Burma Campaign UK
Myanmar’s military rulers have pardoned or dropped charges against 8,665 people locked up for opposing army rule as the country prepares for next month’s elections, reports Al Jazeera. Critics have asserted that the upcoming election will be neither free nor fair because there is no free media and most of the leaders of Aung San …
After more than a decade of rapacious scam activity, reports Asia Sentinel, dual pressure from the US and China has caused the Myanmar military to raid Shwe Kokko, a notorious compound 40 km from the Thai border town of Mae Sot where enslaved workers defraud online victims globally, although analysts are skeptical over the junta’s …
“The Burmese military use foreign jets and bombs to kill civilians”, says Zoya Phan, Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director, in her social media post. “You must stop arms and equipment reaching them. “The UK, EU, USA, ASEAN and other countries must do more to cut off the supply of money, arms and aviation fuel reaching the …
At least 26 people died in Myanmar at a combined festival and protest against the brutal military junta, when a motor-powered paraglider (paramotor) dropped bombs. Northeast Bylines asked Zoya Phan from Burma Campaign UK for her comment on this paramotor bombing incident. Zoya said: “The Burmese military have been escalating airstrikes and military offensives across Burma in recent weeks …
Aid agencies are warning that Rakhine State will soon see people starving, reports Northeast Bylines. As a result, the World Food Programme has issued an urgent appeal for more donations to avoid a “full-blown disaster”. Zoya Phan, BCUK’s Programme Director, told Northeast Bylines: “International donors must immediately reverse long term aid cuts to camps hosting Rohingya …
Mark Farmaner, Burma Campaign UK’s Director, told RFI: “For the refugees in Bangladesh and the Rohingya still in Burma, there is no hope that the situation will improve and that they can go home. In fact, every day, more and more refugees try to flee Rakhine State. “We have seen the Arakan Army, a resistance …
New elections are planned by the Burmese military for the end of this year, reports Northeast Bylines, quoting Burma Campaign UK’s new briefing paper: ‘The Burmese Military’s ‘Elections’: New Date, New Danger, Same Sham.’ Zoya Phan, BCUK’s Programme Director, commented: “The Burmese military is so desperate for international legitimacy. This coming sham election is nothing …
Airbus has divested from AVIC, a Chinese aircraft and arms manufacturer which supplies the Burmese military with the jets they use to bomb schools, hospitals and homes. Justice for Myanmar and Blood Money Campaign groups including Burma Campaign UK have welcomed the withdrawal of investment. Thank you all for taking action on this. Too many …
Zoya Phan, Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director, spoke today at a protest at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to mark the 14th anniversary of resumed war in Kachinland. The Kachin community calls on the British government and the international community to do more to cut off the supply of money, arms, equipment and …
Our Programme Director Zoya Phan spoke at today’s launch of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission’s new report on Burma, “Unspeakable Tragedy”. She joined Tim Loughton, Dr. Sasa, Ben Rogers and Baroness Hodgson on the panel. Zoya said: “The international community and the British government must not repeat past mistakes on Burma, where they were …
“The military will never reform. And every time the international community bets on it, they lose.” Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK, doesn’t mince words in his podcast for Insight Myanmar. With decades of experience advocating for Myanmar, he shares why past strategies have failed — and what the world must do now to …
Our Programme Director Zoya Phan joined a panel discussion in the UK Parliament, United Voices: A discussion about Freedom in North Korea, China, Uyghur, Tibet, Hong Kong and Burma. This event was co-hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea and Fortify Rights. Speakers included David Smith MP, the UK’s Special Envoy for Freedom …
Zoya Phan, Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director, and Sai, an artist and activist from Burma, were among the speakers at the launch of Burma Video Journalists’ new powerful exhibition “Testimonies from Beyond”, at the Koppel Collective in London. The exhibition draws attention to the atrocities committed by the Burmese military junta against the people of Burma, …
Zoya Phan, Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director, spoke in the UK Parliament together with Lord Alton of Liverpool, from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Freedom of Religion or Belief, and Sai, an artist and activist from Burma whose father Dr. Linn Htut, the democratically elected Chief Minister of Shan State, is now imprisoned by the …
Burma Campaign UK’s Amy Rosenberg at the NASUWT Teachers’ Union conference in Liverpool this weekend. Thank you NASUWT delegates for taking action to stop Burmese military airstrikes on schools.
Zoya Phan, Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director, writes on the aftermath of the earthquake in Burma for the World Liberty Congress: “In the wake of this disaster, the Burmese military is showing no sign of halting its aggression or providing significant aid to its people. They continued attacks across the country despite declaring a ceasefire, …
Our Programme Director Zoya Phan joined other human rights defenders in a conference in London of the Human Rights Foundation’s World Liberty Congress. Zoya said “I am so inspired to be part of these global networks of activists standing up in solidarity against authoritarian rules”.
Bangladesh is positively considering supporting a UN-led humanitarian assistance programme in Rakhine in the face of impending famine, reports the Bangladesh-based Daily Observer. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s publication, “Rakhine: A Famine in the Making”, warned of impending famine in Rakhine State by spring 2025 as the state will only produce 20 per cent …
A small Rohingya community organisation in the UK managed to secure the first ever arrest warrant for a head of the Burmese military, reports Northeast Bylines. Min Aung Hlaing and other senior military leaders now face international arrest warrants. Zoya Phan, Programme Director from Burma Campaign UK, commented: “Now finally there is progress towards ending impunity. At …
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 …