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Belatedly responding to the latest upsurge in violence and the desperate plight of still-displaced Rohingya refugees, eight UN security council members, marshalled by Britain, called on Burma to comply with the International Court of Justice’s demands, implement an immediate ceasefire,…

Aung San Suu Kyi has been suspended from the Sakharov Prize Community by the European Parliament over her lack of action on the ill-treatment of Rohingya, reports the independent Catholic media service UCA News. Suu Kyi was awarded the Sakharov…

While most music festivals over the bank holiday weekend switched to online streams one had a sell-out crowd. Guernsey has been Covid-19 free since 27 May and ended social distancing in June. It meant the Vale Earth Fair was able…

One of the longest-running music festivals went ahead over Bank Holiday weekend, owing to the island being coronavirus-free since the end of April. With no visiting performers invited this year, the line-up featured 70 all-local acts, just like the early…

Two months after the Japanese beer giant Kirin announced it was considering cutting ties with its military-conglomerate partner, a brewery the two jointly own announced $155.9m in second-quarter revenue. “These profits are paying for violations of international law,” said Mark…

Justice For Myanmar has welcomed the announcement that UK firm Portia Management Services will end their relationship with military conglomerate Myanma Economic Holdings Limited (MEHL). The decision is a success for Burma Campaign UK’s Dirty List campaign targeting companies linked…

Facebook has revealed a coordinated disinformation campaign geared toward improving public opinion toward MyTel, the telecommunications company backed by the Burmese military. Mark Farmaner of Burma Campaign UK told investigative journalists at Coda that Facebook’s move to curb coordinated disinformation…

A mining disaster in Kachin State on 2 July has cost 200 lives, reports Byline Times. Mining disasters have become commonplace in the area but rarely are they on the scale of what happened that day. Mark Farmaner, director of…

Recently announced UK sanctions against two high-ranking generals from Burma won’t work, said Burma Campaign UK’s director Mark Farmaner in an interview with Karen News. “In the case of Burma the list is not effective, they don’t have money in…

The youth-focused digital media group VICE reports on brands showing support for Black Lives Matter despite profiting from racial oppression. Cloudflare and New Belgium Brewery are among companies that have made statements supporting racial justice, despite being associated with the…