Burma Campaign UK
Current Situation What should the British government be doing? Download the Briefing here. Current situation Burma is in the midst of a human rights and humanitarian crisis following the latest military coup in 2021. Facing unprecedented armed and peaceful resistance, the Burmese military has been fighting for its survival. Key to the survival of the …
Aid agencies are warning that Rakhine State will soon see people starving, reports Northeast Bylines. As a result, the World Food Programme has issued an urgent appeal for more donations to avoid a “full-blown disaster”. Zoya Phan, BCUK’s Programme Director, told Northeast Bylines: “International donors must immediately reverse long term aid cuts to camps hosting Rohingya …
Open letter to: H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of ASEAN H.E. Dato’ Seri Utama Haji Mohamad bin Haji Hasan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, Chair of ASEAN 2025 H.E. Tan Sri Othman Hashim, the Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar H.E. Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof, Minister of Foreign Affairs II of …
Mark Farmaner, Burma Campaign UK’s Director, told RFI: “For the refugees in Bangladesh and the Rohingya still in Burma, there is no hope that the situation will improve and that they can go home. In fact, every day, more and more refugees try to flee Rakhine State. “We have seen the Arakan Army, a resistance …
The Burmese military are planning new elections at the end of 2025. They will clearly be a total sham and mostly rejected internationally and domestically. The Burmese military know this but are calculating that it doesn’t matter. They want to repeat what happened with the 2010 elections. Those elections were also rejected, but the international …
Rohingya in Rakhine State are being deliberately starved to death as they suffer from genocidal policies imposed by the Burmese military, detailed in a new report by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK). “Starvation has replaced bullets as the main tool of genocide against the Rohingya,” said Tun Khin, President of BROUK. “US cuts in …
Zoya Phan, Programme Director at Burma Campaign UK, spoke at the launch of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission’s new report on Burma, “Unspeakable Tragedy”, in the UK Parliament, 4 June 2025. I would like to thank the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission for inviting me today and for a timely and important report on …
To:H.E. Datuk Seri Anwar IbrahimPrime Minister of MalaysiaChair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations 2025 CC:H.E. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Prime Minister of Brunei DarussalamH.E. Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of CambodiaH.E. Prabowo Subianto, President of the Republic of IndonesiaH.E. Sonexay Siphandone, Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic RepublicH.E. …
Speech made by Zoya Phan, Programme Director at Burma Campaign UK, in the UK Parliament, 29 April 2025 It is an honour to be joining Lord Alton and Sai at this meeting, thank you APPG for International Freedom of Religion or Belief for inviting me to speak. If I could sum up what is happening in Burma and how …
A small Rohingya community organisation in the UK managed to secure the first ever arrest warrant for a head of the Burmese military, reports Northeast Bylines. Min Aung Hlaing and other senior military leaders now face international arrest warrants. Zoya Phan, Programme Director from Burma Campaign UK, commented: “Now finally there is progress towards ending impunity. At …