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Responding to a decision by the UN Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution on Myanmar that for the first time calls on UN member states to refrain from the export, sale or transfer of jet fuel to the Myanmar military, the author of Amnesty International’s 2022 report “Deadly Cargo” said: “This resolution is a …

Stars of Myanmar Friendship, supported by Burma Campaign UK, held a protest today outside the British Foreign Office, calling for faster implementation of targeted sanctions against the Myanmar military. The British government has still not sanctioned key sectors of support to the Myanmar military, including jet fuel, the gas industry and state banks. Members of …

Nant Zoya Phan, Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director, talked to Burma News Network about the seminar “Towards a democratic Myanmar and its impact on security along the Thai border”, held on March 2-3 in the Thai Parliament, Bangkok, over the Burmese junta’s objection. “It was emphasized that cross-border assistance is needed for war refugees” said …

The House of Lords in the UK Parliament today held a short debate on Myanmar, secured by Lord Nigel Crisp. The Lords assessed the role the UK could play in supporting health care workers and the reconstruction of the health system in Myanmar. Watch debate on Parliament Live (16.00 – 17.00 pm)

Marking three years of the military junta’s failed coup, Burma Campaign UK has joined 461 organisations calling urgently for swift UN Security Council action against the military junta to end its war of terror and protect civilians in Myanmar.

Today in the House of Lords, UK Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron was pushed on calling a UN Security Council meeting on Burma’s non-implementation of provisional measures set out by the International Court of Justice, to halt the Rohingya genocide. Burma Campaign UK has been campaigning for this, and it is great to see the pressure …