Burma Campaign UK
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, to take four practical steps to start addressing human rights violations against the Rohingya. The briefing paper is available on BROUK’s website here: Practical steps …
A conference highlighting the plight of the Rohingya at The British Muslim Heritage Centre in Manchester.
From Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK), Restless Beings, Burmese Muslim Association UK, Bradford Rohingya Community UK and Burma Campaign UK. 100 people joined a protest at the British Foreign Office today calling on the British government to support a UN Commission of Inquiry into possible genocide against the Rohingya of Burma. The protest comes three …
A briefing by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK. The briefing paper provides analysis of the election from the perspective of the Rohingya and information on Rohingya political parties and candidates who have been banned from participating. When the people of Burma go to the polling stations on November 8th, for the first time since independence the …
Burma Campaign UK is calling on the British government to back a UN Commission of Inquiry into the human rights situation in Rakhine State, Burma. Last week a major report came out which found ‘strong evidence’ that genocide is being committed against the ethnic Rohingya of Burma. The report, a legal analysis by the Lowenstein …
A report from Fortify Rights This report, prepared for Fortify Rights by the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School, finds strong evidence that the government of Myanmar is responsible for genocide against Rohingya Muslims. The legal analysis draws on nearly three years of research and documentation provided to the Lowenstein …
Burma Campaign UK today urged the High Representative of the European External Action Service, Federica Mogherini, to take action to free Rohingya community leaders, Ba Thar, Kyaw Khin, Kyaw Myint and Hla Myint, and to pressure the military-backed government in Burma to reform the Prisoners of Conscience Affairs Committee. Ba Thar, Kyaw Khin, Kyaw Myint …
Take action to free these political prisoners – Rohingya community leaders, Ba Thar, Kyaw Khin, Kyaw Myint and Hla Myint, who have been jailed for calling themselves Rohingya.
The crisis of Burma’s Rohingya Muslim continues to escalate with little to no international action to improve the lives of a persecuted minority. Calling them by their name “Rohingya” has become something of a challenge to Burmese officials who pressure foreign officials not to use the word. Anna Roberts, executive director of the Burma Campaign …
Statement by Members of the European Burma Network Monday 8th June marks the third anniversary of a new wave of large-scale violence against Burma’s Rohingya ethnic minority. The violence left hundreds dead and displaced more than 140,000 people. The crisis with thousands of Rohingya refugees stranded at sea as they flee Burma is a stark …