Burma Campaign UK
Burma Campaign UK and the Karen Women’s Association (KWO) announced their welcome and support for the International Criminal Court’s application to arrest Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing, reports the independent news station Karen Information Center. The ICC’s Attorney General Karim Khan has applied to arrest Min Aung Hlaing, based on crimes against humanity related …
“The “Government” of Myanmar has made a tourism ad, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative!” says Australia’s Juice Media. Watch the new video in its Honest Government Ad series (contains bad language) Support the democratic resistance in Myanmar: Take action: https://action.burmacampaign.org.uk
The government today announced new sanctions against six entities involved either in providing aviation fuel to the Myanmar military or in the supply of restricted goods, including aircraft parts. It said: “UK action will help to constrain the Myanmar military’s ability to conduct airstrikes on civilians, which amount to gross human rights violations.” Burma Campaign …
Burma Campaign UK’s Director Mark Farmaner and Programme Director Zoya Phan held a very productive meeting today with the UK’s Shadow Foreign Secretary, Andrew Mitchell MP. Zoya Phan said “Thank you for your long standing support for Burma. Really appreciate it.”
“In response to growing resistance, the military has unleashed its full force against the population”, says Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director, Zoya Phan, in an interview quoted by North East Bylines. [But] “The people of Burma will not give up. That’s why it’s more important than ever for the international community to support us. “Governments must …
Thank you to Baroness Nye and Lord David Alton for raising the dire situation for Rohingya in the refugee camps in Bangladesh in Parliament, and pressing the new Labour government to reverse damaging aid cuts. Read the full debate
With a new government, we now have a new opportunity to revive the British government response to the crisis in Burma. The scale of the crisis in Burma is enormous. The scale of the British government response has reduced to small measures at a snail’s pace. The British government must: Please email British Foreign Secretary …
Burma Campaign UK’s Campaigns Officer, Karin Valtersson, was at Vale Earth Fair in Guernsey this weekend with her daughter, doing hand and face paintings for the festival goers. Vale Earth donates any profits to organisations like Burma Campaign UK and we are so grateful for all the support.
Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director, Zoya Phan, and the Myanmar analyst Tin Htar Swe, took part in a discussion about the Labour Party winning the UK election with VOA Burmese, the Voice of America radio network broadcasting in Burmese.
“For the first time, it looks possible the military junta can be defeated by people power,” says Zoya Phan, Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director, in an interview with Civicus, the global alliance of civil society organisations and activists. “International donors and UN agencies are far too slow to wake up to the reality that the …
“Climate change has the potential to cause as much damage to Kawthoolei and Burma as the Burmese military have”, says Zoya Phan, Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director, on a campaign poster by Karen Rivers Watch. “Authoritarian rule in Burma means we ae decades behind in preparing for the impacts of climate change in our country.”
Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed, many more jailed and tortured, 2.6 million displaced from their homes, and more than 18 million live in need, reports iNews. A series of recent victories mean opposition forces now control more than half the country. Many say it’s only a matter of time before the regime falls. Neighbouring China, …
Zoya Phan, Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director, was interviewed by Radio Karen about the UN Human Rights Council’s resolution calling on member states not to export, sell or transfer jet fuel to the Burmese military. The resolution is another significant milestone in getting the issue up the international agenda and applying more pressure on countries …
Without aviation fuel the jets can’t fly. If they can’t fly, they can’t bomb. Tell the British government to sanction aviation fuel now.
The UK has finally convened the discussion on Myanmar at the UN Security Council that Burma Campaign UK has been calling for. Speakers urged the Security Council to take decisive measures to end violence by the military and address the deteriorating humanitarian situation, also calling for the swift appointment of a UN Special Envoy. At …
Responding to a decision by the UN Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution on Myanmar that for the first time calls on UN member states to refrain from the export, sale or transfer of jet fuel to the Myanmar military, the author of Amnesty International’s 2022 report “Deadly Cargo” said: “This resolution is a …
Stars of Myanmar Friendship, supported by Burma Campaign UK, held a protest today outside the British Foreign Office, calling for faster implementation of targeted sanctions against the Myanmar military. The British government has still not sanctioned key sectors of support to the Myanmar military, including jet fuel, the gas industry and state banks. Members of …
Nant Zoya Phan, Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director, talked to Burma News Network about the seminar “Towards a democratic Myanmar and its impact on security along the Thai border”, held on March 2-3 in the Thai Parliament, Bangkok, over the Burmese junta’s objection. “It was emphasized that cross-border assistance is needed for war refugees” said …
The House of Lords in the UK Parliament today held a short debate on Myanmar, secured by Lord Nigel Crisp. The Lords assessed the role the UK could play in supporting health care workers and the reconstruction of the health system in Myanmar. Watch debate on Parliament Live (16.00 – 17.00 pm)
Marking three years of the military junta’s failed coup, Burma Campaign UK has joined 461 organisations calling urgently for swift UN Security Council action against the military junta to end its war of terror and protect civilians in Myanmar.
Today in the House of Lords, UK Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron was pushed on calling a UN Security Council meeting on Burma’s non-implementation of provisional measures set out by the International Court of Justice, to halt the Rohingya genocide. Burma Campaign UK has been campaigning for this, and it is great to see the pressure …
Zoya Phan, Burma Campaign UK’s programme director, took part with other friends from Burma in a Burma Hearing by the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission in Parliament today.
Burma Campaign UK”s Executive Director, Anna Roberts, spoke today at a vital conversation concluding UN Women’s 16 Days Of Activism against gender-based violence. Anna Roberts reported on her recent visit to displacement camps on the Thai-Burmese border, and urged the case for humanitarian aid to go directly to the ethnic groups in border areas as …
The UK slapped sanctions on a leader of Myanmar junta-affiliated Border Guard Force (BGF) Colonel Saw Chit Thu and two others involved in the controversial Shwe Kokko new city gambling project in Karen State, over allegations of human trafficking, forced labor and human rights violations, reports the Irrawaddy. The UK said the three people sanctioned …