Burma Campaign UK
Media Release From Glenys Kinnock MEP MEPs urge Thailand not to return Rohingya refugees BURMA Campaign UK patron GLENYS KINNOCK MEP led a European Parliament call for Thailand not to send Rohingya refugees back to Burma to face repression and torture. In a Parliamentary resolution voted on 5th February, Euro-MPs also urged Thailand to ensure …
The Burma Action Group (UK) is expressing grave concern at the continued forced repatriation of Rohngya refugees in Bangladesh to Burma. Recent reports from aid workers in the area continue to confirm that the situation is critical. In the early months of 1992, 280 000 Rohingyas sought refuge in Bangladesh in order to escape the …
Why is the British government welcoming Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest? Download the briefing here. Between 1989 and 2010 Aung San Suu Kyi spent 15 years under house arrest. It was a politically motivated detention, illegal under Burmese and international law, and the British government rightly led the world in condemning her detention and …
Burma’s Rebranded Military Regime The Burmese military want to give the impression that there is a new civilian government ruling Burma (Myanmar). There isn’t. Download the Briefing here. Military President On 10 April 2026, General Min Aung Hlaing, who until a week before had been head of the Burmese military, was sworn in as President …
Joint Statement by European Advocacy Organisations EU Must Expand Burma/Myanmar Oil and Gas Sector Sanctions On the eve of European Foreign Ministers’ expected annual rollover of European Union targeted sanctions on the Burmese military, we the undersigned European civil society organisations call on the European Union to expand sanctions targeting oil and gas revenue reaching …
Commentary by Burma Campaign UK Download the briefing here. General Min Aung Hlaing, who ran the military regime in Burma yesterday, is running the military regime in Burma today. The new title of President could be viewed as a story about General Min Aung Hlaing’s personal ambitions. He does like his titles. Military-controlled media have …
As the UK today convenes a meeting on the crisis in Burma at the United Nations Security Council, Burma Campaign UK called on the British government to change its approach with a stronger focus on human rights, and a focus on how the Burmese military is violating numerous UN Security Council Resolutions. The UK is …
Burma Campaign UK is urging the British government to sanction the Arakan Army (AA) for carrying out international human rights violations against the people of Burma, reports the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB). The AA has allegedly targeted regime soldiers and civilians, including the Rohingya, with summary executions, beheadings, torture, and sexual violence. “Allowing the …
Q&A Why pick on the Arakha Army? There are many revolutionary and ethnic armies in Burma, and none have a perfect human rights record, but the scale and breadth of human rights violations by the AA is beyond that currently documented against any other group except the Burmese military. Documentation comes from numerous United Nations …
Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to impose sanctions on the Arakha Army in response to the numerous human rights abuses, including violations of international law, which they are committing. Burma Campaign UK is also calling on the British government to do more to support international justice and accountability avenues to hold …