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On the eve of Burma’s election, Aung San Suu Kyi has 229 political prisoners in jail. The number of activists either in jail or awaiting trial is almost exactly the same as before the 2015 election when the military still…

Media release by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) is concerned that the lack of international condemnation of the disenfranchisement of the Rohingya in Sunday’s election will encourage further human rights violations against the Rohingya people. Not…

Burma Campaign UK today publishes a new Briefing Paper: Burma’s 2020 Election. A Step Forward or a Step Back? The Briefing is available here. The Briefing Paper discusses how rather than this election being an improvement on the last, it…

Press release by Action for Shan State Rivers Communities living along the Namtu/Myitnge river in northern Shan State welcome the withdrawal of Swiss company Stucky SA from the controversial Upper Yeywa dam project.  Stucky SA revealed its withdrawal on August…

Toothless UK sanctions targeting 16 individuals from the Burmese military and security services have not resulted in any reported assets being frozen, according to a new report published by the British government. The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, under HM…

Maersk, the biggest shipping company in the world, has informed Burma Campaign UK that it will stop using military-owned ports in Burma before the end of the month. In May this year Maersk was placed on the ‘Dirty List’ of…

On 11th September the British government pulled off quite a diplomatic coup at the UN Security Council. Following a closed door meeting on Burma, eight of the fifteen UN Security Council members issued a joint statement. The statement included the…

Burma Campaign UK today urged the government of Burma to drop all charges against Aung Marm Oo immediately and to repeal all repressive laws, which are being used to arrest journalists and human rights activists for political reasons. Aung Marm…

Media Release from Justice for Myanmar The Myanmar government has reportedly ordered the blocking of the Justice For Myanmar website, in an attempt to cover-up the Myanmar military’s abuse of power, grand corruption and human rights violations. The Justice For…

On the eve of the third anniversary of the military offensive against ethnic Rohingya in 2017, Burma Campaign UK called on the international community to implement the recommendations of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar. Not one country in the…