Rohingya boat sinking: NLD must lift all aid restrictions in Arakan State
April 19, 2016
Media Release From Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) Today a ferry boat with 65 Rohingya passengers including men, women, children and babies, sank at the entrance of Thay Choung river...
NLD led government must act to end Rohingya crisis
April 6, 2016
Statement by members of the European Burma Network Members of the European Burma Network (EBN) call upon the new government of Burma to act swiftly to start to address the...
New report calls for halt to Upper Yeywa dam and other planned dams on Namtu River
March 30, 2016
Press release by Shan Human Rights Foundation, Shan Sapawa Environmental Organisation and Shan State Farmers’ Network A new report launched today by Shan community groups calls for an immediate halt...
Naw Ohn Hla Remains in Jail
March 14, 2016
As part of a new campaign to highlight how several political prisoners are back in jail after having previously been released, Burma Campaign UK today called for the immediate and...
110 high profile women stand with the women of Burma to end rape and sexual violence
March 8, 2016
On International Women’s Day, 110 high profile women, including Dame Judi Dench, Annie Lennox, Jo Brand, Gillian Anderson, Imelda Staunton, Julie Walters and Zoë Wanamaker, are standing with the women...
WLB urges new NLD-led government, and donors, to start afresh with the peace process
March 4, 2016
The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) is gravely concerned at the recent fighting in northern Shan State between the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and the Ta’ang National Liberation...
Gold mining companies try to buy silence of villagers impacted by toxic waste in eastern Shan State
March 3, 2016
Press release by the Shan State Farmers’ Network and Shan Human Rights Foundation The Shan State Farmers’ Network (SSFN) and the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) deplore renewed attempts by...
Nilar Thein Back in Jail
February 25, 2016
Burma Campaign UK today urged the Minister of Home Affairs, Lt Gen Ko Ko, for the immediate release of Nilar Thein and to reform the Prisoners of Conscience Affairs Committee....
Save The Salween
February 22, 2016
Media Release from Save the Salween Network Yangon, February 22, 2016 Plans to build dams on the Salween River, started by the previous military regime, have recently been accelerated by...
Four Steps the NLD Led Government Can Take On Rohingya Crisis
February 18, 2016
Media release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK today publishes a new briefing paper calling on the NLD-led government, which will take power in April,...