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The annual British aid budget for Burma is almost £90 million a year, but not enough of it is reaching people from ethnic minorities who have fled attacks by the Burmese military. In eastern Burma, around a quarter of a…

Newtec is a satellite communications company which is working for Mytel, a mobile phone company in Burma part-owned by the Burmese military. United Nations investigators documented how the Burmese military slaughtered Rohingya civilians, throwing babies alive into burning homes and…

Open letter sent by 19 INGOs welcome the initiative to review UN operations in Myanmar and call on UN Secretary General to ensure the review to be open, transparent and its findings and recommendations made public. Read the letter here.

Statement by members of the European Burma Network As the European Union approaches the renewal of the Common Position on Burma in April, and as discussions continue within the European Union regarding its response to the Rohingya crisis, members of…

Burma Campaign UK today joined the Karen Peace Support Network and the International Development Committee of the British Parliament in calling on the British government to review support for Burma’s peace process. It is now almost eight years since the…

Press Release from Freedom of Expression Activist Organization and Progressive Voice Second anniversary of the defamation charges brought against Ko Swe Win [Yangon, 7 March 2019] Myanmar authorities must drop the case against Ko Swe Win and take concrete steps to repeal…

 JOINT STATEMENT FRANCE: ENSURE UN SECURITY COUNCIL REFERS THE SITUATION IN BURMA/MYANMAR TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT 84 Rohingya, Kachin and Karen Groups worldwide call on the French government to ensure UN Security Council refer the situation in Burma/Myanmar to…

Burma Campaign UK today called on Western Union to stop doing business with the military in Burma. Western Union is one of the world’s biggest money transfer companies. They have more than half a million agents around the world where…

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed news from Visa that it has ended its promotion of the military-owned Okkala Golf Resort in Burma. Visa in Singapore had hired golf promotions company ‘Green Golf’ for a tailored golf promotion scheme for visa…

Burma Campaign UK today called on the European Union to stop training Burma’s military-controlled police force. On Tuesday 12th February the military-controlled Burmese police force opened fire on protesters with rubber bullets and tear gas, injuring more than 20 people….