Burma Campaign UK
Open Letter to the European Union and EU Member States European Call for Reinforcement of Myanmar Pro-Democratic Development Dear President von der Leyen, Dear HR/VP Borrell, Dear President Michel, Dear President Metsola, On the occasion of the second anniversary of the coup d’état in Myanmar, we, the undersigned Myanmar diaspora organizations and organizations based in …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed new UK sanctions targeting suppliers of aviation fuel to the Burmese military. Limiting the ability of the Burmese military to carry out airstrikes is one of the single most effective steps the international community can do to address the human rights and humanitarian crisis in Burma. The British government today …
Burma Campaign UK today launches a new campaign to persuade the UK and other countries to impose sanctions to try to stop aviation fuel reaching the Burmese military. This past weekend, airstrikes in Karen and Kachin State killed three people and injured several more. The huge increase in the use of air power by the …
Raise alarm at her misinterpretation that the “military are in control” 247 civil society organizations reject UN Special Envoy, Dr Noeleen Heyzer’s proposal that those defying the military must negotiate a power sharing as a solution to the current political, human rights and humanitarian crisis created by the terrorist military junta. In an interview with …
Statement by European Karen Network The European Karen Network, representing thousands of Karen people in Europe forced to flee their homeland because of repression and attacks by the Burmese military, rejects any talk of power sharing with the Burmese military. We are alarmed that in an interview with Channel News Asia, the UN Special Envoy …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed new sanctions announced by the British government, which target three more members of the military. Canada and the USA are also applying these new sanctions. The announcement is available here. The new sanctions have been announced on the eve of the first anniversary of the attempted coup. In the past …
We, the undersigned 286 organizations stress the need, at an absolute minimum, to convene an open meeting of the UN Security Council to address the deteriorating humanitarian situation and urgent civilian protection concerns in Myanmar as a matter of extreme urgency. As we approach one year since the attempted coup on 1 February, all UN …
Joint Statement by the Civil Society Organizations of Myanmar and Cambodia Condemning Hun Sen’s Support of the Myanmar Military Junta We, the undersigned civil society organizations of Myanmar and Cambodia, strongly condemn Hun Sen for supporting the criminal military junta in Myanmar and demand an urgent coordinated international response to immediately halt the junta’s campaign …
Eleven months on from the military coup, Burma Campaign UK is calling on US President Biden and French President Macron to stop blocking sanctions to stop gas revenue going to the military. “It is astonishing that 11 months after the coup, American and French companies are still providing hundreds of millions of dollars to the …
Joint Statement by 59 Civil Society Organizations On December 24, 2021, Light Infantry Battalion 108 under the command of Light Infantry Division 66 of the terrorist military junta which is trying to seize power illegally, launched an offensive clearance operation near Moso Village in the western part of Hpruso Township in Karenni State, and arrested …
Statement by International Karen Organisation The International Karen Organisation today called for the urgent implementation of new targeted strategic sanctions on the Burmese military in response to escalating attacks against civilians in Karen State. Simultaneous attacks by the Burmese military are taking place in different parts of Karen State, in Sagaing Region, Kachin State, Chin …
Women’s Peace Network, Women’s League of Burma, Women Alliance Burma issue Joint letter to the United Nations Security Council endorsed by over 600 human rights and women’s rights organizations from across the world: Dear Members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, We, the undersigned women’s rights and human rights organizations, call upon the UN …
660 letters from Burma Campaign UK supporters were sent to Liz Truss MP today, calling on the British Foreign Secretary to announce that the British government will join the Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice. The Gambia has brought a case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Burma is in …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed new targeted sanctions on the Burmese military announced by the UK, USA and Canada. The new sanctions announced today are: The Quarter Master General’s Office The Directorate for Defence Industries The Directorate for Defence Procurement The Myanmar War Veterans Organisation The Myanmar War Veterans Organisation acts as a reserve for …
As Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba visits the UK asking for support against the threat of invasion by the Russian dictatorship, Burma Campaign UK today accused him of hypocrisy for continuing to arm and equip the genocidal Burmese military. Dmytro Kuleba claims Ukraine is a bastion of support for human rights and democracy at the …
Burma Campaign UK today called on European Union member states to urgently impose a new round of targeted economic sanctions on the Burmese military, and to agree to impose regular new rounds of sanctions from now on. It is now five months since the European Union brought in any new sanctions against the Burmese military. …
Joint letter from 259 organisations calling on INTERPOL to immediately ban the Myanmar military junta from representing Myanmar as a member of INTERPOL: 22 November 2021 To: Kim Jong Yang, INTERPOL President; Jürgen Stock, INTERPOL General Secretary; the INTERPOL Executive Committee and INTERPOL Member Countries Subject: Call on INTERPOL to ban the illegal junta from …
Burma Campaign UK today called on the UK, US and EU to urgently implement further economic sanctions and take other steps, following the failure of the UN Security Council to agree effective action or even refer to the situation in North-Western Burma in a statement yesterday. The statement is available here. Burma Campaign UK and …
We, the undersigned 521 Myanmar, regional and international civil society organizations, call on the UN Security Council to urgently convene a meeting on the escalating attacks in Chin State, and address the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian, human rights and political crisis in Myanmar. We call for the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution to consolidate …
Jaguar/Land Rover are not a suitable partner for the COP26 climate change conference because their owner, Tata, supplies vehicles to the genocidal Burmese military. The UK Presidency of COP26 has made Jaguar Land Rover an official partner of the conference: https://ukcop26.org/uk-presidency/partnerships-and-support/ Tata, which also owns Tetley Tea, have supplied troop carriers and military staff cars …
We undersigned Rohingya community organisations today joined forces in calling on members of the United Nations Security Council not to repeat the mistakes it made in failing to act on warnings of an impending military offensive against the Rohingya in 2017. The Burmese military has been carrying out an increased number of indiscriminate attacks against …
Media Release from Chin Human Rights Organization CHRO reiterates the need for urgent action by the U.N. Security Council to convene an emergency meeting to address the situation in Chin State, Myanmar. This afternoon, the Tatmadaw began launching incendiary rockets into Thantlang town. Lt. Col. Thaung Hlaing, as the Chief Military Commander has ordered this …
The British Foreign Office is ‘in discussion’ with UN Security Council members regarding the escalating crisis in North-Western Burma, according to a Foreign Office Minister today. Amanda Milling MP, Minister of State for Asia, made the statement in answer to written questions in the British Parliament today. “We are very pleased to see this kind …
Since the military February 1, 2021, coup the junta has been brutally cracking down, arbitrary detaining thousands, relentlessly torturing, and ruthlessly killing civilians against an illegitimate coup attempt. Most of the political prisoners are mentally and physically tortured, and do not even have access to a fair trial. The military junta released some political detainees …