Migrant workers prosecuted for reporting exploitation in Thailand
September 21, 2017
Global coalition calls for end to prosecutorial persecution with criminal defamation law (Bangkok, September 19, 2017) – Prosecution of migrant workers and their advocates under criminal defamation laws for reporting...
Rohingya Crisis: EU Missing In Action: UK Must Lead Again
September 21, 2017
Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to resume its past leadership on Burma within the European Union, and push for practical steps from the European Union to...
Campaign Success – UK Stops Training Burma Military. Now Must Back Global Arms Embargo
September 19, 2017
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the decision by the British government to end training of the Burmese military, and called on the government to now work for a UN mandated...
Indiscriminate Burma Army shelling, shooting cause 300 villagers to flee in Mong Yai, northern Shan State
September 14, 2017
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation Indiscriminate Burma Army shelling, shooting cause 300 villagers to flee in Mong Yai, northern Shan State - three villagers arrested, one beaten On...
EBN Statement on Rohingya Crisis
September 14, 2017
EU’s reaction to situation in Rakhine State wholly inadequate Members of the European Burma Network are deeply concerned by the wholly inadequate response to the major human rights and humanitarian...
Open Letter to Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council
September 14, 2017
Urgent action needed on Myanmar Dear Excellencies, We write to you regarding the deeply concerning situation in Myanmar, particularly in Rakhine State. Reports estimate that more than 270,000 Rohingyas have...
Only One Person Can Stop Ethnic Cleansing In Myanmar, And It Isn’t Aung San Suu Kyi
September 13, 2017
Burma Campaign UK Director Mark Farmaner writes for WorldPost on Min Aung Hlaing, the man responsible for ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya: LONDON — If you haven’t been paying much...
UN: Burma Army Committing Ethnic Cleansing: UK Must Stop Training Programme
September 11, 2017
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, has today described the military attacks against the Rohingya as a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing”. Since 25th...
157 Parliamentarians call on Government to suspend and review British Military Training Programs with Burmese Military
September 10, 2017
From the Office of Rushanara Ali MP 157 Parliamentarians have called on the Government to suspend and review its military training programme of the Burmese military in light of the...
Burma Facing Biggest Human Right Crisis In Decades – British Government Response Pathetic
September 7, 2017
Burma Campaign UK today warned that Burma is undergoing its biggest human rights crisis in decades, which has in turn created a major humanitarian crisis. However, unlike in the past,...