Burma Campaign UK
It is a strange time in Burma, reports Northeast Bylines: great fear and deprivation is mixed with genuine hope that the insurrection will finally see the end of the murderous military rule. Zoya Phan, Programme Director from Burma Campaign UK, commented: “After decades of dictatorships, we finally have a chance of freeing ourselves from military …
Zoya Phan, Programme Director of Burma Campaign UK, spoke at an ODI event today on humanitarianism and human rights in Syria and Myanmar. She discussed the need for more humanitarian aid in Burma and more international pressure on the Burmese military. Zoya said that four years since the military coup (and much longer for ethnic …
The fall of Assad has fortified the revolution in Myanmar. Territory continues to be liberated as the military junta’s collapse is increasingly inevitable. While Syria demonstrated the fragility of Assad’s regime, when will the tipping point come in Myanmar? Join the ODI (Overseas Development Institute) on 30 January in London or online to explore how …
Internet and communications technology giants such as Apple, Google, LinkedIn and YouTube have been warned they are hosting apps and channels run by blacklisted Myanmar mobile phone network operator MyTel, reports Yahoo!News. The company, which is jointly owned by the Myanmar military and Vietnamese telecommunications provider Viettel, was accused by Burma Campaign UK and the …
Aung San Suu Kyi, the democratically elected leader of Myanmar, has reached a total of 19 years detention since 1989 and is currently being detained by the military for the fourth time, says Ayeyarwaddy Times quoting Burma Campaign UK. “The Myanmar military imprisoning Aung San Suu Kyi for a total of 19 years shows that …
Aung San Suu Kyi has spent a total of 19 years in detention since 1989, says the Irrawaddy quoting Burma Campaign UK. The 79-year-old is in her fourth period of detention since 1989 and was detained during the February 1, 2021, coup. She is reportedly in solitary confinement in prison. “The Burmese military detaining Aung …
Burma Campaign UK and the International Campaign for the Rohingya (ICR) have called on US tech companies to remove Mytel, the military-owned telecoms operator, from their platforms, reports the Democratic Voice of Burma. Apple, Google, YouTube, and LinkedIn still host Mytel channels and smartphone applications via their online services and app stores despite the US government …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a decision by the USA to sanction Mytel, a mobile telecoms company which is a joint venture between the Burmese military and Vietnamese telecoms company Viettel, reports the Karen Information Center. Viettel is owned by the Vietnamese military and is on the Burma Campaign UK ‘Dirty List’ because of its …
Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director Zoya Phan is interviewed in Northeast Bylines today. Asked what people can do to help Burma, Zoya said “The best thing to do would be to write to MPs to raise the issue of Burma in parliament, so that the British government can put more pressure on the Burmese military …
Karen Human Rights Group posted this message from Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director Zoya Phan on International Human Rights Day. Watch Zoya Phan’s message (in Karen, subtitles in English)
The Burmese military have a deadly new weapon. Drones. We need your help to stop them. The Burmese military have a deadly new weapon. Drones. We need your help to stop them. Reports of drone strikes are coming in daily. A church bombed in Chin State, villagers killed in their homes in Sagaing region, villagers …
Civil groups including Burma Campaign UK welcome and support the International Criminal Court lawyer’s application to arrest military leader Min Aung Hlaing, reports the Ayeyarwaddy Times. Judges from the ICC will examine the evidence and decide whether to issue an international arrest warrant for Min Aung Hlaing. “It has been decades that the Myanmar military …
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, …