EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström must drop proposal to remove Burma trade privileges
October 10, 2018
Statement from members and observers of the European Burma Network EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström must drop proposal to remove Burma trade privileges EU should sanction the military rather than...
EU trade privileges move alarms garment sector – Frontier
October 6, 2018
A announcement by the European Union that it is considering suspending trade privileges for Burma has alarmed garment firms, which say hundreds of thousands of jobs are at risk. Frontier Myanmar...
The Foreign Office is finally changing its approach to Burma, but by how much?
September 24, 2018
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt visited Burma last week, and his approach was very different from his predecessor, Boris Johnson. Before his visit Jeremy Hunt met with members of the Rohingya...
Myanmar army should be removed from politics – Sun Daily
September 18, 2018
Burma's powerful army should be removed from politics, UN investigators said in the final version of a damning report reiterating calls for top generals to be prosecuted for genocide against the...
160 British Parliamentarians call on Prime Minister to support Myanmar International Criminal Court referral
September 13, 2018
Media Release From The Office of Rushanara Ali MP MPs call for Myanmar Military referral to International Criminal Court Following the UN fact finding mission, over 160 Parliamentarians call for...
Burma Army conscripts porters, detains elderly and children during “clearance operations” near Upper Yeywa dam site in N. Shan State; arrests, tortures villagers in S. Shan State
September 7, 2018
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation From July 23 to August 9, 2018, Burma Army troops from five battalions – LIB 115, 501, 504, 505, 506 -- carried out...
Reuters Journalists: Aung San Suu Kyi Must Release Them Today
September 3, 2018
Burma Campaign UK today condemned the sentencing of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, and urged Aung San Suu Kyi to release them today, and to repeal all repressive laws,...
UN Rohingya Genocide Finding – UK Must Stop Protecting Burmese Military From Justice
August 27, 2018
Following the release of an interim report by the United Nations Fact Finding Mission calling for Min Aung Hlaing and other senior generals to be investigated and prosecuted for the...
New UNICEF report highlights impact on Rohingya children
August 24, 2018
When Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military, launched his pre-planned military offensive against Rohingya civilians last August, the majority of those he targeted were children. A new UNICEF...
Rohingya crisis one year on: Theresa May must back ICC referral
August 24, 2018
Burma Campaign UK today called on British Prime Minister Theresa May to support the referral of Burma to the International Criminal Court. To date, the British Foreign Office, which claims...