UK aid to Rohingya £27.6m, almost half of 2020 – Dhaka Tribune
May 19, 2021
The British government has announced “shocking” cuts to its aid in support of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, reports Dhaka Tribune. “Even in a climate where aid cuts were expected due...
Dominic Raab: Don’t cut aid to Burmese people in their greatest hour of need
May 19, 2021
Burma Campaign UK is calling on the British government to reverse cuts in international aid, and to protect the aid budget for Burma in light of the military coup and...
Burma Campaign UK welcomes UK Sanctions on Myanmar Gems Enterprise
May 17, 2021
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed an announcement by the British government that they are imposing sanctions on Myanmar Gems Enterprise (MGE). MGE manages the gemstones industry in Burma, which will...
New briefing highlights how a democratic Myanmar is impossible without justice
May 12, 2021
Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) and the international community must put justice for atrocity crimes at the centre of all efforts to restore...
Growing Public Health Emergency in Burma’s Ethnic Areas
May 6, 2021
Media Release from The Ethnic Health Committee (EHC) The EHC issues the following statement on the current health situation in ethnic areas of Burma. In the period before the coup...
Burma Campaign UK Welcomes Japan Arms Embargo on Burma
May 6, 2021
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a commitment by Japan to stop selling arms and military equipment to the Burmese military. In the statement by G7 Foreign Ministers on 5th May,...
Joint Civil Society Appeal: UNSC Should Adopt Global Arms Embargo Against Myanmar
May 6, 2021
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...
Wai Hnin Pwint Thon interviewed – France 24
April 28, 2021
Wai Hnin Pwint Thon, campaigns officer at Burma Campaign UK, and the daughter of a man serving a 65-year jail sentence in Myanmar for his part in the 2007 protests,...
100 UK MPs call for stronger action against the military in Burma
April 22, 2021
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...
Thailand: Give Sanctuary to Karen Refugees Fleeing Burmese Army Attacks
April 20, 2021
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...