Rohingya Crisis: EU Foreign Ministers Must Back Global Arms Embargo on 13th November
November 7, 2017
Following the failure of the UN Security Council to agree on a resolution on the Rohingya crisis in Burma, Burma Campaign UK today called on EU Foreign Ministers to act....
Letter from 58 NGOs Calling for Targeted Economic Sanctions in Burma
November 3, 2017
November 2, 2017 The Honorable Rex Tillerson Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 The Honorable Steven Mnuchin Secretary of the Treasury U.S....
EU fails to act against ethnic cleansing of Rohingya – ‘absolutely pathetic’ response
October 16, 2017
Burma Campaign UK today condemned the European Union response to ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya as absolutely pathetic and effectively giving a green light for abuses to continue. The only...
The military coup threat myth
October 11, 2017
A persistent myth that the military in Burma are looking for an excuse to retake direct control of the country is now being used to justify inaction over the ethnic...
The Military Coup Threat Myth
October 11, 2017
Burma Campaign UK today issues a new briefing paper 'The Military Coup Threat Myth'. It examines a persistent myth that the military in Burma are looking for an excuse to...
Starvation Causing Thousands of Rohingya to Flee to Bangladesh – Security Council Ignored
October 7, 2017
Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK Starvation caused by military and government restrictions on aid, movement, as well as new human rights violations and security concerns, are triggering a...
Prince Charles’s tour of Southeast Asia leaves out Burma
October 4, 2017
The Foreign Office has confirmed that Prince Charles will not visit Burma on his tour of southeast Asia and India later this month, reports the Democratic Voice of Burma. “To...
St Hugh’s College urged to explain reason for removing portrait – Daily Times
October 3, 2017
Pakistan's Daily Times reports that Mark Farmaner, Burma Campaign UK's director, has urged St. Hugh’s College to confirm that the removal of Aung San Suu Kyi's portrait is connected to...
UN member states should act to pressure Myanmar to end crimes against humanity
September 28, 2017
We, a global coalition of 87 civil society organizations, urgently call upon UN member states to take immediate steps to address the human rights abuses and humanitarian catastrophe engulfing Myanmar’s...
9,000 who fled military attacks at risk as donors cut aid
September 23, 2017
Burma Campaign UK today called on the Department for International Development (DFID), to step in and provide emergency funding to 9,000 people at risk from cuts in aid. International donors...