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The sole owner and director of UK-sanctioned, Singapore-registered Shoon Energy Pte Ltd (formerly Asia Sun Aviation), is the director of at least 10 companies in Myanmar, reports the Irrawaddy. Burma Campaign UK has welcomed new UK sanctions targeting companies supplying aviation fuel, arms and aircraft parts to the Myanmar military. “These sanctions are well targeted, …

Burma Campaign UK welcomed new UK sanctions targeting companies supplying aviation fuel, arms and aircraft parts to the Burmese military, reports Mizzima. The sanctions follow similar sanctions targeting aviation fuel announced by the USA. “These sanctions are well targeted, prioritising suppliers of aviation fuel and arms brokers, but a complete ban on British companies supplying …

Jet fuel for Myanmar’s armed forces has been targeted in the latest sanctions imposed by the United States on the military regime and crony businesses, reports Al Jazeera. The US imposed sanctions on two people and six entities connected to Myanmar’s military, who had enabled the regime’s continuing atrocities. These sanctions were the latest by …

BBC Burmese interviews Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK, about the recent private hearing on Myanmar affairs in the UN Security Council. “Yet another UN Security Council meeting on Myanmar,” Mark Farmaner told BBC Burmese. “The people of Myanmar are not even allowed to know what was being discussed about their own country. It …

Newly released figures have revealed that the British government has cut aid to around one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, most of them children, by a staggering 82%, reports Mizzima. Burma Campaign UK is calling on UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly to provide life-saving aid to Rohingya children by urgently reversing the cuts. Karin Valtersson, …

Unmarked UN boats were used to ferry junta officials to refugee camps in preparation for a pilot project that would repatriate about 1,000 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar, reports Radio Free Asia. The trip, a “public relations stunt”, created a “reputational risk” for all UN agencies and could jeopardize staff security. Karin Valtersson, Burma …