Burma Campaign UK
The Burmese military have today continued with the slow staged release of political prisoners in a process designed to gain maximum positive publicity while at the same time making no fundamental changes or reforms whatsoever. The release of any political prisoner is wonderful for the prisoners themselves and their family and friends, but should not …
Blue Shirt Day 21st April: Stand With Political Prisoners in Burma (Myanmar) Burma Campaign UK is joining with Burmese activists and human rights organisations worldwide to support Blue Shirt Day on 21st April in support of political prisoners in Burma (Myanmar). On this annual day of action people wear blue to raise awareness about political …
As the UK today convenes a meeting on the crisis in Burma at the United Nations Security Council, Burma Campaign UK called on the British government to change its approach with a stronger focus on human rights, and a focus on how the Burmese military is violating numerous UN Security Council Resolutions. The UK is …
Burma Campaign UK today condemned UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood as exceptionally cruel and shortsighted in banning people from Burma from obtaining student visas. “The opportunity to come to the UK to study is life-changing for the individual student but also an investment in the future of Myanmar, as people will use new skills to …
The Burmese military have today announced an ‘amnesty’ for more than 7,000 people convicted under terrorism laws. The mass release of political prisoners was expected as part of propaganda efforts by the Burmese military as they rebrand themselves following sham elections at the end of 2025 and early 2026. The releases are not a sign …
Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to impose sanctions on the Arakha Army in response to the numerous human rights abuses, including violations of international law, which they are committing. Burma Campaign UK is also calling on the British government to do more to support international justice and accountability avenues to hold …
On Sunday 1st February 2026, it will be five years since the latest military coup in Burma (Myanmar). It will also be 460 days since the British government took any action to try to reduce the flow of arms, equipment and money to the Burmese military. The coup has plunged Burma into a human rights …
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, …
Burma Campaign UK has today published a new briefing paper, ‘Beyond the ‘Ballot’: The crisis in Burma and what the British Government should do about it’. The Briefing paper is available here. The briefing paper describes the UK as having gone from leaders to laggards in taking action to help promote human rights and democracy …
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 …
Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to resume imposing regular sanctions to cut revenue, arms and equipment to the Burmese military. It is almost a year since the British government imposed any new sanctions on the Burmese military. The last sanctions targeting the Burmese military were on 29th October 2024. Following the …
Open letter to: H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of ASEAN H.E. Dato’ Seri Utama Haji Mohamad bin Haji Hasan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, Chair of ASEAN 2025 H.E. Tan Sri Othman Hashim, the Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar H.E. Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof, Minister of Foreign Affairs II of …
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has published its opinion on the case of the detention of Dr Linn Htut, Chief Minister of Shan State and a member of the National League for Democracy, who was arrested and detained by the Burmese military following the 2021 coup. It has ruled that his detention …
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 …
Joint Statement August 25, 2025, marks eight years since the Myanmar military and authorities launched widespread atrocities against the Rohingya population in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Starting in August 2017, Myanmar security forces razed several hundred Rohingya villages and killed Rohingya women, men, and children throughout northern Rakhine State, forcing at least 700,000 to flee to …
JOINT PUBLIC STATEMENT The undersigned organizations are gravely concerned over reports of an increasing number of deaths in custody in Myanmar, especially in the last four and a half years that has seen an unprecedented erosion of respect for and the protection of human rights. Since the 2021 military coup, over 1,800 people have reportedly …
Joint Statement: ASEAN’s Denouncement of the Junta’s Sham Election and Admission of Timor-Leste Are Principled, Critical Steps Forward On 11 July 2025, ASEAN announced its position that the Myanmar military junta’s so-called election “is not a priority” and “will not solve any problems, but instead will worsen conditions.” We—the undersigned 237 Myanmar, regional, and international …
Burma Campaign UK today publishes a new briefing paper, ‘The Burmese Military’s ‘Elections’: New Date, New Danger, Same Sham.’ The briefing paper is available here. The Burmese military are planning new elections at the end of 2025. They will clearly be a total sham and mostly rejected internationally and domestically. The Burmese military know this …
To:H.E. Datuk Seri Anwar IbrahimPrime Minister of MalaysiaChair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations 2025 CC:H.E. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Prime Minister of Brunei DarussalamH.E. Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of CambodiaH.E. Prabowo Subianto, President of the Republic of IndonesiaH.E. Sonexay Siphandone, Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic RepublicH.E. …
Burma Campaign UK today called on international investors, United Nations agencies and international humanitarian organisations operating in Burma to ensure that companies owned by the Burmese military do not benefit from earthquake reconstruction efforts. It is vital that donations provided to assist earthquake victims in one part of Burma do not help finance Burmese military …
By Mark Farmaner, Director The earthquake which struck Burma on 28th March 2025 has been anything but a disaster for the Burmese military. Instead, they have swiftly exploited the earthquake for their own benefit. Following the Burmese military response to Cyclone Nargis in 2008, when the military systematically blocked international aid and local community response …
Statement from Karen organisations worldwideKaren and Karenni refugees face starvation as daily rations slashed to mere 10 US cents 108,000 refugees—predominantly Karen and Karenni people—living in camps along the Thailand-Burma border now face an imminent humanitarian crisis following devastating cuts to their already meager food rations. The situation has become dire: rations for children under …