Burma Campaign UK
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed new EU sanctions on 19 individuals and on the State Administration Council (SAC) but called on the EU to rapidly step up the pace and scope of sanctions implementation. The individuals sanctioned include members of the military and arms brokers. “The EU has the right policy, to cut off sources …
The exiled National Unity Government’s first Rohingya representative branded the execution of four human rights activists “prison murders”, reports i News. Wai Hnin Pwint Thon, senior advocacy officer at Burma Campaign UK, had known one of the four, Ko Jimmy, all her life as he was a close friend of her father, also a jailed …
The British government has announced that in principle it will support the referral of Myanmar to the International Criminal Court (ICC) weeks after the US made a similar announcement, reports Mizzima. “This is a significant and welcome step by the British government, building on their recent announcement that they would join the Rohingya genocide case …
Burma Campaign UK today accused Apple CEO of hypocrisy for announcing a partnership on racial equality and justice with the Southbank Centre, London, at the same time as hosting Apps controlled by the Burmese military which use racist language against the Rohingya minority, and which deny genocide. The Burmese military is facing charges of genocide …
Open letter from Civil Society organisations On August 25, 2022, we commemorated Remembrance Day for the Rohingya, so terribly affected by State violence in Burma. Five years after the exodus of nearly more than 700,000 of them to Bangladesh, “no one has been held accountable for crimes against humanity and acts of genocide committed against …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the British government’s announcement of its support in principle for a referral of Burma to the International Criminal Court, ICC. The announcement comes just weeks after the US made a similar announcement. Burma Campaign UK has been calling on the British government to support an ICC referral for almost 20 …
In a programme on how practical it is to get the Rohingya back home from Bangladesh, BBC Burmese interviews Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK. “The Rohingya refugees have no good options at all”, says Mark Farmaner. “The government of Bangladesh should be engaging with the NUG (National Unity Government), and also engaging more …
Britain’s former ambassador to Burma could be jailed for five years after she was arrested by the country’s ruthless junta, reports the Express. Mark Farmaner, the director of Burma Campaign UK, called Ms. Bowman’s detention “shocking and surprising news.” Hours after Ms Bowman’s arrest, Britain announced that it was imposing new economic sanctions against companies …
Former British Ambassador to Myanmar Vicky Bowman and her Burmese artist husband have been arrested for violations of the country’s immigration act, according to a statement from Myanmar’s Ministry of Information. Burma Campaign UK’s Executive Director, Anna Roberts, was interviewed by Sky News about the arrest. It comes as the UK Government announced new sanctions …
UN General Assembly: Withdraw the mandate of the UN Special Envoy CSOs condemn the UN Special Envoy’s meeting with war criminal Min Aung Hlaing We, the 864 undersigned organizations, call on the UN General Assembly to withdraw the mandate of the Special Envoy on Myanmar. We also call on the UN Secretary-General to show his serious …