Burma Campaign UK
Fourteen Nobel laureates including 12 Nobel Peace Prize laureates have been joined by Arianna Huffington, Richard Branson, director Richard Curtis, former Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi and investor Mo Ibrahim in a letter to the UNSC asking that the violent persecution of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar be addressed by the council as a …
Mark Farmaner, Burma Campaign UK’s Director, told the Muslim News: “The international community continues treating the Rohingya as expendable in their efforts to present the situation in Burma as one of a successful transition requiring just technical assistance. “The human rights situation for the Rohingya is getting worse, not better, and it is time their …
As Rohingya in Burma face yet another violent crackdown, an award-winning exhibition on the Rohingya is being held in the British Parliament this week. Today’s opening ceremony was followed by a panel discussion hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy in Burma. Read more
Aung San Suu Kyi should act on Rohingya human rights, Burma Campaign UK’s Director Mark Farmaner told French current affairs radio station RFI: “She has moral authority, she has the support of the international community, she could be allowing humanitarian assistance in, there is a whole range of things that she could be doing but …
As Rohingya in Burma face yet another violent crackdown, an award-winning exhibition on the Rohingya, Exiled To Nowhere: Burma’s Rohingya, is being held this week in the British Parliament between 28th November- 2nd December 2016. The opening of the photo exhibition is on Tuesday 29 November 2016 at 2pm, in the Upper Waiting Hall of …
Up to 160,000 Rohingya could be at risk of starvation and disease because of blocks on aid by the Burmese government and military. Call on UN Secretary General António Guterres to go to Burma to persuade the government and military to let the aid in. Take action
Burma Campaign UK director Mark Farmaner said that Bangladesh is “effectively sentencing Rohingya to death” by refusing them entry. “They are fleeing violations of international law and Bangladesh has a responsibility to help. The international community should be pressuring Bangladesh to open its borders and accept international aid being offered to help Rohingya refugees,” Farmaner …
Myanmar is seeking the ethnic cleansing of the Muslim Rohingya minority from its territory, a senior UN official has told the BBC. Armed forces have been killing Rohingya in Rakhine state, forcing many to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh, says John McKissick of the UN refugee agency. Read full story
Media Release by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK is calling for urgent action from the international community to press the Myanmar government to lift all restrictions on humanitarian in Rakhine State. We are receiving alarming reports from the ground that people are slowly starving to death. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon should …
Burma Campaign UK today delivered 3164 signatures on a petition calling on the NLD-led government in Burma to take four key steps to start to address the Rohingya crisis in Burma. Read more