Burma Campaign UK
Zoya Phan, Programme Director of Burma Campaign UK, spoke at an ODI event today on humanitarianism and human rights in Syria and Myanmar. She discussed the need for more humanitarian aid in Burma and more international pressure on the Burmese military. Zoya said that four years since the military coup (and much longer for ethnic …
The fall of Assad has fortified the revolution in Myanmar. Territory continues to be liberated as the military junta’s collapse is increasingly inevitable. While Syria demonstrated the fragility of Assad’s regime, when will the tipping point come in Myanmar? Join the ODI (Overseas Development Institute) on 30 January in London or online to explore how …
Internet and communications technology giants such as Apple, Google, LinkedIn and YouTube have been warned they are hosting apps and channels run by blacklisted Myanmar mobile phone network operator MyTel, reports Yahoo!News. The company, which is jointly owned by the Myanmar military and Vietnamese telecommunications provider Viettel, was accused by Burma Campaign UK and the …
Aung San Suu Kyi, the democratically elected leader of Myanmar, has reached a total of 19 years detention since 1989 and is currently being detained by the military for the fourth time, says Ayeyarwaddy Times quoting Burma Campaign UK. “The Myanmar military imprisoning Aung San Suu Kyi for a total of 19 years shows that …
Aung San Suu Kyi has spent a total of 19 years in detention since 1989, says the Irrawaddy quoting Burma Campaign UK. The 79-year-old is in her fourth period of detention since 1989 and was detained during the February 1, 2021, coup. She is reportedly in solitary confinement in prison. “The Burmese military detaining Aung …
Burma Campaign UK and the International Campaign for the Rohingya (ICR) have called on US tech companies to remove Mytel, the military-owned telecoms operator, from their platforms, reports the Democratic Voice of Burma. Apple, Google, YouTube, and LinkedIn still host Mytel channels and smartphone applications via their online services and app stores despite the US government …