Burma Campaign UK
Statement by members of the European Burma Network As the European Union approaches the renewal of the Common Position on Burma in April, and as discussions continue within the European Union regarding its response to the Rohingya crisis, members of the European Burma Network are calling on the European Union to fundamentally review its approach …
By Mark Farmaner, Director, Burma Campaign UK The annual Myanmar trade and investment conference took place in London on Monday 18th March. It is a strange event. British government officials, Burmese government officials, companies from Burma and British companies in Burma all get together and try to avoid talking about one of the main factors …
Burma Campaign UK today joined the Karen Peace Support Network and the International Development Committee of the British Parliament in calling on the British government to review support for Burma’s peace process. It is now almost eight years since the peace process began, yet in that time conflict and human rights violations which break international …
Bangladesh risks creating a “new crisis” for Rohingya refugees if it goes ahead next month with plans to relocate 23,000 refugees to an uninhabited island prone to cyclones, a United Nations human rights envoy has warned. According to Al Jazeera, Yanghee Lee, the UN special rapporteur who visited Bhasan Char recently, told the Human Rights Council that she was …
Press Release from Freedom of Expression Activist Organization and Progressive Voice Second anniversary of the defamation charges brought against Ko Swe Win [Yangon, 7 March 2019] Myanmar authorities must drop the case against Ko Swe Win and take concrete steps to repeal Article 66(d) of the Telecommunications Law, 77 organisations said in a joint statement today. Two …
JOINT STATEMENT FRANCE: ENSURE UN SECURITY COUNCIL REFERS THE SITUATION IN BURMA/MYANMAR TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT 84 Rohingya, Kachin and Karen Groups worldwide call on the French government to ensure UN Security Council refer the situation in Burma/Myanmar to the ICC for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. March 5, 2019 We, the …