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Burma Campaign UK team with Andy Hall, a Human rights defender working for the rights of migrants in Thailand, including migrants from Burma. The Supreme Court of Thailand has finally dismissed a criminal defamation case against Andy Hall after almost 4 years. Read more on the campaign to drop the charges against Andy Hall.

Mark Farmaner, Director at Burma Campaign UK, commented on the New York Declaration to Radio Free Asia: “The declaration has welcome aspirations but no mechanisms for monitoring and implementation,” he told RFA. “There should be a binding convention on the rights and treatment of IDPs, with monitoring and public annual reports naming and shaming countries …

Burma Campaign UK’s Zoya Phan with students at Oxford International Relations Society after a discussion on human rights in Burma at Oxford University.

Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, joined calls for maintaining a tough line on human rights at the UN General Assembly. “Discontinuing the resolution will encourage the military to believe they can continue to commit human rights violations and block constitutional reform without any consequences,” he told The Myanmar Times. Read full article

This article in Myanmar Times quotes Zoya Phan, Campaigns Manager at Burma Campaign UK: “The US imposed sanctions in response to human rights violations, and they are still taking place,” Zoya Phan, a political activist from the Burma Campaign UK, told The Myanmar Times. “Lifting sanctions will just encourage the Myanmar military to think they …