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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…

Burma Campaign UK is today launching a new boycott campaign against Kirin Ichiban lager.  Japanese conglomerate Kirin is in two joint venture brewery businesses with the Burmese military. Kirin is a Japanese company making alcoholic and soft drinks, food and…

The UK’s biggest opposition party, the Labour Party, is joining calls for the British government to impose sanctions on Burmese military companies. In an article for Burma Campaign News, also published as a blog on the Burma Campaign UK website…

By Stephen Kinnock MP, Shadow Minister for Asia and the Pacific As the recently appointed Shadow Minister for Asia and the Pacific I have come to understand just how isolated and absent from the global stage consecutive Conservative governments have…

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed notification received from Portia Management Services that they have no plans to renew or extend their contract managing a military-owned port in Yangon. The current contract expires in 2021. Liverpool based Portia manages the TMT…

Joint Open Letter to U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo 58 Organizations Support Petition Urging Secretary Pompeo to Publicly Determine that Myanmar has Committed Genocide and Crimes against Humanity against the Rohingya People. PDF of the letter is available here….

Open letter from civil society organisations urging the British government to include the Burma (Myanmar) Armed Forces in the Proscribed International Terrorist Groups List. PDF of the letter is here. To, Rt Hon Priti Patel MPSecretary of State for the Home DepartmentHouse of…

Statement by members of the European Burma Network Members of the European Burma Network (EBN) welcome the prospect of a continued Argentinian investigation into atrocity crimes against the Rohingya under the principle of universal jurisdiction. A recent move by the…