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Biden and Macron need to sanction Myanmar gas revenue to increase pressure on Myanmar military – Rohingya organisations worldwide

Joint Statement from Rohingya worldwide organisations We, the undersigned Rohingya worldwide organisations, urge President Biden of the United States of America and President Macron of France to urgently introduce sanctions on gas revenue in Burma. Gas extraction projects which involve American Chevron and French Total provide hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue to the …

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Serbia Must Commit to Ending Arms Sales to Burmese Military

Burma Campaign UK today publishes a new briefing paper, ‘Is Serbia Still Arming the Burmese Military?’, detailing the decades-long relationship between Serbia and the Burmese military. This includes arms sales and discussions on increasing defence co-operation taking place as recently as 2019. The briefing paper is available here. Serbia has not publicly stated that it …

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Open Letter from Ethnic Karen to President Biden and President Macron to Sanction Gas Revenue

Open Letter from Ethnic Karen to President Biden and President Macron to Sanction Gas Revenue, 67 Organizations from 17 Countries Re: Ethnic Karen Communities Worldwide Calling to Sanction Gas Revenue to the Burmese military. Dear President Biden and President Macron, We are writing to you on behalf of ethnic Karen communities worldwide to call on …

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Rushanara Ali MP Welcomes Turkey Ban on Arms Sales to Myanmar

Media Release From Rushanara Ali MP Rushanara Ali MP, Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Democracy in Burma, and Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Right of the Rohingya, today welcomed confirmation from the Turkish Ambassador to the UK that Turkey does not sell arms to Myanmar.  His Excellency Ümit Yalçın, Turkish …

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Civil Society Organizations of Myanmar and Cambodia Condemning Hun Sen’s Support of the Myanmar Military Junta

Joint Statement by the Civil Society Organizations of Myanmar and Cambodia Condemning Hun Sen’s Support of the Myanmar Military Junta We, the undersigned civil society organizations of Myanmar and Cambodia, strongly condemn Hun Sen for supporting the criminal military junta in Myanmar and demand an urgent coordinated international response to immediately halt the junta’s campaign …

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Biden and Macron Must Stop Blocking Gas Revenue Sanctions on Burmese Military

Eleven months on from the military coup, Burma Campaign UK is calling on US President Biden and French President Macron to stop blocking sanctions to stop gas revenue going to the military. “It is astonishing that 11 months after the coup, American and French companies are still providing hundreds of millions of dollars to the …

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Karenni Community Organizations from Around the World Demand the Burmese Military Junta to be Held Accountable for the Massacre of the 40 Unarmed Civilians

Joint Statement: 67 Karenni Community Organizations from Around the World Demand the Burmese Military Junta to be Held Accountable for the Massacre of the 40 Unarmed Civilians and other crimes We, Karenni people around the world, are shocked and horrified at the news of 40 villagers being burned alive by the Burmese military on December …

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Statement on the Massacre of Karenni People by Terrorist Military Junta

Joint Statement by 59 Civil Society Organizations On December 24, 2021, Light Infantry Battalion 108 under the command of Light Infantry Division 66 of the terrorist military junta which is trying to seize power illegally, launched an offensive clearance operation near Moso Village in the western part of Hpruso Township in Karenni State, and arrested …

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Karen State Crisis: Sanction Aviation Fuel, Arms and Gas Revenue – IKO

Statement by International Karen Organisation The International Karen Organisation today called for the urgent implementation of new targeted strategic sanctions on the Burmese military in response to escalating attacks against civilians in Karen State. Simultaneous attacks by the Burmese military are taking place in different parts of Karen State, in Sagaing Region, Kachin State, Chin …

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90 Ethnic Civil Society Organisations Welcome Argentina, ICC and ICJ Legal Cases – KHRG

Media Release from Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG More Must Be Done to Support the International Accountability Proceedings Against Myanmar and End the Military’s Ongoing Crimes The Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG), along with the wider Karen community and other ethnic and civil society organisations, welcomes and expresses support for the three ongoing proceedings against …

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Hold the Myanmar military and security forces accountable for their grave human rights violations, including violence against women – WPN

Women’s Peace Network, Women’s League of Burma, Women Alliance Burma issue Joint letter to the United Nations Security Council endorsed by over 600 human rights and women’s rights organizations from across the world: Dear Members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, We, the undersigned women’s rights and human rights organizations, call upon the UN …

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Burma Campaign UK Welcomes New UK, US and Canadian Sanctions on Burmese Military

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed new targeted sanctions on the Burmese military announced by the UK, USA and Canada. The new sanctions announced today are: The Quarter Master General’s Office The Directorate for Defence Industries The Directorate for Defence Procurement The Myanmar War Veterans Organisation The Myanmar War Veterans Organisation acts as a reserve for …

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Joint statement calling on the UN to cease all forms of cooperation that lend legitimacy to the Myanmar military junta.

Joint statement calling on the UN to cease all forms of cooperation that lend legitimacy to the Myanmar military junta, signed by 255 CSOs. UN Agencies Must Comply with their Obligations to Uphold Human Rights and Cease Lending Legitimacy to the Myanmar Military Junta We, the undersigned 255 civil society organizations, call on all United …

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Ukraine Arms Genocidal Myanmar Military While Asking For UK Support Against Russian Aggression

As Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba visits the UK asking for support against the threat of invasion by the Russian dictatorship, Burma Campaign UK today accused him of hypocrisy for continuing to arm and equip the genocidal Burmese military. Dmytro Kuleba claims Ukraine is a bastion of support for human rights and democracy at the …

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Facebook Finally Pledge to Remove Burmese Military Companies

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed an announcement by Facebook that they will finally take down the Facebook Pages of military companies. Burma Campaign UK has been calling on Facebook to take this step for many years, as have many Burmese civil society organisations. The Facebook announcement is available here: https://about.fb.com/news/2021/02/an-update-on-myanmar/ “For years Facebook resisted significant …

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Facebook to be held to account for role in Rohingya genocide

Coordinated legal actions on behalf of victims and survivors of genocide started today in the UK and US alleging Facebook’s negligence encouraged and facilitated the genocide carried out by the Myanmar regime and its extremist supporters against the Rohingya people. Today lawyers in the UK and US initiated coordinated legal campaigns against Facebook for its …

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Historic decision by Argentinian courts to take up genocide case against Myanmar

Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK  The Argentinian judiciary has taken the historic step to open a court case against the Myanmar military – including Min Aung Hlaing and much of the current junta’s senior leadership – over the ongoing genocide against the Rohingya, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) said today.  On the 26 November 2021 the Second Chamber …

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Fanning the flames: Expansion of foreign oil and gas investments despite Burma’s military coup

Media Release from Arakan Oil Watch A new report launched today by Arakan Oil Watch exposes that international oil and gas companies have expanded their operations in Burma since the coup, providing huge revenues to the regime, despite widespread calls for sanctions and the growing number of attacks against the military’s economic projects. Burma’s regime …

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Call on INTERPOL to ban the illegal junta from representing Myanmar at its General Assembly

Joint letter from 259 organisations calling on INTERPOL to immediately ban the Myanmar military junta from representing Myanmar as a member of INTERPOL: 22 November 2021 To: Kim Jong Yang, INTERPOL President; Jürgen Stock, INTERPOL General Secretary; the INTERPOL Executive Committee and INTERPOL Member Countries Subject: Call on INTERPOL to ban the illegal junta from …

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UN Security Council Fails Again – UK, US and EU Must Coordinate Further Action

Burma Campaign UK today called on the UK, US and EU to urgently implement further economic sanctions and take other steps, following the failure of the UN Security Council to agree effective action or even refer to the situation in North-Western Burma in a statement yesterday. The statement is available here. Burma Campaign UK and …

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