Burma Campaign UK
The EU is considering ending Burma’s tariff-free access to the world’s largest trading bloc in a significant ramping up of pressure against the regime, reports the Dubai-based National. Campaign groups criticised the plan as it would not hurt senior military figures responsible for the ethnic cleansing of the Muslim minority and will hit thousands of young women …
Reviewing Aung San Suu Kyi’s record in office, the New York Times says Burma is in danger of again becoming a pariah state. It highlights missed opportunities such as the failure to abolish hundreds of repressive laws like the Official Secrets Act, which was used to prosecute the two Reuters journalists. Now she is under intense pressure …
The International Observatory of Human Rights is organising a peaceful protest in front of the Myanmar Embassy to petition for the release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. These journalists are just the latest in a long line of human rights violations in Myanmar and we felt that it was important to …
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt visited Burma last week, and his approach was very different from his predecessor, Boris Johnson. Before his visit Jeremy Hunt met with members of the Rohingya community the UK, something Boris Johnson never bothered to do, despite questions in Parliament from MPs wanting him to do so. On arrival one of …
Burma’s powerful army should be removed from politics, UN investigators said in the final version of a damning report reiterating calls for top generals to be prosecuted for genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority. Their presence in parliament gives them an effective veto on constitutional changes, making any transition to full civilian control extremely difficult. Three key …
The UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar calls for the Burmese military to face the International Criminal Court, criticises Aung San Suu Kyi for failure to use her position or her moral authority, and chides the UN for its failure to address human rights concerns. Reporting on Asia-Pacific affairs, the Diplomat says “Yet hitherto, as Mark Farmaner …