Burma Briefing
Aviation Fuel Sanctions – Questions and Answers
February 11, 2022This briefing answers questions about our campaign for sanctions on aviation fuel. Since the attempted coup on 1st February 2021 there has been unprecedented resistance to the military. In a desperate attempt to try to control the country, the military…
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Is Serbia Still Arming the Burmese Military?
January 18, 2022This briefing paper details the decades-long relationship between Serbia and the Burmese military. This includes arms sales and discussions on increasing defence co-operation taking place as recently as 2019. Serbia, as a long-term supplier of arms to the Burmese military,…
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Why is Dominic Raab Refusing to Act on Accountability for Burmese Military Crimes?
May 20, 2021This briefing paper details how, despite British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and other government ministers repeatedly talking about holding the Burmese military to account for its crimes, in practice they are fiercely resisting pressure to take action on accountability. Dominic…
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12 countries involved in training and cooperation with the Burmese military
March 3, 2021Twelve countries are involved in military training and/or cooperation with the Burmese military, despite its human rights record. With the exception of Pakistan, the countries on this list have all made agreements to continue or even increase military training and…
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Will you add a Political Prisoner to your Christmas card list?
December 3, 2020Will you add a political prisoner to your Christmas card list? As Christmas approaches there are almost 230 political prisoners in jail in Burma. They won’t be able to spend Christmas in their own home with their families. Many of…
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Burma’s 2020 Election – A Step Forward or a Step Back?
November 5, 2020This Briefing Paper discusses how rather than this election being an improvement on the last, it will be less free and fair. More people will be disenfranchised in this election than the last, and those disenfranchised are almost all from…
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Aung San Suu Kyi’s Forgotten Political Prisoners
April 18, 2020Four years into the five-year term of the NLD-led government, the issue of political prisoners remains one of the main problems in the country. Almost all the repressive laws that the military dictatorship used to jail activists remain in place….
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The Boycott List
January 14, 2020‘The Boycott List’, lists products and brands produced by Burmese military-owned companies. The products and brands are listed cover a wide range of sectors from construction, media, entertainment, agricultural products and trade. The purpose of the briefing paper is to…
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David Cameron and Burma: No lessons learned
November 4, 2019As British Prime Minister, David Cameron made critical decisions on international policy towards Burma which helped to create the conditions whereby the Burmese military believed they could get away with genocide of the Rohingya, and continue human rights violations against…
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The need for a new Universal Jurisdiction Law in the UK
July 29, 2019There is no single comprehensive universal jurisdiction law in the UK. Instead, there is a patchwork of existing laws, treaties and obligations which have evolved over many decades. The current application of universal jurisdiction in the UK is so restricted…
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