Crisis in Eastern Burma News

Press release by Shan community groups Shan community groups launched today a new video, The Four Cuts, documenting atrocities committed by the Burma Army during past “clearance operations” in Shan State.  On December 11, 2019, State Counsellor Aung San Suu…

Burma Campaign UK today publishes a new Briefing Paper, ‘The Boycott List’, listing products and brands produced by Burmese military-owned companies. 149 products and brands are listed, covering a wide range of sectors from construction, media, entertainment, agricultural products and…

We, the undersigned Shan communities, strongly support the international legal cases being brought against Burma’s military leaders, who have authorized atrocities against the country’s ethnic peoples for decades with impunity.  Cases proceeding under international justice mechanisms include the genocide case…

Media Statement by The Karen Grassroots Women’s Network  The Karen Grassroots Women’s Network (KGWN) welcomes the two new legal cases against Burma’s State-actors and military for crimes against the Rohingya in conflict-torn Rakhine State and the investigation authorized by the…

Statement from the Karen Peace Support Network We the undersigned, reject the World Bank’s planned $250 million “Peaceful and Prosperous Communities Project” (PPCP) for the alleged development of conflict-affected areas of Eastern Burma. The Peaceful and Prosperous Communities Project (PPCP)’s…

Burma Campaign UK today called on donors to reverse cuts in landmine clearance and education in Burma, and instead organise a donor summit in coordination with the government of Burma to massively scale up landmine clearance in the country. More…

Statement by Karen Peace Support Network The Karen Peace Support Network calls upon the government of Myanmar to immediately drop charges against Naw Ohn Hla and two other organisers of a Karen Martyrs Day event in Yangon. The charges against…

  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…

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…

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…