Burma Campaign UK
As we approach the second anniversary of the Burmese military offensive against the Rohingya on 25th August 2017, in which thousands were killed and 700,000 fled to neighbouring Bangladesh, Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government, EU, USA and other governments to start implementing the recommendations on the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on …
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 government has not supported either the findings or the recommendations of the UN Fact-Finding Mission, …
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 heightening the vulnerability of over 6,000 displaced villagers in camps along the Shan State-Thai border, …
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 million people from ethnic groups now live in temporary camps in the country, or refugee …
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 Union, Tata, Toshiba and Facebook. The Belgian technology company Newtec, which is providing services to …
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 have signed a letter urging PM Theresa May and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt MP to …
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 and others in jail for political reasons. “The NLD-led government has the power to immediately …
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 Campaign UK today repeated its call for the British government to support referring Burma to …
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 refused to support a referral. It is now almost a year since the Burmese military …
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 before returning to Burma. A new briefing ‘Rohingya Citizenship. Now or Never?’ published today by …
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 of Burma. “These measures are barely even a slap on the wrist, let alone a …
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 of Myanmar General Min Aung Hlaing to the International Criminal Court. The United Nations has …
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 account.” We call on the British government to now take the next logical step and …
As EU Foreign Ministers meet Asian counterparts at the ASEM meeting in Burma’s capital, Naypyidaw, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament has published evidence submitted by Burma Campaign UK which details EU complicity in the current Rohingya Crisis. The submission details repeated decisions by the European Union and its member states not to …
Following their decision to take no action on the Rohingya Crisis when they met on October 16th, EU Foreign Ministers met again yesterday and discussed the crisis, and again decided not to do anything. “The worst human rights crisis in Burma in decades has been met by the weakest EU response in decades,” said Mark …
Following the failure of the UN Security Council to agree on a resolution on the Rohingya crisis in Burma, Burma Campaign UK today called on EU Foreign Ministers to act. EU Ministers meet and discuss the crisis on Monday 13th November. Burma Campaign UK is calling on the EU to back a UN mandated global …
Burma Campaign UK today condemned the European Union response to ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya as absolutely pathetic and effectively giving a green light for abuses to continue. The only practical measure agreed by EU Foreign Ministers meeting today was suspending invitations to senior military officers to visit the EU. “Only to suspend invitations to …
Burma Campaign UK today called on the Department for International Development (DFID), to step in and provide emergency funding to 9,000 people at risk from cuts in aid. International donors have cut aid to 9,000 displaced villagers from Shan and Karen States. They fled their farms and villages following attacks by the Burmese Army, and …
Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to resume its past leadership on Burma within the European Union, and push for practical steps from the European Union to pressure Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military, to halt his ethnic cleansing campaign against the Rohingya. Until 2012, the British government led the …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the decision by the British government to end training of the Burmese military, and called on the government to now work for a UN mandated global arms embargo against the military in Burma. Burma Campaign UK has been campaigning for the British government to end this training since it was …
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, has today described the military attacks against the Rohingya as a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing”. Since 25th August, more than 300,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh in the face of a military offensive by the Burmese Army. Rohingya sources estimate 5,000 or …
From the Office of Rushanara Ali MP 157 Parliamentarians have called on the Government to suspend and review its military training programme of the Burmese military in light of the recent escalation of violence towards Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Following attacks against government buildings on 25th of August by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation …
Burma Campaign UK today warned that Burma is undergoing its biggest human rights crisis in decades, which has in turn created a major humanitarian crisis. However, unlike in the past, there has been virtually no corresponding international response. In just two weeks: Official figures say hundreds have been killed by the military, reliable Rohingya sources …
Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to immediately halt training programmes being provided for free to the Burmese military. Last year the British government spent more than £300,000 training the Burmese military, 67 percent of the spending comes from the overseas development budget. The Burmese military is engaged in a new …