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246 Human Rights Organisations Urge PM: Respect the Lives of LGBTQ+ and Women Migrants

October 4, 2023

Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ right charity Stonewall has been joined by 245 other organisations across the human rights, refugee, LGBTQ+ and women’s sectors in a powerful display of solidarity, following comments by the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, last week. The coalition, including organisations such as Amnesty, Oxfam, End Violence Against Women Coalition, Refugee Council and Women For Refugee Women, has written to UK Prime Minister, …

Sunak Fails to Raise Indian Arms Sales to Burmese Military during G20 Summit

September 28, 2023

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak did not even raise Indian arms sales to the Burmese military when he met Prime Minister Modi at the G20 summit earlier this month, a response to a question in Parliament has revealed. It is the official foreign policy of the British government to advocate for an end to arms …

UK aid cuts to Rohingya now at 85%

September 15, 2023

In what looks like a continuing downward trend of UK aid to Rohingya refugees, the UK government has recently announced only £3 million in humanitarian support to Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh. The total aid to Rohingya refugees halfway through this financial year is £16.9 million, which represents an 85% cut since 2019-2020. …

149 Human Rights Groups Call on G20 countries to pressure India

September 6, 2023

Open letter endorsed by 149 human rights organizations to all G20 leadership on the need to pressure Prime Minister Narenda Modi to allow full humanitarian access to refugees along the India-Burma border and stop arming the Burmese military ahead of the G20 summit. Your Excellencies, We, the undersigned 149 organizations are shocked, horrified, and appalled by …

G20 Summit: Modi Must Face Pressure Over Arming and Support for Myanmar Military

September 5, 2023

As world leaders gather for the G20 summit in New Delhi this weekend, Burma Campaign UK is calling on G20 members to put pressure on Prime Minister Modi over India arming, financing, and providing diplomatic support for the Myanmar/Burmese military. A report earlier this year by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation in …

Human Rights Groups Call on Governments to End Burma/Myanmar Military’s Access to Jet Fuel and Weapons Ahead of ASEAN Summit

August 31, 2023

Governments participating in the upcoming ASEAN Summit in Jakarta must take coordinated actions to resolve the crisis in Myanmar, human rights groups said in an open letter to government leaders. The 149 organizations called on ASEAN members and dialogue partners, who are meeting in Indonesia September 5 – 7, to ban the Myanmar military’s access to jet …

Ensure justice for Rohingya, end military’s impunity for genocide

August 25, 2023

Restore Rohingya’s citizenship and rights, coordinate support for refugees Joint Statement Marking the sixth-year remembrance of the Rohingya genocide in 2017, 356 civil society organizations reaffirm our solidarity with the Rohingya community in the pursuit of justice and accountability for victims and survivors, call for an end to impunity of grave crimes perpetrated by the …

On Eve of Indian Business Summit, 7 Indian Companies Added to ‘Dirty List’

August 24, 2023

As India prepares to host the prestigious B20 Business Summit, ahead of the G20 summit in New Delhi in September, the role of Indian companies in funding and arming the Burmese military is receiving more attention. Burma Campaign UK has added 7 more Indian companies to the ‘Dirty List’ of international companies funding or arming …

US Determination on Jet Fuel to Myanmar: UK Insurance Companies Must Now Be Sanctioned By USA

August 23, 2023

Burma Campaign UK today applauded the Biden Administration for finally making a determination that allows sanctions to be imposed on any foreign individual or entity that operates in the jet fuel sector of the Burmese economy. The US Treasury states that: “For the purposes of the determination of August 23, 2023 made pursuant to E.O. …

Civil society statement on the visit of Head of OCHA to Myanmar

August 22, 2023

While noting efforts by UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, to negotiate humanitarian access across Myanmar, including to Rakhine State following deadly Cyclone Mocha, we, the undersigned 514 civil society organizations, are concerned that Mr. Griffiths’ visit lacked substantive achievements and was used as propaganda by the military junta. We …

Will India’s Myanmar policy overshadow hosting G20 Summit?

August 10, 2023

This article was written by Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK, and originally published in Mizzima on 9th August 2023. A month from now India will be hosting the prestigious G20 summit. The leaders of the world’s biggest and most influential economies, making up 85% of the global economy and 75% of international trade, …

John Lewis to stop sourcing gems from Burma

July 26, 2023

John Lewis Partnership, a highly regarded department store chain selling a wide range of products, has informed Burma Campaign UK that it will stop sourcing gems from Burma. Burma Campaign UK had written to John Lewis and around 40 other retailers asking them to ensure that if they sell gems from Burma, they make sure …

UK Must Follow EU and Sanction Burmese Mining Enterprise

July 21, 2023

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed new EU sanctions on No2 Mining Enterprise and 6 individuals announced yesterday, but criticised the incredibly slow pace of the introduction of new sanctions. The EU has the right policy of sanctioning on an ongoing basis sources of revenue and arms and individuals linked to human rights violations, but EU …

British government cuts aid to Burma by 70% since coup

July 19, 2023

British aid to Burma has been cut by 51% this financial year, and by 70% since the financial year 2020-2021, according to newly published Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office accounts. This comes during a time when Burma is suffering its worst human rights and humanitarian crisis ever, after the attempted military coup on 1 February …

TJC Withdraws Burmese Gems From Sale

June 7, 2023

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a decision by TJC to withdraw Burmese rubies from sale. TJC is one of the biggest TV shopping channels and online jewellery retailers in the UK. In a letter to Burma Campaign UK, TJC stated that following the military coup in February 2021 it had an official policy not to …

Jewellery Retailers Challenged on Burma/Myanmar Gems Sourcing

May 30, 2023

Burma Campaign UK is writing to 40 of the biggest and highest profile jewellery retailers in the UK asking them to demonstrate that the gems they sell are not sourced from Burma/Myanmar in ways which help fund the Burmese military. Following the attempted military coup, which began in February 2021, the Burmese military now dominates …

Open Letter: Japan’s leadership urgently needed at the UN Security Council

May 29, 2023

Open Letter Japan’s leadership urgently needed at the UN Security Council to stop Myanmar military’s atrocity crimes as Myanmar faces man-made and natural disasters The Honorable Fumio Kishida Prime Minister of Japan Cabinet Office, 1-6-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8968, Japan CC: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary, The Permanent Mission …

Five British Insurers Added to ‘Dirty List’ for Aviation Fuel Deliveries to Burma

May 23, 2023

Burma Campaign UK added five British insurance companies to the ‘Dirty List’ after they failed to give a commitment to stop providing insurance cover for deliveries of aviation fuel to Burma. The five companies are: UK P&I, Steamship Mutual, Britannia P&I, North Standard and Shipowners’ Club. They are mutual insurance clubs which have provided insurance …

European Parliament Calls For Burma Aviation Fuel Sanctions

May 12, 2023

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the passing of a European Parliament Resolution on Thursday, which called on the European Union to impose sanctions on the supply of aviation fuel to the Burmese military. The calls were made in a new Resolution condemning the back-door ban on 40 political parties in Burma. The Resolution is available …

Civil society calls for review and reframing of the ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus

May 5, 2023

Continuing failure of ASEAN will prompt people of Myanmar to reconsider Myanmar’s ASEAN membership Today, Myanmar civil society organisations, supported by regional and international organisations, launch a position paper to call for a review and reframe of the ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus and the bloc’s current approach to the increasingly worsening crisis in Myanmar. The calls come …

Joint Letter to President Biden Calling for Sanctions on Companies Supplying the Burmese Military with Jet Fuel

May 5, 2023

After the devastating attack in Kanbalu Township, Sagaing Region on April 11, it is clear that the recent US sanctions on jet fuel are not enough to curb the Burmese junta’s aerial campaign. On May 4th, 190 organizations and communities sent an open letter to President Biden calling for sanctions on companies supplying the Burmese …

British Companies: Stop Insuring Aviation Fuel Deliveries to Burma

April 20, 2023

Burma Campaign UK today called on five British insurance companies to stop providing insurance cover for deliveries of aviation fuel to Burma. The five companies are: UK P&I, Steamship Mutual, Britannia P&I, North Standard, Shipowners Club. They are mutual insurance clubs which have provided insurance cover (protection and indemnity (P&I) insurance) to vessels which have …

Open Letter: The United Nations Security Council’s meeting on Myanmar must lead to firm measures against the junta

April 17, 2023

To: The Member States of the United Nations Security Council CC: The United Nations Secretary-General Your Excellencies, We, the undersigned 546 Myanmar, regional and international civil society organizations (CSOs), welcome the United Kingdom’s request for an urgent Security Council discussion on Myanmar to address the illegal military junta’s worst civilian massacre since its failed coup, …

413 civil society call on Timor-Leste to retract invitation to illegal “Myanmar Election Agency”

April 7, 2023

Open Letter: 413 civil society call on Timor-Leste to retract invitation to illegal “Myanmar Election Agency” His Excellency Dr. Jose Ramos-Horta President Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Dear Mr. President: The undersigned 413 Myanmar, Timorese, regional and international civil society organizations strongly urge Your Excellency, along with the National Commission for Elections (CNE) President Dr. Jose …