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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 …
The three Brotherhood Alliance (3BA) of armed ethnic organisations has earned success in Myanmar against the troops of the military junta and taken part of the largest state of Shan, including two cities on the border with China, reports Jungle World. The said goal of the 3BA was to stop the criminal enterprises in cities …
Zoya Phan, programme director of Burma Campaign UK, spoke at the first General Assembly of the World Liberty Congress in Vilnius, Lithuania, where 200 human rights and freedom activists, former political prisoners, political dissidents, opposition leaders, international human rights lawyers, and many more, from 56 countries dominated by autocratic regimes came together.
Burma Campaign UK has updated its Boycott List of products and services produced by companies owned by the Burmese military, reports Mizzima. “The vast range of products and services provided by military-owned companies demonstrates their importance to the Burmese military and the dominant role that they have always played in the economy,” said Mark Farmaner, …
Myanmar’s regime is holding a gems emporium, a major revenue earner for the junta, in Naypyitaw, selling more gems than previous events, reports the Irrawaddy. There has been an increasing interest in [selling gems in] dollars or euros amid a hard currency crisis as foreign investment fell and western countries imposed sanctions. The National Unity …
BBC Burmese interviews Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK, following the recent ASEAN summit’s statement strongly condemning the continued acts of violence in Myanmar. ASEAN reaffirmed support for its Five-Point Consensus: an immediate end to violence in the country; dialogue among all parties; the appointment of a special envoy; humanitarian assistance by ASEAN; and …
Nant Zoya Phan, programme director of Burma Campaign UK, and Naw Wahkushee, director of Karen Peace Support Network, write in Myanmar Now: “In our decades of interactions with presidents, prime ministers, government ministers and diplomats all over the world, one flawed assumption has underpinned their understanding and approach to our country. That assumption is that …
Rishi Sunak did not even raise Indian arms sales to the Burmese military when he met Prime Minister Modi at the G20 summit, reports Mizzima. Karin Valtersson, Campaigns Officer at Burma Campaign UK said: “Instead of human rights, Rishi Sunak appears to be prioritising economic opportunities, and India as a bulwark against China. However, with …
The UK government”s total aid to Rohingya refugees halfway through this financial year is £16.9 million, which represents an 85% cut since 2019-2020, reports Mizzima. “Over one million people, the majority of whom are children, are at risk of severe malnutrition and even death. The attempted military coup in Burma makes return of Rohingya to …
44 organisations from around the world, including Burma Campaign UK, have urged the G20 countries – heads of state and governments of which are meeting in New Delhi – to pay their focused attention to the crisis unfolding in Myanmar, reports India’s The Wire. “As representatives of the world’s foremost economies, you possess the influence …
Despite international condemnation of the 2021 coup and terror campaign against Myanmar’s civilians, India, the world’s largest democracy, has been deepening ties with the regime, reports the Irrawaddy. As New Delhi is set to host the G20 summit, Burma Campaign UK has called on members to pressure India to stop supporting Myanmar’s junta. Myanmar’s civilian …
As India prepares to host the prestigious B20 Business Summit, ahead of the G20 summit in New Delhi in September, the role of Indian companies in funding and arming the Burmese military is receiving more attention, says Burma Campaign UK. BCUK has added seven more Indian companies to the ‘Dirty List’ of international companies funding …
Burma Campaign UK’s director Mark Farmaner and his family were at Vale Earth Fair in Guernsey this weekend, raising money for the campaign for democracy in Burma with a throwing competition. Three poo’s for a pound, if you hit Min Aung Hlaing three times, win a lolly! Big thanks as ever to Vale Earth Fair …