Burma Campaign UK
Burma Campaign UK was among 39 signatories of letters sent to leading donors to the Rohingya humanitarian crisis including the European Commission, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These donors have provided crucial support for Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh. Education for many of those children is now in peril, reports Human Rights Watch. …
Myanmar military leadership must be prosecuted Though it comes far too late, the decision of the US government to finally formally determine that the violence perpetrated by the Myanmar military against the Rohingya in 2017 in Rakhine State amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity is welcomed by 357 Myanmar CSOs and regional and international …
Joint Statement from Rohingya worldwide organisations We, the undersigned Rohingya worldwide organisations, urge President Biden of the United States of America and President Macron of France to urgently introduce sanctions on gas revenue in Burma. Gas extraction projects which involve American Chevron and French Total provide hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue to the …
A lawsuit filed against Facebook seeks a minimum of U.S. $150 billion in damages for the social media company’s alleged role in stoking violence against ethnic Rohingyas in Myanmar, reports Radio Free Asia. The lawsuit claims that Facebook created a “defective product” because its ranking algorithm helped to propagate violence against the Rohingya. It also …
Rohingya refugees are suing Facebook in the US and UK for its alleged failure to take action against hate speech that ultimately contributed to genocide, reports the American business magazine Forbes. Law firm Mishcon de Reya is handling the UK case. “These cases are important not just to compensate Rohingya genocide survivors, but also to …
Coordinated legal actions on behalf of victims and survivors of genocide started today in the UK and US alleging Facebook’s negligence encouraged and facilitated the genocide carried out by the Myanmar regime and its extremist supporters against the Rohingya people. Today lawyers in the UK and US initiated coordinated legal campaigns against Facebook for its …
Coordinated legal actions on behalf of victims and survivors of genocide started today in the UK and US, reports the law firm Mishcon de Reya. They allege that Facebook’s negligence encouraged and facilitated the genocide carried out by the Myanmar regime and its extremist supporters against the Rohingya people. Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign …
We undersigned Rohingya community organisations today joined forces in calling on members of the United Nations Security Council not to repeat the mistakes it made in failing to act on warnings of an impending military offensive against the Rohingya in 2017. The Burmese military has been carrying out an increased number of indiscriminate attacks against …
On the 4th anniversary of the genocidal military offensive against Rohingya civilians, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is still refusing to act to hold the Burmese military accountable for their crimes. Dominic Raab refuses to support referring Burma to the International Criminal Court, and refuses to join the genocide case at the International Court of …
UPDATE 9.30 PM UK TIME Burma Campaign UK has now received reports that almost all the Arakan Army soldiers withdrew from Let Ma village on the afternoon of 2nd August, and that detained villagers have been released. Villagers were apparently forced by members of the Arakan Army to sign documents and be filmed stating that …