Burma Campaign UK
Fifty-one members of the British Parliament from nine different political parties have added their names to an Early Day Motion (a Parliamentary petition) calling on the British government to support a UN Commission of Inquiry into the situation in Rakhine State, Burma. The call for a UN Commission of Inquiry comes amid reports by the …
On International Women’s Day, join us and stand with the women of Burma to end rape and sexual violence. Take action here
Statement by His Eminence Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Cardinal Archbishop of Yangon: 6 February 2017 Myanmar passes through some of the most agonizing moments in her history. With folded arms we appeal to all: Heal – Do not wound. People of Myanmar are deeply saddened by what looks like a relapse into darker days. Myanmar …
On Sunday 29 January 2017, widely respected human rights lawyer and legal adviser to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (NLD), U Ko Ni was brutally murdered. The Burma Justice Committee (BJC) urges the Burmese authorities to conduct a full and independent investigation into the murder of U Ko Ni. …
On the 2nd anniversary of the rape and murder of two Kachin teachers in Northern Burma, Burma Campaign UK marks the anniversary by delivering a petition and campaign postcards to the British government. 3254 people are calling on the government to do more to help stop rape and sexual violence in Burma. Two Kachin teachers, …
Media Release from Fortify Rights More than 40 Diverse Groups Call for a “Truly Independent” Commission of Inquiry More than 40 Myanmar-based civil society organizations today called for a “truly independent” international investigation into the situation in Rakhine State, where state-sponsored attacks against Rohingya Muslim civilians have escalated in recent months. Muslim and Buddhist communities …
Statement from Rohingya Communities Worldwide Request OIC to support UN Commission of Inquiry We, the undersigned organisations, representing Rohingya communities around the world, would like to express our deepest appreciation to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Government of Malaysia with Honourable Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak for holding an Emergency …
Burma Campaign UK today called upon the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to officially support the establishment of a UN Commission of Inquiry into the situation in Rakhine State, Burma, when it holds an emergency meeting on the Rohingya this Thursday 19th January. The OIC should then work to ensure that the establishment of such an …
The government of Burma has today published an interim report of the Commission established by the President to investigate violence in Rakhine State since October 2016. The findings confirm concerns that the investigation is a farce. It claims that there is ‘insufficient evidence’ of human rights violations such as rape, which have been widely documented, …
Fourteen Nobel laureates including 12 Nobel Peace Prize laureates have been joined by Arianna Huffington, Richard Branson, director Richard Curtis, former Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi and investor Mo Ibrahim in a letter to the UNSC asking that the violent persecution of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar be addressed by the council as a …
Burma Campaign UK today publishes a new briefing paper, ‘Time for a rethink on policy towards Burma’s military’, calling for a debate on new ways to influence Burma’s military. The commentary briefing paper argues that the international community has yet to develop a strategy for effectively promoting human rights under the new political structure in …
Global coalition of 110 organizations call on Prime Minister Prayut for reforms Thailand’s use of criminal defamation laws and the Computer Crimes Act to prosecute human rights defenders violates its international obligations and increases risk for businesses that source goods from Thailand, said a coalition of 110 civil society groups, worker organizations, businesses and members …
Statement by the Karen Women’s Organisation 16 Days of Activism to Stop Violence Against Women During this current 16 Day Campaign to increase awareness about Violence Against Women, KWO feels obligated to raise our voices about the on-going use of rape and other forms of violence against women by the Burma Army. In Burmese military …
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation Burma Army tortures three farmers, and shoots one farmer in Mong Yen, northern Shan State 1. Three villagers tortured for speaking loudly On November 13, 2016, three villagers, including a 16-year-old boy, were badly beaten by Burma Army troops of LIB 119 in Wan Koong Pao, Ei Nai …
Media Release by the Kachin Peace Network Intense fighting broke out again in Northern Shan State on 20th November in Mungkoe, Pawng Sai and 105 Mile trading checkpoints and fighting continues between Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) and Ethnic Armed Groups [1] (Northern Alliance). Everyday, there are armed clashes in different parts of Northern Shan State …
Burma Campaign UK has launched a campaign calling on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to personally go to Burma to negotiate the lifting of restrictions on humanitarian aid access in Rakhine State. Since 9th October, 160,000 people have been denied life-saving aid by the government and military. Burma Campaign UK supporters and the public are …
As Rohingya in Burma face yet another violent crackdown, an award-winning exhibition on the Rohingya, Exiled To Nowhere: Burma’s Rohingya, is being held this week in the British Parliament between 28th November- 2nd December 2016. The opening of the photo exhibition is on Tuesday 29 November 2016 at 2pm, in the Upper Waiting Hall of …
Media Release by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK is calling for urgent action from the international community to press the Myanmar government to lift all restrictions on humanitarian in Rakhine State. We are receiving alarming reports from the ground that people are slowly starving to death. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon should …
A British citizen has now been in jail in Burma for two years despite not being convicted of any crime. He has been accused of being part of an international credit card fraud ring. The case of Niranjan Rasalingam is an injustice in and of itself. It also highlights flaws and inefficiencies in Burma’s justice …
Burma Campaign UK today delivered 3164 signatures on a petition calling on the NLD-led government in Burma to take four key steps to start to address the Rohingya crisis in Burma. Mark Farmaner, Anna Roberts and Doug Janke, from Burma Campaign UK, hand in the petition at the Burmese Embassy in London These …
Burma Campaign UK today called for the immediate and unconditional release of Khaing Myo Htun and urged the Burmese government to reform the Prisoners of Conscience Affairs Committee and to ensure the release of Khaing Myo Htun and all remaining political prisoners in Burma. Khaing Myo Htun is a Rakhine human rights activist and a …
More than 500 Burma Campaign UK supporters have written to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urging him to personally lead efforts to persuade the government and military in Burma to lift all humanitarian aid restrictions in Rakhine State. The restrictions mainly target the ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority. Since attacks on police border posts in Rakhine …
Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) As the Rohingya of Burma face the worst human rights and humanitarian crisis in decades, Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK calls on governments, ASEAN and the United Nations to act now to prevent further violations of international law and mass starvation as a result of humanitarian aid being …
Burma Campaign UK calls on the NLD-led government in Burma to establish an independent investigation into who is behind the killings of police officers in Rakhine State on October 9th, and into the subsequent killings of Rohingya villagers in the following days. The families of policemen killed and Rohingya villagers killed have the right to …