
Allegations of Ethnically Motivated Rape and Killing in Myanmar of Grave Concern
January 27, 2015
Statement by United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura: (New York, 27 January 2015) I am gravely concerned by the killing and...

British Government In Denial About Burma’s Stalled Reforms – New Briefing Paper
January 27, 2015
Burma Campaign UK today publishes a new briefing paper responding in detail to the British government's misleading claims and the selective use of information that it uses to defend Burma's...

2015 Palm Campaign: “Even Though I’m Free I Am Not”
January 26, 2015
Media Release from The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) and the Former Political Prisoner Society (FPPS) The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) and the Former Political Prisoner Society...

Ongoing Sexual Violence Highlights Urgent Need For Burma Army To Stop Offensives
January 22, 2015
Women's League of Burma - press statement on the murders in Kachin State Ongoing Sexual Violence Highlights Urgent Need For Burma Army To Stop Offensives And Pull Back Troops From...

Two Kachin teachers brutally raped and killed by Burmese Army
January 20, 2015
Burma Campaign UK has confirmed reports that two ethnic Kachin teachers were raped by Burmese Army soldiers overnight on 19th/20th January. Burma Campaign UK is calling on the British government...

Myanmar National Human Rights Council Urged to Free Aung Soe
December 18, 2014
Burma Campaign UK today urged U Win Mra, the Chairman of the Myanmar National Human Rights Council to call for the establishment of a permanent review mechanism for political prisoners,...

36 Karen organisations welcome the release by Harvard Law School re war crimes and call for justice
December 16, 2014
Statement by Karen Community Based Organizations Welcoming the Release By The International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School of, “War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Eastern Myanmar” It’s...

Recent Reports on Human Rights Violations – Summary Briefing Paper
December 4, 2014
Burma Campaign UK today published a new briefing paper, Recent Reports On Burma, which summarises key points from some of the most recent reports on Burma. In early November 2014...

Parliament Committee: Re-impose Burma Sanctions If No Improvement In Human Rights
November 27, 2014
The influential Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament has published a report today which calls on the British government to support the re-imposition of European Union sanctions on Burma...

Britain Must Support International Investigation into Rape and Sexual Violence in Burma
November 25, 2014
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, more than 2,000 campaign postcards are being delivered to the British Foreign Office calling on Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond...