Burma Campaign UK
Burma Campaign UK is calling on Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to expel the Burmese military attaché from the UK. Captain Soe Aung, representing a military responsible for genocide and child rape, lives in a multi-million pound home in South London. The military attaché was responsible for the military takeover of the Burmese embassy in London …
On the 4th anniversary of the genocidal military offensive against Rohingya civilians, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is still refusing to act to hold the Burmese military accountable for their crimes. Dominic Raab refuses to support referring Burma to the International Criminal Court, and refuses to join the genocide case at the International Court of …
As the UN Security Council prepares for a meeting today on the crisis in Burma, Burma Campaign UK is joining calls for the UN Secretary General António Guterres to personally spearhead the United Nations response. The UN Security Council meeting is being held as Burma is in the grip of a third wave of the …
Joint Open Letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken 90+ ORGANIZATIONS URGE A ROHINGYA CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND GENOCIDE DETERMINATION August 10, 2021 The Honorable Antony BlinkenU.S. Secretary of StateU.S. Department of State2201 C Street NWWashington, DC 20520 Dear Secretary Blinken, We, the undersigned organizations, write to urge you to publicly determine that the …
UPDATE 9.30 PM UK TIME Burma Campaign UK has now received reports that almost all the Arakan Army soldiers withdrew from Let Ma village on the afternoon of 2nd August, and that detained villagers have been released. Villagers were apparently forced by members of the Arakan Army to sign documents and be filmed stating that …
Update from the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners On 30 June, the junta prison department announced the release of over 2000 protestors arbitrarily detained since the coup. AAPP began to diligently monitor and record these releases amid that disorder. However, in the 2 weeks since 30 June only around 400 of the releases have been …
Burma Campaign UK is calling on Home Secretary Priti Patel MP to introduce special measures to protect Burmese nationals whose UK visas are expiring from being forced to return to Burma, and to end uncertainty and unnecessary distress caused by short term visa extensions. Many Burmese nationals, including students, are fearful of returning following the …
The EU has added eight officials from Myanmar’s junta and three firms linked to the military to its sanctions blacklist over the country’s February coup and bloody repression of protests, reports the Deccan Herald. The UK also announced sanctions on the same companies as well as the military junta’s ruling body the State Administration Council. …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed new sanctions imposed by the British government on the Burmese military and its economic interests. The British government has sanctioned two state-owned entities which now provide revenue for the military since the coup. They are Myanmar Timber Enterprise (MTE) and Myanmar Pearl Enterprise (MPE). They have also sanctioned the State …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the imposition of sanctions on state owned timber and gems enterprises, and on the Myanmar War Veterans Organisation (MWVO). Timber and gems are significant revenue earners for the military, and the MWVO is part of the military and also has significant business interests, including in transport. Burma Campaign UK has …
Since the military coup in February, a climate of terror has engulfed Burma. Disappearances, detention without charge, alleged torture and mysterious deaths are just some of the actions under the spotlight following widespread protests against the military takeover. Al Jazeera’s report exposes a secret interrogation centre in the country’s biggest city, Yangon. This investigation also …
Burma Campaign UK today called on Facebook Vice President Nick Clegg to stop Facebook taking money from the Burmese military, and instead kick Burmese military companies off Facebook. On 25th February, following the military coup, Facebook claimed it was banning the military, but the ban did not apply to military companies. Facebook has been incapable …
By Wai Hnin Pwint ThonSenior Advocacy Officer, Burma Campaign UK The number of political prisoners in Burma is growing every day since the military staged a coup on 1 February. The latest figure is over 4,250 in detention, and more than 5,000 arrested in total, but this does not include some people who have been …
The government has been accused of abandoning Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh after cutting aid to the humanitarian response by more than 40%, reports the Guardian. “Dominic Raab talks the talk but he doesn’t walk the walk on Burma. He likes to offer statements, whether it is on justice or support to protesters, but doesn’t follow …
Burma Campaign UK today releases a new briefing paper: ‘Why is Dominic Raab Refusing to Act on Accountability for Burmese Military Crimes? The paper details how, despite British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and other government ministers repeatedly talking about holding the Burmese military to account for its crimes, in practice they are fiercely resisting pressure …
The British government has announced shocking cuts to its aid in support of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The £27.6 million announced amounts to a 42% cut in aid to Rohingya refugees compared to what the government contributed in October 2020, and less than a quarter of what the UK contributed in 2019. The statement, which …
The British government has announced “shocking” cuts to its aid in support of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, reports Dhaka Tribune. “Even in a climate where aid cuts were expected due to the government’s broken promise of delivering 0.7% of GNI in aid, this is still shocking,” said Karin Valtersson, campaigns officer at Burma Campaign UK. …
Burma Campaign UK is calling on the British government to reverse cuts in international aid, and to protect the aid budget for Burma in light of the military coup and growing humanitarian crisis in the country. No announcement has yet been made on expected cuts in the Burma aid budget. The 2020-2021 aid budget for …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed an announcement by the British government that they are imposing sanctions on Myanmar Gems Enterprise (MGE). MGE manages the gemstones industry in Burma, which will be a significant source of revenue for the military now that it has seized control of government ministries. MGE is a state-owned enterprise under the …
Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) and the international community must put justice for atrocity crimes at the centre of all efforts to restore democracy following the military coup, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) said. In a new briefing released today, BROUK sets out the paths available to …
Media Release from The Ethnic Health Committee (EHC) The EHC issues the following statement on the current health situation in ethnic areas of Burma. In the period before the coup d’état in Burma, the Ethnic Health Organizations, the main structures responsible for public health and health care in Burma’s Ethnic administrative areas, responded quickly to …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a commitment by Japan to stop selling arms and military equipment to the Burmese military. In the statement by G7 Foreign Ministers on 5th May, Japan signed on to the following language: “…we commit to continuing to prevent the supply, sale or transfer of all weapons, munitions, and other military-related …
Over 200 nongovernmental organizations from around the world are calling on the United Nations Security Council to immediately impose a global arms embargo on Myanmar to pressure the junta to stop killing unarmed protesters and end human rights abuses against those opposing military rule. Download the statement here. Global Civil Society Statement on Myanmar We, …
Wai Hnin Pwint Thon, campaigns officer at Burma Campaign UK, and the daughter of a man serving a 65-year jail sentence in Myanmar for his part in the 2007 protests, gave France 24 her take on the current situation. Wai Hnin says negotiations will have to happen but that talking with the Myanmar military is …