British policy on Burma News

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…

Burma Campaign UK today publishes its new ‘Dirty List’ of international companies linked to the military in Burma, or companies whose operations are linked to human rights violations or environmental destruction. Companies named and shamed on the list include Western…

Media Release From The Office of Rushanara Ali MP MPs call for Myanmar Military referral to International Criminal Court Following the UN fact finding mission, over 160 Parliamentarians call for justice over the Rohingya crisis. Over 160 Parliamentarians across parties…

Burma Campaign UK today condemned the sentencing of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, and urged Aung San Suu Kyi to release them today, and to repeal all repressive laws, which are being used to keep journalists, human rights activists…

Following the release of an interim report by the United Nations Fact Finding Mission calling for Min Aung Hlaing and other senior generals to be investigated and prosecuted for the crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, Burma…

Burma Campaign UK today called on British Prime Minister Theresa May to support the referral of Burma to the International Criminal Court. To date, the British Foreign Office, which claims to be leading the international response to the crisis, has…

The denial of citizenship to the Rohingya people is one of the foundation stones which underpins prejudice and violence against the Rohingya. Their right of citizenship is one of the top demands of Rohingya, including a key condition for refugees…

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…

  Ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 26 February, 102 Parliamentarians across parties have signed a letter urging the Foreign Secretary to publicly support and campaign for his EU counterparts to back a UN Security Council referral…

Burma Campaign UK welcomes a statement by Foreign Office Minister Mark Field MP today in which he said: “We are determined that those who have committed human rights violations including crimes of sexual violence against the Rohingya are held to…