MPs urge Ban Ki-moon to negotiate humanitarian access to Rakhine State, Burma
July 7, 2015
Over 50 MPs in the British Parliament have signed an Early Day Motion (EDM) (a kind of Parliamentary petition) calling on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to personally lead negotiations for...
Save the Salween River
July 7, 2015
Statement of Save the Salween Network The Salween/Thanlwin River is the second longest river in Southeast Asia, invaluable for the survival of the ethnic people who live along it. It...
The Burma Government Must Unconditionally and Immediately Release Naw Ohn Hla
June 30, 2015
Media Release by The Karen Women’s Organization and Karen Women’s Empowerment Group The Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) and Karen Women’s Empowerment Group (KWEG) call for the immediate and unconditional release...
On World Refugee Day Burma Government and International Community Must Commit to Respecting Voices and Rights of Burma’s Refugees
June 20, 2015
On this 2015 World Refugee Day, we stand in solidarity with the over 110,000 refugees who fled Burma to seek protection in the nine camps along the Thailand-Burma border, embodying...
56 Solidarity Groups Worldwide Call for Immediate Halt to Military Offensives in Burma/Myanmar
June 8, 2015
56 Solidarity Groups Worldwide Call for an Immediate End to Offensives in Northern Burma/Myanmar and for the Provision of Unhindered Humanitarian Assistance to the IDPs On the fourth anniversary of...
International investigation needed into human rights violations against Burma’s Rohingya
June 7, 2015
Statement by Members of the European Burma Network Monday 8th June marks the third anniversary of a new wave of large-scale violence against Burma’s Rohingya ethnic minority. The violence left...
One Year On From Burma Signing Sexual Violence Declaration – No Steps Taken On Implementation
June 5, 2015
Burma Campaign UK publishes a new briefing paper today, highlighting how Burma has taken no steps to implement the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, which it...
Htin Lin Oo Jailed For Criticising Religious Extremism
June 2, 2015
Today, the military-backed government in Burma sentenced a writer, Htin Lin Oo, to two years in prison with hard labour for criticising religious extremism in Burma. Burma Campaign UK urged...
UN Security Council Must Agree Concrete Action on Rohingya Crisis
May 28, 2015
Burma Campaign UK welcomes the discussion on Burma and the Rohingya due to take place at the United Nations Security Council today. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human...
A Woman Activist Jailed With Hard Labour For Protesting Peacefully
May 28, 2015
Burma Campaign UK today urged Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire MP to call in the Burmese ambassador to Britain to question him regarding why people are still being arrested under...