50 Organizations Call for End to Internet Blackout to Protect Public Health of Rohingya Refugees and Host Communities
April 2, 2020
Joint Letter: Re: Restrictions on Communication, Fencing, and COVID-19 in Cox’s Bazar District Rohingya Refugee Camps Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister Old Sangsad Bhaban Tejagaon, Dhaka-1215 Bangladesh April 2, 2020 Dear...
Burma Army Kills Karen Community Leader Shopping for Food
April 2, 2020
Media Release From the Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) On the evening of 31st March at around 7 pm, the Burma Army killed a Karen community leader who was shopping...
Immediately lift ban on ethnic news websites
April 1, 2020
Press Release from Article 19Myanmar’s decision to block access to ethnic news websites violates the right to freedom of expression, ARTICLE 19 said today. Over the past two weeks, the...
Statement by members of the European Burma Network
March 18, 2020
As the European Union (EU) approaches the renewal of the Common Position on Burma in April, members of the European Burma Network (EBN) are calling on the EU to strengthen...
The Karen Women’s Organization Statement In Support of Boycott of Military Companies
February 18, 2020
The Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) supports calls for a boycott of Burmese military companies. We call on the people of Burma to boycott products made by military companies, and we...
Lift Internet Restrictions in Rakhine and Chin States
February 13, 2020
JOINT STATEMENT Myanmar: Lift Internet Restrictions in Rakhine and Chin States Mobile internet blackout in four townships in Rakhine State among the world’s longest running We, the 29 undersigned organizations,...
Genocide charge dents halo of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi – the Peninsula
January 26, 2020
Qatar's Peninsula newspaper reports on the ruling by the International Court of Justice ordering Burma to take all possible measures to prevent genocide against the Rohingya - and the loss...
The UK Atrocity Prevention Working Group welcomes ICJ Ruling
January 24, 2020
The UK Atrocity Prevention Working Group welcomes the unanimous findings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nation’s principal judicial organ, in the case filed by The Gambia...
ICJ Ruling – International Pressure Needed To Force Burma To Comply
January 23, 2020
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for provisional measures to be taken by the government of Burma to prevent what the UN...
Position of Civil Society Organizations on the case against Myanmar by the International Court of Justice
January 22, 2020
Position of Civil Society Organizations on the case against Myanmar by the International Court of Justice regarding the potential indication of provisional measures to prevent genocide View PDF of statement here....