Burma Campaign UK
Burma Campaign UK welcomed Saw Wee Eh Htoo, an environmental activist from Karen Wildlife Conservation Initiative, whose visit enabled us to discuss the current environmental and human rights situation in Karen State. While in the UK, Saw Wee Eh Htoo attended a London conference on illegal wildlife trade, and met British Parliamentarians and the Karen Community …
The Financial Times reports on the message to the European Union from human rights campaigners, including Burma Campaign UK, that cutting off trade preferences for Burma would do little if nothing to sanction military leaders, while further inflaming societal tensions. “If broad-based sanctions harmed average citizens, which is likely, then domestic anti-Rohingya sentiment would escalate,” …
The Irrawaddy reports on the response to the European Union’s threat to remove “everything but arms” (EBA) trade privileges from Burma. The European Burma Network of eleven groups based in the UK, Belgium, Ireland, Sweden and Germany, including Burma Campaign UK and Burmese Rohingya Organization UK, warned the EU that “such a move risks having …
Media Release by local people and MPs in Hsipaw township About 1,000 local residents and MPs are gathering in Hsipaw today to oppose the damming of the Namtu/Myitnge river, and demand an immediate cancellation of the Upper Yeywa dam, whose ongoing construction budget was recently approved by the Naypyidaw parliament. Some MPs are attending today’s …
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 remove EBA trade privileges Members of the European Burma Network are concerned by reports that the European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström is considering withdrawing …
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 reports that the move has also puzzled human rights activists and campaign groups, few of whom have lobbied for broad economic sanctions. Burma Campaign UK …