Bangladesh Keeps Border Shut for Myanmar Rohingyas
Burma Campaign UK director Mark Farmaner said that Bangladesh is “effectively sentencing Rohingya to death” by refusing them entry.
“They are fleeing violations of international law and Bangladesh has a responsibility to help. The international community should be pressuring Bangladesh to open its borders and accept international aid being offered to help Rohingya refugees,” Farmaner told VOA.
Myanmar wants ethnic cleansing of Rohingya – UN official
Myanmar is seeking the ethnic cleansing of the Muslim Rohingya minority from its territory, a senior UN official has told the BBC.
Armed forces have been killing Rohingya in Rakhine state, forcing many to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh, says John McKissick of the UN refugee agency.
Burma Campaign UK delivers Rohingya petition to Burmese Embassy London
Burma Campaign UK today delivered 3164 signatures on a petition calling on the NLD-led government in Burma to take four key steps to start to address the Rohingya crisis in Burma.
Burma Campaign UK team meet Burma student leaders
Burma Campaign UK team with student leaders from All Burma Federation Of Student Unions. Thank you to Moe Htet Nay, Min Thawe Thit, Honey Oo and Thiha Win Tin for visiting us and sharing your campaigning work with us.
Foreign Office answers written question on Rohingya
In answer to Lord Alton’s question on the upsurge in violence against Rohingya Muslims by the Burmese military, Baroness Anelay said: We condemn the attacks on 9 October in northern Rakhine and the killing of nine Burmese Border Guard policemen.
Burma Campaign UK meets MP from Burma at British Parliament
BCUK at the British Parliament in a meeting with MP from Burma Susanna Hla Hla Soe and the Rt Hon John Bercow MP, Speaker of the House of Commons.
Muslim civilians ‘killed by Burmese army’ – BBC News
BBC News reports that pressure is growing on Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi to investigate claims that the Burmese army has been abusing Muslim civilians. Four weeks ago militants from the Rohingya Muslim minority killed nine policemen. Since then the army has shut down the area, and reports have followed of extra-judicial killings and the rape of Rohingya women.
Burma Campaign team meet Andy Hall
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.
New UN effort to protect refugees doesn’t help internally displaced persons
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 which don’t comply, including those who haven’t signed the convention,” Farmaner said.
Zoya Phan speaks at Oxford International Relations Society
Burma Campaign UK’s Zoya Phan with students at Oxford International Relations Society after a discussion on human rights in Burma at Oxford University.
