Burma Campaign UK
Today marks 150 days, 5 months, since Aung Marm Oo, Chief Editor of Development Media Group went into hiding following charges under the Unlawful Association Act and receiving death threats. Burma Campaign UK calls on the government of Burma to immediately drop all charges against Aung Marm Oo and Development Media Group. Journalists at the …
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 organisers of the event, under the Peaceful Assembly Act, highlight the ongoing lack of freedom …
Myanmar Report Shows Need for Bold Action in High-Risk Situations (New York, September 5, 2019) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres should act to prevent future UN failures in the face of atrocities, a coalition of 16 organizations said in a joint letter to the secretary-general that was released today. The May 2019 report of an independent investigation by a Guatemalan …
Kachin National Organisation’s Statement to the International Community On Saturday 31st August 2019, the Burmese military fired mortar bombs into Mohit Village, Kutkai Township, northern Shan State. The residents of the village are mainly ethnic Kachin. Five civilians were killed, and three injured. Those killed were Seng Hkawn, 8 months old, Zau Hkun Lat, 8 …
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation In the evening of August 18, 2019, Burma Army troops from Infantry Battalion 68 fired shells from the local temple directly into the village of Koong Sa, about 10 kilometers northeast of Lashio town, killing a 52-year-old farmer. Early that morning, Brotherhood Alliance troops had passed near Koong …
It is hard to overstate just how badly the international community has failed, and continues to fail, to stand up for the rights of the Rohingya. As the penholder on Burma at the United Nations Security Council and traditional lead country on Burma at the European Union, the British government bears a particular responsibility. It …
As we approach the second anniversary of the Burmese military offensive against the Rohingya on 25th August 2017, in which thousands were killed and 700,000 fled to neighbouring Bangladesh, Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government, EU, USA and other governments to start implementing the recommendations on the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on …
Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are once again living in fear that they will be forced to return to Burma despite the Burmese government having taken no genuine steps to ensure safe return. “The international community keep saying that there must be safe, voluntary and dignified return, but are …
Burma Campaign UK today publishes an updated version of its ‘Dirty List’, adding 38 companies to the list of companies linked to Burma’s military, or to projects linked to human rights violations and environmental destruction in Burma. The ‘Dirty List’ is available here. Companies added include: American technology giant Google, which hosts apps for the …
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 Finding Mission was established to look into who is responsible for violations of international law …
Burma Campaign UK today slammed American web services company Cloudflare as ‘complete hypocrites’ for terminating its services for the 8chan website, used by terrorist white nationalists involved in mass shootings in America and elsewhere, whilst still working for Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military. United Nations investigators have said Min Aung Hlaing …
As the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar today publishes a new report on Burmese military economic interests, Burma Campaign UK called on the British government to support their recommendation of sanctions on Burmese military companies. To date, the British government has not supported either the findings or the recommendations of the UN Fact-Finding Mission, …
Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK The Myanmar authorities must immediately lift internet restrictions in Rakhine and Chin States as the ongoing blackout could pave the way for security forces to commit grave human rights violations with impunity, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) said today. Myanmar has ordered internet companies to shut down …
Burma’s military and police have failed to properly investigate and seek to prosecute two Burmese Army soldiers who raped an ethnic Ta’ang woman on 10th May 2019. According to local sources, two Burmese Army soldiers wearing plain clothes entered in Namhsan, northern Shan State at 1.30pm. The soldiers are believed to be from Infantry Division …
Burma Campaign UK today called on Facebook to remove more than 25 Burmese military linked Facebook Pages on its site. The Pages are either run by the military, or by military-owned or controlled companies, or exactly reproduce military propaganda but may not be directly run by the military. The Myanmar Air Force Facebook Page even …
Burma Campaign UK today called on the NLD-led government to halt the prosecutions of the members of the Peacock Generation Thangyat group and to repeal repressive laws which are being used to keep human rights activists in jail. In April, Khaing Tun, Zayar Lwin, Paing Ye Thu, Di Yay, Su Yadanar Myint, Nyein Chan Soe …
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 heightening the vulnerability of over 6,000 displaced villagers in camps along the Shan State-Thai border, …
Burma government must repeal repressive laws used to attack media freedom Burma Campaign UK today called for charges against Aung Marm Oo, editor of the Development Media Group, to be dropped, and called on the government of Burma to repeal repressive laws used to arrest and jail journalists. Aung Marm Oo, also known as U …
Burma Campaign UK today called on Tata to immediately halt sales of equipment to the Burmese military, and cancel any service or parts contracts in place. Tata is a huge Indian company, with revenues of over $100bn a year. In the UK, they are best known for the Tetley tea brand, owning Jaguar and Land …
Mizzima reports on Burma Campaign UK’s call to the UK government to spend more on humanitarian aid to refugees and internally displaced people. The proportion of British aid spent on humanitarian aid, which helps refugees and internally displaced people, has fallen, and now makes up just 17 percent of the budget. The UK government claims it …
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 million people from ethnic groups now live in temporary camps in the country, or refugee …
One of three Kachin activists jailed for six months just for organising peaceful protests to help free villagers trapped in the jungle after the army attacked their villages has been released, reports Mizzima. Nang Pu was released on 5 April from prison two months early. The three Kachin activists, Nang Pu, Lum Zawng and Zau Jat, …
Newtec is a satellite communications company which is working for Mytel, a mobile phone company in Burma part-owned by the Burmese military. United Nations investigators documented how the Burmese military slaughtered Rohingya civilians, throwing babies alive into burning homes and raping women to death. They have said doing business with the Burmese military is ‘indefensible’. …
Open letter sent by 19 INGOs welcome the initiative to review UN operations in Myanmar and call on UN Secretary General to ensure the review to be open, transparent and its findings and recommendations made public. Read the letter here. Reply from the Office of the UN Secretary General, 28 May 2019