Starvation Causing Thousands of Rohingya to Flee to Bangladesh – Security Council Ignored
October 7, 2017
Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK Starvation caused by military and government restrictions on aid, movement, as well as new human rights violations and security concerns, are triggering a...
Prince Charles’s tour of Southeast Asia leaves out Burma
October 4, 2017
The Foreign Office has confirmed that Prince Charles will not visit Burma on his tour of southeast Asia and India later this month, reports the Democratic Voice of Burma. “To...
St Hugh’s College urged to explain reason for removing portrait – Daily Times
October 3, 2017
Pakistan's Daily Times reports that Mark Farmaner, Burma Campaign UK's director, has urged St. Hugh’s College to confirm that the removal of Aung San Suu Kyi's portrait is connected to...
UN member states should act to pressure Myanmar to end crimes against humanity
September 28, 2017
We, a global coalition of 87 civil society organizations, urgently call upon UN member states to take immediate steps to address the human rights abuses and humanitarian catastrophe engulfing Myanmar’s...
9,000 who fled military attacks at risk as donors cut aid
September 23, 2017
Burma Campaign UK today called on the Department for International Development (DFID), to step in and provide emergency funding to 9,000 people at risk from cuts in aid. International donors...
Migrant workers prosecuted for reporting exploitation in Thailand
September 21, 2017
Global coalition calls for end to prosecutorial persecution with criminal defamation law (Bangkok, September 19, 2017) – Prosecution of migrant workers and their advocates under criminal defamation laws for reporting...
Rohingya Crisis: EU Missing In Action: UK Must Lead Again
September 21, 2017
Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to resume its past leadership on Burma within the European Union, and push for practical steps from the European Union to...
Campaign Success – UK Stops Training Burma Military. Now Must Back Global Arms Embargo
September 19, 2017
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the decision by the British government to end training of the Burmese military, and called on the government to now work for a UN mandated...
Indiscriminate Burma Army shelling, shooting cause 300 villagers to flee in Mong Yai, northern Shan State
September 14, 2017
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation Indiscriminate Burma Army shelling, shooting cause 300 villagers to flee in Mong Yai, northern Shan State - three villagers arrested, one beaten On...
EBN Statement on Rohingya Crisis
September 14, 2017
EU’s reaction to situation in Rakhine State wholly inadequate Members of the European Burma Network are deeply concerned by the wholly inadequate response to the major human rights and humanitarian...