Burma Campaign UK
Statement Mutraw Emergency Assistance Team In Mutraw (Hpapun) District, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)’s 5th Brigade, Ler Mu Plaw area, the Burmese Army has been launching its military offensive since early March 2018. This has caused an outbreak of fighting between the KNLA and the Burmese Army as the Burmese Army breached the ceasefire …
Briefing from The Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN) Summary This briefing paper analyzes how Burma Army exploitation of natural resources in Karenni State is undermining efforts by the Karenni National Progress Party to seek peace, as happened over twenty years ago. In 1995, the Karenni National Progress Party (KNPP) signed a ceasefire agreement with the …
PRESS RELEASE from Finnwatch The Prakanong Court in Bangkok, Thailand today read its verdict on a civil damages claim against Andy Hall, filed by the pineapple company Natural Fruit Co Ltd, ordering Andy Hall to pay 10 million baht (260 000 euros) in damages to the company. Court also additionally order Hall to pay 10,000 baht for …
Burma Campaign UK today described new restrictive measures announced by the EU in response to human rights violations in Burma as too little too late, and unlikely to have any significant impact on General Min Aung Hlaing or the government of Burma. “These measures are barely even a slap on the wrist, let alone a …
Ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 26 February, 102 Parliamentarians across parties have signed a letter urging the Foreign Secretary to publicly support and campaign for his EU counterparts to back a UN Security Council referral of Myanmar General Min Aung Hlaing to the International Criminal Court. The United Nations has …
Today marks ten years since agents of the military dictatorship in Burma assassinated our father, General Secretary of the Karen National Union, Padoh Mahn Sha Lah Phan. We miss him every day, not just as a father, but also for his political guidance he gave to us, to the Karen nation, and to people of …
Burma Campaign UK is today launching a petition calling on the government of Malaysia to revoke two military awards it has previously given to Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military. The petition is available at: https://action.burmacampaign.org.uk/malaysia-revoke-military-awards-given-min-aung-hlaing Min Aung Hlaing’s website states that he has received two awards from Malaysia, the ‘Honorary Malaysian Armed …
[Brussels, 22 January] In a letter today to EU Foreign Ministers, 21 civil society organisations from inside and outside Myanmar call on the EU to take stronger steps to stand for the Rohingya. The Rohingya faced ethnic cleansing. In recent months, Myanmar’s authorities have prevented the UN Special Rapporteur to Myanmar, Ms Yanghee Lee, and …
Burma and Bangladesh are planning to send tens of thousands of Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh back to Burma. Rohingya in Bangladesh haven’t been consulted about the deal, but Rohingya community leaders say they don’t want to return to Burma until it’s safe and their rights are guaranteed, including citizenship. The government of Burma hasn’t changed …
Today marks the 3rd anniversary of the rape and murder of two Kachin teachers in Northern Burma. Burma Campaign UK has been campaigning for justice and accountability since the day of the murders. The two Kachin teachers, Maran Lu Ra and Tangbau Hkawn Nan Tsin from the Kachin Baptist Convention, were brutally raped and killed …
On the first anniversary of their arrest, Burma Campaign UK today urged Aung San Suu Kyi to immediately release Dumdaw Nawng Latt and Langjaw Gam Seng, and to repeal repressive laws which are being used to keep human rights activists, journalists, and ethnic people in jail. In October 2017, Dumdaw Nawng Latt was sentenced to …
In advance of the United Nations Security Council’s December 12 meeting on the situation in Myanmar, we, a global coalition of 69 human rights, faith-based and humanitarian organizations, urgently call on the Council to take immediate action to address the campaign of ethnic cleansing and mass atrocity crimes, including crimes against humanity, committed against the ethnic Rohingya population by Myanmar’s security forces in northern Rakhine State, as well as the continuing restrictions on humanitarian assistance throughout the state …
Press Release from Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) On November 23rd, Burma and Bangladesh signed an agreement concerning the repatriation of Rohingya Muslims who fled the country following a targeted violent campaign by the Burmese security forces. Commenting on the plan today, Burma Human Rights Network Executive Director Kyaw Win said: “What has been agreed …
Burma Campaign UK welcomes a statement by Foreign Office Minister Mark Field MP today in which he said: “We are determined that those who have committed human rights violations including crimes of sexual violence against the Rohingya are held to account.” We call on the British government to now take the next logical step and …
Urgent appeal by the Shan Human Rights Foundation The Shan Human Rights Foundation is calling urgently for charges to be dropped against nine farmers, including a 12-year-old boy, from Ho Pong, southern Shan State, who were unjustly arrested by the Burma Army between July 15 and August 4, 2017, on suspicion of links to a …
As EU Foreign Ministers meet Asian counterparts at the ASEM meeting in Burma’s capital, Naypyidaw, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament has published evidence submitted by Burma Campaign UK which details EU complicity in the current Rohingya Crisis. The submission details repeated decisions by the European Union and its member states not to …
To: Member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council Excellencies, 20 November 2017 Open Letter Re: Call for a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation in Myanmar We, the undersigned human rights organisations, strongly support calls for a UN Human Rights Council special session on …
Following their decision to take no action on the Rohingya Crisis when they met on October 16th, EU Foreign Ministers met again yesterday and discussed the crisis, and again decided not to do anything. “The worst human rights crisis in Burma in decades has been met by the weakest EU response in decades,” said Mark …
Burma Campaign UK today called on Aung San Suu Kyi to immediately release 14 year old child Mai Cho Min Htwe, and to repeal the Unlawful Associations Act which was used to put him in jail. Mai Cho Min Htwe was tortured and convicted without a trial on 30th October for allegedly being involved with an …
Burma Campaign UK is planning to name and shame companies linked with human rights violations in Burma, publishing a revived version of its ‘Dirty List’ in early 2018. First published in 2002, the ‘Dirty List’ named and shamed companies linked to the military dictatorship in Burma, or linked to human rights violations. More than 100 …
Following the failure of the UN Security Council to agree on a resolution on the Rohingya crisis in Burma, Burma Campaign UK today called on EU Foreign Ministers to act. EU Ministers meet and discuss the crisis on Monday 13th November. Burma Campaign UK is calling on the EU to back a UN mandated global …
November 2, 2017 The Honorable Rex Tillerson Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 The Honorable Steven Mnuchin Secretary of the Treasury U.S. Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20220 Re: Burma and Targeted Sanctions Dear Secretaries Tillerson and Mnuchin, The US government urgently …
Burma Campaign UK today condemned the European Union response to ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya as absolutely pathetic and effectively giving a green light for abuses to continue. The only practical measure agreed by EU Foreign Ministers meeting today was suspending invitations to senior military officers to visit the EU. “Only to suspend invitations to …
A persistent myth that the military in Burma are looking for an excuse to retake direct control of the country is now being used to justify inaction over the ethnic cleansing and possible genocide of the Rohingya. While a misplaced fear of a coup is understandable given Burma’s history, it misreads the current political set-up …