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To: Member States of the United Nations General Assembly  United Nations Secretary-General  3 July 2026  Open Letter: The UNGA Must Adopt a New Resolution to Reject the Illegal Junta’s Sham Election, Enforce Minimum Engagement, Advance Accountability, and Support Myanmar Peoples’ Efforts to Build a Genuine Federal Democratic Myanmar  Dear Excellencies,  We, the undersigned 191 Myanmar, …

Joint statement by 25 organisations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC: July 1, 2026 On June 25, 2026, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific Michael DeSombre testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where he characterized the scam centers operating in Southeast Asia as a grave threat to the U.S. and regional …

Open letter from Myanmar, regional and international civil society organizations to ASEAN to End Myanmar Military’s Violence, Advance Accountability and Operationalize Cross-border Humanitarian Aid To: ASEAN Leaders H.E. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Prime Minister of Brunei Darussalam H.E. Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia H.E. Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo, President of …

Joint Statement – Urging International Governments to Take Immediate and Effective Actions Against the Myanmar Junta, which plans to hold sham elections, ongoing War Crimes, the Bombing of Mrauk-U Public Hospital on Human Rights Day JOINT STATEMENT On December 10, 2025, International Human Rights Day, at approximately 9:00 PM, the illegal and terrorist military junta, …

JOINT STATEMENT We, the undersigned trade unions, civil society, and human rights organisations from across the ASEAN region and international community, issue this urgent and unequivocal call to our governments ahead of the upcoming ASEAN Summit: outrightly reject the Myanmar military junta’s planned sham election. Anything less would be a betrayal of the people of …

My father is a prisoner because he served his people. Before the coup he was the elected Chief Minister of Shan State. To me he was the man who once had nightmares because he feared he might have taken a friend’s cheap pen by mistake, and the first thing he would do was return it. …

Joint Open Letter to the Taiwan Government: Urging Against the Rash Repatriation of Burmese People To Director-General Lin Horng-En National Immigration Agency, Ministry of Interior Address: No. 15, Guangzhou Street, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan Minister Lin Chia-lung Ministry of Foreign Affairs Address: No. 2, Ketagalan Boulevard, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan We, the undersigned …

Aid agencies must ensure relief is not exploited by the military junta 30 March 2025 We—the undersigned 265 Myanmar, regional, and international civil society organizations—express our deepest sorrow for communities across Myanmar and Thailand devastated by the earthquake on 28 March 2025. As Myanmar faces yet another humanitarian crisis amidst the military junta’s intensifying campaign …

Open letter to the UNSG António Guterres from 290 civil society organisations to urgently open an investigation into conflicts of interest over the business activities of UN Special Envoy on Myanmar Julie Bishop To United Nations Secretary-General United Nations General Assembly 17 March 2025 Subject: Special Envoy’s conflicts of interest signal urgent need for investigation …

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed reports that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will visit Bangladesh next month to discuss how “we can maximise humanitarian aid and livelihood support to communities in Rakhine.” Burma Campaign UK has been campaigning for Antonio Guterres to visit Bangladesh to discuss the growing humanitarian crisis in Rakhine State, Burma. More …

John Lewis Partnership, a highly regarded department store chain selling a wide range of products, has informed Burma Campaign UK that it will stop sourcing gems from Burma. Burma Campaign UK had written to John Lewis and around 40 other retailers asking them to ensure that if they sell gems from Burma, they make sure …