flee Rakhine State. “We have seen the Arakan Army, a resistance …

New elections are planned by the Burmese military for the end of this year, reports Northeast Bylines, quoting Burma Campaign UK’s new briefing paper: ‘The Burmese Military’s ‘Elections’: New Date, New Danger, Same Sham.’ Zoya Phan, BCUK’s Programme Director, commented: “The Burmese military is so desperate for international legitimacy. This coming sham election is nothing …

Airbus has divested from AVIC, a Chinese aircraft and arms manufacturer which supplies the Burmese military with the jets they use to bomb schools, hospitals and homes. Justice for Myanmar and Blood Money Campaign groups including Burma Campaign UK have welcomed the withdrawal of investment. Thank you all for taking action on this. Too many …

Zoya Phan, Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director, spoke today at a protest at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to mark the 14th anniversary of resumed war in Kachinland. The Kachin community calls on the British government and the international community to do more to cut off the supply of money, arms, equipment and …

Our Programme Director Zoya Phan spoke at today’s launch of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission’s new report on Burma, “Unspeakable Tragedy”. She joined Tim Loughton, Dr. Sasa, Ben Rogers and Baroness Hodgson on the panel. Zoya said: “The international community and the British government must not repeat past mistakes on Burma, where they were …

“The military will never reform. And every time the international community bets on it, they lose.” Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK, doesn’t mince words in his podcast for Insight Myanmar. With decades of experience advocating for Myanmar, he shares why past strategies have failed — and what the world must do now to …