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Media Release from The Karen Peace Support Network The Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN), welcomes the report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar, on the Myanmar military’s economic interests, published on 5th August 2019. The Fact…
Read More...As the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar today publishes a new report on Burmese military economic interests, Burma Campaign UK called on the British government to support their recommendation of sanctions on Burmese military companies. To date, the British…
Read More...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…
Read More...The Tatmadaw has acquired civilian aircraft made by European companies despite a tightening of the arms embargo in response to alleged atrocities in Rakhine State, reports Frontier Myanmar. The aircraft were produced by France’s Airbus and Italy’s Leonardo. Mark Farmaner,…
Read More...Media release from World Kachin Congress World Kachin Congress deplores unjust sentencing of Kachin civil society leaders, calls for sanctions against the real criminals – the Burma Army The World Kachin Congress strongly condemns the heinous sentencing of three Kachin…
Read More...By Mark Farmaner The EU is considering sanctioning garment workers but has rejected sanctions against Min Aung Hlaing When the United Nations Fact Finding Mission published its report into human rights violations in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan States, it was…
Read More...Statement from members and observers of the European Burma Network EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström must drop proposal to remove Burma trade privileges EU should sanction the military rather than remove EBA trade privileges Members of the European Burma Network…
Read More...Burma Campaign UK is today calling on the EU to reveal which EU members are providing training to the Burmese military, and publish details of that training. When EU members published their response to the Rohingya crisis, they claimed they…
Read More...Statement by the Kachin Women’s Association of Thailand We welcome the UNSC delegation’s historic visit to Burma from April 30 to May 1, 2018, which highlighted the large-scale displacement from northern Rakhine State, but we are disappointed that the UNSC…
Read More...Burma Campaign UK today described new restrictive measures announced by the EU in response to human rights violations in Burma as too little too late, and unlikely to have any significant impact on General Min Aung Hlaing or the government…
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