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Joint Open Letter to U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo 58 Organizations Support Petition Urging Secretary Pompeo to Publicly Determine that Myanmar has Committed Genocide and Crimes against Humanity against the Rohingya People. PDF of the letter is available here. Secretary of State Mike PompeoU.S. Secretary of StateU.S. Department of State2201 C St NWWashington, DC …
Open letter from civil society organisations urging the British government to include the Burma (Myanmar) Armed Forces in the Proscribed International Terrorist Groups List. PDF of the letter is here. To, Rt Hon Priti Patel MPSecretary of State for the Home DepartmentHouse of CommonsLondonSW1A 0AA Date: Monday July 13, 2020 Dear Rt Hon Priti Patel MP, Subject: We …
Statement by members of the European Burma Network Members of the European Burma Network (EBN) welcome the prospect of a continued Argentinian investigation into atrocity crimes against the Rohingya under the principle of universal jurisdiction. A recent move by the Federal Appeals Court in Buenos Aires overturned a previous decision not to pursue a case …
Media Release from Sherpa, Info Birmanie, Reporters Without Borders and Justice for Myanmar While the Myanmar military is once again accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by the United Nations, the UN Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar has alerted since September 2018 that any commercial relationship with the Myanmar military was untenable …
Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK The Myanmar authorities have done nothing to improve the lives of Rohingya trapped in Rakhine State where they continue to live under an oppressive and genocidal regime, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) said in a new briefing released today. Download the briefing here. The briefing shines a …
31 new companies have been added to the latest edition of the ‘Dirty List’, bringing the total number of companies to 113. The new ‘Dirty List’ is available here. The ‘Dirty List’ names and shames international companies with business links to the Burmese military, or which are involved in projects linked to human rights violations …
In a joint letter to the Government of Malaysia, 84 organisations have called on Malaysia to end discriminatory rhetoric against Rohingya refugees. There has been a campaign of hate speech and violent threats against Rohingya refugees on social media platforms, causing widespread fear of physical violence and discrimination among Rohingya refugees. Read the letter here.
Media Release from Justice For Myanmar A group of covert activists are joining forces in a campaign to improve the lives of all the people of Myanmar, while exposing the military’s systemic oppression and cycle of violence for profit and civil war. Justice For Myanmar is a campaign initiated by a team of human rights …
Burma Campaign UK today strongly criticised the European Union for deciding to continue with its ‘do nothing’ response to genocide in Burma. Last week, European Union Foreign Ministers decided to extend existing measures in place for a further year without taking any further action, or implementing any of the recommendations of the United Nations Fact-Finding …
On Tuesday 21st April Burma Campaign UK will join activists in Burma and across the world for Blue Shirt Day for Burma’s political prisoners. Tuesday 21st April is the sixth anniversary of the death of U Win Tin, a former political prisoner and one of Burma’s most respected campaigners for democracy. U Win Tin famously …
Burma Campaign UK today expressed disappointment at Aung San Suu Kyi’s deliberate decision to keep almost 200 political prisoners in jail. Almost 400 more activists face trial and possible detention at a future date. While it is a wonderful news that 18 released political prisoners are being reunited with their families again, given that 6 …
Statement by the Karen Peace Support Network While Burma’s state controlled media boast about “leaving no one behind” in their COVID-19 prevention campaign, the government and its security forces are drastically increasing the vulnerability of rural Karen –and other ethnic peoples — to the deadly virus. · While the government is promising food to people impacted by COVID-19 in central Burma …
By 139 organizations and one individual We, the undersigned civil society organizations call for the protection of civilians in armed conflict in Myanmar and for the State to comply with its obligations under the Geneva Conventions and UN Security Council Resolutions 1265, 1296 and 1325. The current targeting of innocent civilians in the conflict between …
Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to coordinate increased international support for Internally Displaced People (IDPs) and refugees from Burma. The entire country lacks the capacity to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, but the situation of refugees and IDPs is of particular concern. They have even less capacity to cope with the …
Joint Letter: Re: Restrictions on Communication, Fencing, and COVID-19 in Cox’s Bazar District Rohingya Refugee Camps Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister Old Sangsad Bhaban Tejagaon, Dhaka-1215 Bangladesh April 2, 2020 Dear Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, As authorities around the world struggle to cope with the spread of COVID-19, it is crucial that States act to protect …
Media Release From the Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) On the evening of 31st March at around 7 pm, the Burma Army killed a Karen community leader who was shopping for food along with other villagers. He had previously gathered community members to buy and provide supplies to Internally Displaced People (IDPs) who had fled …
Press Release from Article 19 Myanmar’s decision to block access to ethnic news websites violates the right to freedom of expression, ARTICLE 19 said today. Over the past two weeks, the Ministry of Transport and Communications (‘MOTC’) has directed telecommunications operators to block access to 221 websites, including those allegedly disseminating ‘fake news’. The banned …
As the European Union (EU) approaches the renewal of the Common Position on Burma in April, members of the European Burma Network (EBN) are calling on the EU to strengthen its commitment to human rights in Burma. Mass atrocity crimes have been committed against the Rohingya and other minorities across the country. Armed conflicts continue …
The Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) supports calls for a boycott of Burmese military companies. We call on the people of Burma to boycott products made by military companies, and we call on foreign embassies and donors in Burma to introduce policies to ensure that their money does not reach military companies. For decades, the Burma …
JOINT STATEMENT Myanmar: Lift Internet Restrictions in Rakhine and Chin States Mobile internet blackout in four townships in Rakhine State among the world’s longest running We, the 29 undersigned organizations, call on the Government of Myanmar to immediately lift restrictions on mobile internet communications in eight townships in Rakhine State and one township in Chin …
Qatar’s Peninsula newspaper reports on the ruling by the International Court of Justice ordering Burma to take all possible measures to prevent genocide against the Rohingya – and the loss by Aung San Suu Kyi of “the remaining shreds of her hard-won international reputation”. At home, by contrast, the Peninsula quotes Burma Campaign UK: “Undoubtedly, …
The UK Atrocity Prevention Working Group welcomes the unanimous findings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nation’s principal judicial organ, in the case filed by The Gambia concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in Myanmar (The Gambia v. Myanmar). The 17 judges …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for provisional measures to be taken by the government of Burma to prevent what the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar described as an ‘ongoing genocide.’ The Court has issued four provisional measures related to compliance with the Genocide Convention and implementation …
Position of Civil Society Organizations on the case against Myanmar by the International Court of Justice regarding the potential indication of provisional measures to prevent genocide View PDF of statement here. Political and military policies have always been imposed with violent force and intimidation upon the people of Myanmar, systematically and institutionally, on the basis of …