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An Open Letter to the UN Security Council and Individual UN Member States The letter is in Burmese here. We, the undersigned organizations, call on the United Nations Security Council and UN member states to urgently institute a coordinated, global…

Burma Campaign UK has today removed Singaporean shipping company Transworld from the ‘Dirty List’ of companies linked to Burma’s military, after solicitors acting on behalf of Transworld informed us that Transworld will no longer use military-owned ports in Yangon. A…

Joint Statement from NGOs and Trade Unions The international community has reacted with a justified shock at Myanmar’s military junta staging a coup on 1st February and arresting democratically elected leaders and activists. We the undersigned join the growing number…

Burma Campaign UK today called on the European Union to urgently speed up the process of identifying military leaders and companies to sanction in response to the military coup on 1st February. A weak international response to the coup may…

Two hundred and eighteen civil society organizations from Myanmar and globally have urged International Financial Institutions (IFIs) to immediately freeze loans and other financial assistance to the country amounting to an estimated US$11Billion. In a joint letter led by 120…

Burma Campaign UK expressed disappointment with sanctions announced against three Burmese military leaders by the British government today, which effectively amount to nothing more than a holiday ban. However, the announcement that the UK will work on ways to stop…

Ahead of EU Foreign Ministers Meeting on Monday 22 February to discuss their response to the military coup, Burma Campaign UK called on the EU to implement sanctions on military owned companies, and not just sanction military leaders. Personal sanctions…

Everyone at Burma Campaign UK is very sad to learn of the death of Zaw Zaw Htun today in Yangon after being ill for some time. Zaw Zaw Htun joined the Democratic Party for a New Society (DPNS) in 1988…

Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government, EU, USA and other countries to join the boycott of military companies by imposing their own boycotts and sanctions. Embassies, aid agencies and the UN must also join the boycott to…

Burma Campaign UK today calls on Facebook to immediately ban all Burmese military pages and the pages of military owned companies as “organized violence or criminal activity” under Facebook’s community standards. The Burmese military stand accused of genocide at the…