Honest Government Ad | Visit Myanmar! – the Juice Media
“The “Government” of Myanmar has made a tourism ad, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative!” says Australia’s Juice Media. Watch the new video in its Honest Government Ad series (contains bad language)
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UK imposes new sanctions on Myanmar military
The government today announced new sanctions against six entities involved either in providing aviation fuel to the Myanmar military or in the supply of restricted goods, including aircraft parts. It said: “UK action will help to constrain the Myanmar military’s ability to conduct airstrikes on civilians, which amount to gross human rights violations.”
Burma Campaign UK said: “New UK sanctions are welcome. However, the UK government is moving far too slowly and should also start to sanction Chinese and Vietnamese companies delivering jet fuel to those Burmese companies.”
Burma Campaign UK meet Andrew Mitchell
Burma Campaign UK’s Director Mark Farmaner and Programme Director Zoya Phan held a very productive meeting today with the UK’s Shadow Foreign Secretary, Andrew Mitchell MP. Zoya Phan said “Thank you for your long standing support for Burma. Really appreciate it.”
Burma’s forgotten nightmare – North East Bylines
“In response to growing resistance, the military has unleashed its full force against the population”, says Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director, Zoya Phan, in an interview quoted by North East Bylines. [But] “The people of Burma will not give up. That’s why it’s more important than ever for the international community to support us.
“Governments must also increase humanitarian aid to the people of Burma. Incredibly, the UK and the European Union (EU) have cut aid to Burma by 70 per cent since the coup, despite the huge increase in need.”
House of Lords debates Bangladesh and aid for Rohingya
Thank you to Baroness Nye and Lord David Alton for raising the dire situation for Rohingya in the refugee camps in Bangladesh in Parliament, and pressing the new Labour government to reverse damaging aid cuts.
A new opportunity to revive the British government response to the crisis in Burma
With a new government, we now have a new opportunity to revive the British government response to the crisis in Burma.
The scale of the crisis in Burma is enormous. The scale of the British government response has reduced to small measures at a snail’s pace.
The British government must:
- Sanction Burmese and international companies involved in supplying jet fuel to the military.
- Stop the flow of money to the military that they receive from state-owned banks.
- Triple UK aid to Burma.
- Work with local civil society to get aid to people in areas outside of Burmese military control.
- Expel the Burmese military attaché from the UK. The Burmese military are not welcome in the UK.
Please email British Foreign Secretary David Lammy now.
Burma Campaign UK at Vale Earth Fair
Burma Campaign UK’s Campaigns Officer, Karin Valtersson, was at Vale Earth Fair in Guernsey this weekend with her daughter, doing hand and face paintings for the festival goers. Vale Earth donates any profits to organisations like Burma Campaign UK and we are so grateful for all the support.
Zoya Phan interviewed by VOA Burmese
Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director, Zoya Phan, and the Myanmar analyst Tin Htar Swe, took part in a discussion about the Labour Party winning the UK election with VOA Burmese, the Voice of America radio network broadcasting in Burmese.
Zoya Phan interviewed by Civicus
“For the first time, it looks possible the military junta can be defeated by people power,” says Zoya Phan, Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director, in an interview with Civicus, the global alliance of civil society organisations and activists.
“International donors and UN agencies are far too slow to wake up to the reality that the military is losing control and the only way to reach millions of vulnerable people is to work with local civil society and local administrations run by ethnic revolutionary organisations. It’s not acceptable to continue to operate out of military-controlled Rangoon and allow the Burmese military to dictate who can and cannot receive international aid.
“We will not give up. We will continue to fight until we have real peace, democracy and human rights in our country”, Zoya told Civicus. “The prospect of finally defeating the military gives us hope despite the suffering.”
Karen Rivers Watch quotes Zoya Phan
“Climate change has the potential to cause as much damage to Kawthoolei and Burma as the Burmese military have”, says Zoya Phan, Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director, on a campaign poster by Karen Rivers Watch. “Authoritarian rule in Burma means we ae decades behind in preparing for the impacts of climate change in our country.”
