Burma Campaign UK
Report by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK This briefing paper reveals the escalation of repression of the Rohingya by President Thein Sein by withdrawing their right to vote. On February 11th 2015, President Thein Sein announced that all Temporary Registration Certificates, known as ‘White Cards’, would expire on 31st March 2015, and had to be …
Statement from Rohingya organisations We, the undersigned Rohingya organisations, strongly condemn the order by the Chin State government to remove a 54 foot-high cross, which it claims has been erected illegally. The authorities in Chin State issued a demolition order for a 16-metre cross built by a group of Christians on a hill overlooking Hakha. …
Report by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK. This report compiles evidence from the United Nations, Human Rights Watch and others detailing violations of international law against the Rohingya in Burma. The briefing paper concludes that the overwhelming evidence indicates that human rights violations against Rohingya in Burma may constitute crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. …
Briefing by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK. This report outlines the problems with the 1982 Citizenship Law. The effect of the Burma Citizenship Law 1982 is to make it almost impossible for the Rohingya to gain citizenship. This violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and international norms …
Report by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK. In June and October 2012 there were large scale violent attacks against the ethnic Rohingya in Rakhine State. Ethnic Kaman Muslims were also targeted. In addition there were widespread and numerous other incidents of violence, intimidation and harassment against the Rohingya. Estimates of those killed in the violence …
A report by Refugees International Two years after a wave of violence hit the region, Rakhine State has become a segregated zone. Two million ethnic Rakhine live apart from 1.2 million stateless Rohingya, who are trapped inside displacement camps or barred from leaving their villages. Ending this segregation and protecting the rights of the Rohingya …
Statement by Adama Dieng, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, and Jennifer Welsh, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect, on the upcoming elections in Myanmar4 November 2015 Statement by the National League for Democracy ‘The position of the National League for Democracy regarding the boat people’ 1 …
Burma Campaign UK is supporting the campaign by United To End Genocide to tell Obama to #justsaytheirname ‘Rohingya’ when he visits Burma next week. You can support the campaign here: http://endgenocide.org/actions/president-obama-say-rohingya/
Article in Huffington Post by Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK. Four years after its reform process began, Burma still has one of the worst human rights records in the world. In fact, human rights violations which break international law have actually increased, with evidence of war crimes, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and …
A short video about the situation of the Rohingyas in Burma.