Aid to Burma News

Media Release from The Ethnic Health Committee (EHC) The EHC issues the following statement on the current health situation in ethnic areas of Burma. In the period before the coup d’état in Burma, the Ethnic Health Organizations, the main structures…

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed an announcement by the Australian Foreign Minister, Marise Payne, that is had finally suspended its training programme with the Burmese military. It is 35 days since the military coup. Australia has not provided an explanation…

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed news that the European Union has finally suspended its controversial ‘Mypol’ training programme, training and equipping the Myanmar Police Force. The police force took part in the genocide of the Rohingya and has helped implement…

Statement from the Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) The Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) condemns escalating artillery attacks by the Burma Army in Mutraw (Papun) and Kler Lwe Htoo (Nyaunglebin) districts of northern Karen State, which have displaced over 3,700…

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed notification from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) that it is bringing in new rules to prevent the Burmese military benefitting from investment in Burma by CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution. Burma…

Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to coordinate increased international support for Internally Displaced People (IDPs) and refugees from Burma. The entire country lacks the capacity to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, but the situation of refugees…

As the European Union (EU) approaches the renewal of the Common Position on Burma in April, members of the European Burma Network (EBN) are calling on the EU to strengthen its commitment to human rights in Burma. Mass atrocity crimes…

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed moves by Britain’s aid ministry, the Department for International Development (DFID), to prevent British aid reaching Burmese military companies. Burma Campaign UK has been lobbying DFID for more than a year to introduce a policy…

New report by the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) and Shan State Refugee Committee – Thai Border (SSRC-TB) A new report by SHRF and SSRC-TB exposes how security threats from the Burma Army and United Wa State Army (UWSA) are…

Mizzima reports on Burma Campaign UK’s call to the UK government to spend more on humanitarian aid to refugees and internally displaced people. The proportion of British aid spent on humanitarian aid, which helps refugees and internally displaced people, has…