Burma Campaign UK
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 …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed reports that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will visit Bangladesh next month to discuss how “we can maximise humanitarian aid and livelihood support to communities in Rakhine.” Burma Campaign UK has been campaigning for Antonio Guterres to visit Bangladesh to discuss the growing humanitarian crisis in Rakhine State, Burma. More …
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s decision to reduce UK aid from 0.5% of Gross National Income (GNI) to 0.3% is indefensible and will cost lives, Burma Campaign UK said today. Aid cuts from 0.7% of GNI to 0.5% by the former Conservative government contributed to a 73% cut in aid to Burma and to Rohingya …
After decades of the UN Security Council, international courts and governments worldwide failing to hold the Burmese military to account for their crimes, last week a small Rohingya community organisation in the UK has succeeded in securing the first ever arrest warrant for a head of the Burmese military. Burmese military leader Min Aung Hlaing …