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More than 70,000 annual deaths are attributable to tobacco use in Burma, and the return of global cigarette manufacturers to a largely unregulated market suggests that the country faces an impending tobacco‐related disease epidemic, according to the Asian Correspondent. British American Tobacco (BAT), which announced its return to Burma in July 2013 following reforms to the country’s …
“I am worried about you”, Burma Campaign UK’s Campaigns Manager Zoya Phan told VOA Burmese News after the Burmese government announced plans to close camps for IDPs (internally displaced persons) in ethnic areas. A statement by the Ei Tu Hta IDP Supporting Committee of ethnic organisations calls on the Burmese government to immediately halt all plans …
The EU has imposed sanctions on seven regional Myanmar military and police officers over alleged atrocities against Muslim Rohingya — but stopped short of targeting top national commanders including the head of the military, Min Aung Hlaing. Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, told the FT: “In effect, the entire EU response to what is …
Burma Campaign UK’s Director Mark Farmaner and Campaigns Officer Karin Valtersson today met Imran Hussain MP, Shadow Justice Minister for the Labour Party, to discuss the human rights situation in Burma and the need for accountability.
Our Head of Development, Doug Janke at this year’s UNISON Conference in Brighton.
Coconuts Yangon reports on rumours that the recently launched telecoms operator MyTel has subtly endorsed the nationalist 969 Movement, an Islamophobic group whose stated goals include preventing Muslim population growth in Myanmar. Mark Farmaner, Burma Campaign UK’s Drector, tweeted: “MyTel is the most expensive mobile network in Burma. It funds the military, costing lives of ethnic …
By Mark Farmaner, Director, Burma Campaign UK Serious questions and doubts hang over the new MOU signed between the United Nations and the government of Burma on a supposed framework for creating conditions for safe return for Rohingya refugees. For a start, to date, it’s a secret deal. It’s about the Rohingya but the Rohingya …
Canada announced today that it will support a referral of the situation in Myanmar by the United Nations Security Council to the International Criminal Court. Canada maintains an arms embargo against Myanmar together with targeted sanctions. The government says it will use Canada’s 2018 Presidency of the G7, the group of seven large industrial economies, …
In the face of atrocity crimes, ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya and continuing attacks against other ethnic groups, the UK can no longer continue with ‘business as usual’ in its interactions with Burma. In a Report published today, MPs on the International Development Committee say that the actions and language of the UK towards Burma need …
Burma Campaign UK’s Campaigns Officer, Karin Valtersson, joined the demonstration by the Kachin community in the UK, calling on the British government to support the UN Security Council’s referral of Burma/Myanmar to the International Criminal Court. Tell the British government to stop protecting the Burmese military
A special edition of Dispatches with exclusive access to Rohingya activists’ secret recordings, which provide evidence of years of repression, violence and mass murder by the Myanmar authorities, was broadcast today on Channel 4. Watch Myanmar’s Killing Fields
The Justice for Rohingya Minority (JFRM) was launched at a ceremony at Amnesty International’s headquarters in London on Wednesday. Mark Farmaner, member of JFRM and director of Burma Campaign UK, argued that the international response to the Rohingya crisis has been muted. Referring to recent army attacks on civilians in Kachin State, Mark Farmaner said …
The Lords Grand Committee today held a short debate on recent developments in Myanmar. Watch the debate
Burma Campaign UK’s Director Mark Farmaner spoke at today’s Kachin protest in front of the UK Foreign Office, calling on the British government to support the UN Security Council referring Burma/Myanmar to the International Criminal Court. Call on the UK government to back the UN Security Council referring Burma to the ICC
Kachin Women’s Association Thailand has called on the UN Security Council to act to end ongoing crimes against humanity in northern Burma, which the UNSC delegation did not visit on its recent visit to Rakhine State. KWAT urges the UN Security Council: To refer the situation in Burma to the International Criminal Court To impose …
The European Union has defended a 30 million euro project to train the Myanmar Police, after a police witness in a case against two local journalists told a court this month that a senior police commander had ordered their entrapment. Burma Campaign UK director Mark Farmaner told VOA, “It’s hard to see how the EU …
“Writing to MPs, or going to meet your MPs, really does make a difference”, Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK, told the National Student. Asked how students can pressure the government to change its policies and help alleviate the suffering in Burma, Mark said “We have had MPs standing up in Parliament really putting …
Leeds United Football Club’s announcement that it will be bringing the squad to Burma next month was met with widespread condemnation, reports the Democratic Voice of Burma. Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, told DVB “There has been no call for a cultural or sports boycott of Burma, but clearly Leeds United haven’t clearly …
The Burmese government has denied that yesterday’s release of political prisoners included seven members of the military who were jailed for 10 years for massacring 10 Rohingya in the village of Inn Din in September 2017. They remain in jail, together with around 90 political prisoners. The New York Times article quotes Mark Farmaner, director …
Article in Mizzima News: Burma Campaign UK yesterday expressed disappointment at the apparent decision by Aung San Suu Kyi’s government to keep around 90 political prisoners in jail. While the statement notes “The reported release of 36 political prisoners today is wonderful news for those political prisoners and their families, but [it] also represents a …
Parliament’s Petitions Committee today held a two hour debate on the Rohingya crisis, triggered by public petitions asking the UK government to impose financial sanctions and stop the genocide. Background information Watch the debate Read the full transcript
The Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN) pays tribute to one of its most committed land protectors, peace advocates, and Indigenous rights defenders: Saw O Moo. He was ambushed and shot at by Burma Army soldiers on 5 April while travelling home from a community meeting on his motorbike. His death, says KESAN, is …
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has asked for a ruling on jurisdiction which could allow an ICC investigation into the deportation of Rohingya to Bangladesh, based on Bangladesh being a signatory of the Rome Statute. Burma Campaign UK welcomes this step by the prosecutor. It is clear that some of the most serious …
Great support at NASUWT teachers’ trade union conference in Birmingham this weekend. Delegates supporting our campaign to bring Burma’s generals to justice call for Boris Johnson to back Burma’s referral to the International Criminal Court.