The investment summit and the elephant in the room
March 20, 2019
By Mark Farmaner, Director, Burma Campaign UK The annual Myanmar trade and investment conference took place in London on Monday 18th March. It is a strange event. British government officials,...
EU targets garment workers, not Burmese military, over human rights violations
October 29, 2018
By Mark Farmaner The EU is considering sanctioning garment workers but has rejected sanctions against Min Aung Hlaing When the United Nations Fact Finding Mission published its report into human...
The Foreign Office is finally changing its approach to Burma, but by how much?
September 24, 2018
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt visited Burma last week, and his approach was very different from his predecessor, Boris Johnson. Before his visit Jeremy Hunt met with members of the Rohingya...
New UNICEF report highlights impact on Rohingya children
August 24, 2018
When Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military, launched his pre-planned military offensive against Rohingya civilians last August, the majority of those he targeted were children. A new UNICEF...
Rohingya crisis one year on: Business as usual for EU
August 20, 2018
By Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK When Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military, launched his military offensive against Rohingya civilians in August 2017, there was international outrage....
Jeremy Hunt needs to conduct a wholesale review of British policy on Burma
July 12, 2018
By Mark Farmaner, Director, Burma Campaign UK Following the military offensive against the Rohingya in October 2016, in which around 80,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh and there were credible reports...
The refugee’s right to return home
June 26, 2018
By Paul Sztumpf Refugee researcher, Burma Campaign UK `The right of return’ is a fundamental right of all refugees, to voluntarily return to their country of origin or of citizenship and...
Questions hang over the UN’s secret Rohingya deal with the government of Burma
June 8, 2018
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...