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 Over 200 nongovernmental organizations from around the world are calling on the United Nations Security Council to immediately impose a global arms embargo on Myanmar to pressure the junta to stop killing unarmed protesters and end human rights abuses against…

100 MPs from 9 political parties in the British Parliament have come together to support a Parliamentary Motion condemning the military coup in Burma. They are calling for stronger action by the British government, including building an arms embargo coalition…

Statement by 41 Karen community organisations worldwide For decades the Royal Thai government has hosted ethnic Karen refugees and other refugees from Burma and we are grateful for the sanctuary we have been given in the past. Now, once again,…

Wednesday 21st April is Blue Shirt Day for political prisoners. It’s the anniversary of the death of U Win Tin, a leader of the democracy movement who famously kept wearing his prison blue shirt after being released from prison, saying…

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed sanctions on military owned companies imposed by the European Union today. EU Foreign Ministers meeting today have confirmed sanctions on two huge military owned conglomerates, Myanmar Economic Corporation, and Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd. In 2019…

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed new British sanctions on the military conglomerate Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC). The sanctions on MEC follow sanctions on the other major military business conglomerate Myanmar Economic Holding Ltd (MEHL) last week. Burma Campaign UK has…

Statement By European Karen Network EU Must Act in Response to Bombing in Karen State and Killing of Protesters The European Karen Network, representing Karen communities in Europe, calls for urgent action by the European Union in response to the…

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed moves by the UK and USA to sanction military owned companies. The UK has sanctioned military conglomerate Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (MEHL). The USA has sanctioned MEHL and the other big military conglomerate, Myanmar Economic…

Burma Campaign UK today described the EU response to the military coup as pathetically weak and ineffective. Almost two months after the military coup in Burma, the EU today finally announced the action it is taking against the Burmese military…

British Foreign Office Minister Nigel Adams MP has called on members of the Commonwealth to impose arms embargoes on Burma, following the military coup on 1st February 2021. Responding to a written question in the British Parliament from Stephen Kinnock…