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...
Blue Shirt Day for political prisoners on Wednesday 21st April
April 20, 2021
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...
Burma Campaign UK Welcomes EU Sanctions – Timber and Gems Must Follow
April 19, 2021
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,...
Burma Campaign UK Welcomes New British Sanctions on Military Companies
April 1, 2021
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...