Burma Campaign UK
Burma Campaign UK today condemned the British government’s decision to cut aid to Burma (Myanmar) from £66 million to £55 million in the current financial year, with the cut continuing until 2029 at least. Yesterday, with no published media release or social media posts, hours before Parliament’s summer recess and with news dominated by England’s …
A debate on British government support for human rights in Burma was held in the British Parliament yesterday (10th June 2026). During the debate, MPs from across political parties united in calling for stronger action by the British government, including new sanctions against the Burmese military, action on justice and accountability, and ensuring aid is …
As the UK today convenes a meeting on the crisis in Burma at the United Nations Security Council, Burma Campaign UK called on the British government to change its approach with a stronger focus on human rights, and a focus on how the Burmese military is violating numerous UN Security Council Resolutions. The UK is …
Burma Campaign UK today condemned UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood as exceptionally cruel and shortsighted in banning people from Burma from obtaining student visas. “The opportunity to come to the UK to study is life-changing for the individual student but also an investment in the future of Myanmar, as people will use new skills to …
Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to impose sanctions on the Arakha Army in response to the numerous human rights abuses, including violations of international law, which they are committing. Burma Campaign UK is also calling on the British government to do more to support international justice and accountability avenues to hold …
On Sunday 1st February 2026, it will be five years since the latest military coup in Burma. It will also be 460 days since the British government took any action to try to reduce the flow of arms, equipment and money to the Burmese military. The coup has plunged Burma into a human rights and …
Burma Campaign UK has today published a new briefing paper, ‘Beyond the ‘Ballot’: The crisis in Burma and what the British Government should do about it’. The Briefing paper is available here. The briefing paper describes the UK as having gone from leaders to laggards in taking action to help promote human rights and democracy …
Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to resume imposing regular sanctions to cut revenue, arms and equipment to the Burmese military. It is almost a year since the British government imposed any new sanctions on the Burmese military. The last sanctions targeting the Burmese military were on 29th October 2024. Following the …
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s decision to reduce UK aid from 0.5% of Gross National Income (GNI) to 0.3% is indefensible and will cost lives, Burma Campaign UK said today. Aid cuts from 0.7% of GNI to 0.5% by the former Conservative government contributed to a 73% cut in aid to Burma and to Rohingya …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a decision by the USA to sanction Mytel, a mobile telecoms company which is a joint venture between the Burmese military and Vietnamese telecoms company Viettel. The USA sanctioned Mytel without the usual public announcement and notifications on 6th January 2025. Details of the designation are available here. Viettel is …
Joint Statement by 240 Myanmar and International Organizations call for coordinated sanctions on the Myanma Economic Bank and Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise Since it launched a coup attempt on 1 February 2021, the Myanmar military junta has killed over 5,000 civilians and over 3 million people have been displaced by conflict and junta human …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed new British government sanctions on two state-owned military controlled entities, Mining Enterprise 1 and Mining Enterprise 2. The military receives revenue from gems, metals, minerals, and rare earths through these two enterprises. Burma Campaign UK has been calling on the British government to sanction these entities since 2021. The British …
On the third anniversary of the latest military coup by the Burmese military, Burma Campaign UK repeats its call for urgent action to sanction sources of aviation fuel reaching Burma. The mass use of indiscriminate airstrikes by the Burmese military has contributed to more than two and a half million people being forced to flee …
As the third anniversary approaches of the Burmese military launching its attempted coup, Burma Campaign UK called on British Foreign Secretary David Cameron to do more to cut off sources of revenue to the Burmese military. The British government is falling far behind allies such as Canada, USA and EU in sanctioning some of the …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed new UK sanctions targeting three individuals involved in the Shwe Kokko project in Karen State, Burma. Zhijiang She, Oo Saw Min Min and Saw Chit Thu have been sanctioned for human trafficking, forced labour and human rights violations. Burma Campaign UK has been documenting human rights violations by soldiers under …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed news that the British government has filed its intervention in the Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice. The UK government filed a joint declaration of intervention in the case with Canada, Denmark, France, Germany and the Netherlands. The British government finally announced its intention to intervene in …
Burma Campaign UK is today asking our supporters to write to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt ahead of the Autumn Statement on 22 November, to urge him to reinstate UK aid spend to previous levels. The aid budget was cut from 0.7% to 0.5% of national income in 2020 under then Chancellor Rishi Sunak. We are asking …
Burma Campaign UK has written to Foreign Secretary James Cleverly calling on him to step up implementation of British foreign policy on Burma. “The British government has good policies towards Burma on cutting revenue, arms and equipment to the Burmese military, but the problem is, they are not implementing them fast enough,” said Anna Roberts, …
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak did not even raise Indian arms sales to the Burmese military when he met Prime Minister Modi at the G20 summit earlier this month, a response to a question in Parliament has revealed. It is the official foreign policy of the British government to advocate for an end to arms …
In what looks like a continuing downward trend of UK aid to Rohingya refugees, the UK government has recently announced only £3 million in humanitarian support to Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh. The total aid to Rohingya refugees halfway through this financial year is £16.9 million, which represents an 85% cut since 2019-2020. …
Open letter endorsed by 149 human rights organizations to all G20 leadership on the need to pressure Prime Minister Narenda Modi to allow full humanitarian access to refugees along the India-Burma border and stop arming the Burmese military ahead of the G20 summit. Your Excellencies, We, the undersigned 149 organizations are shocked, horrified, and appalled by …
As world leaders gather for the G20 summit in New Delhi this weekend, Burma Campaign UK is calling on G20 members to put pressure on Prime Minister Modi over India arming, financing, and providing diplomatic support for the Myanmar/Burmese military. A report earlier this year by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation in …
Burma Campaign UK today applauded the Biden Administration for finally making a determination that allows sanctions to be imposed on any foreign individual or entity that operates in the jet fuel sector of the Burmese economy. The US Treasury states that: “For the purposes of the determination of August 23, 2023 made pursuant to E.O. …
British aid to Burma has been cut by 51% this financial year, and by 70% since the financial year 2020-2021, according to newly published Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office accounts. This comes during a time when Burma is suffering its worst human rights and humanitarian crisis ever, after the attempted military coup on 1 February …