Burma Campaign UK
Media Release From Rushanara Ali MP Rushanara Ali MP, Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Democracy in Burma, and Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Right of the Rohingya, today welcomed confirmation from the Turkish Ambassador to the UK that Turkey does not sell arms to Myanmar. His Excellency Ümit Yalçın, Turkish …
Joint Statement by the Civil Society Organizations of Myanmar and Cambodia Condemning Hun Sen’s Support of the Myanmar Military Junta We, the undersigned civil society organizations of Myanmar and Cambodia, strongly condemn Hun Sen for supporting the criminal military junta in Myanmar and demand an urgent coordinated international response to immediately halt the junta’s campaign …
Media Release from Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG More Must Be Done to Support the International Accountability Proceedings Against Myanmar and End the Military’s Ongoing Crimes The Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG), along with the wider Karen community and other ethnic and civil society organisations, welcomes and expresses support for the three ongoing proceedings against …
Women’s Peace Network, Women’s League of Burma, Women Alliance Burma issue Joint letter to the United Nations Security Council endorsed by over 600 human rights and women’s rights organizations from across the world: Dear Members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, We, the undersigned women’s rights and human rights organizations, call upon the UN …
660 letters from Burma Campaign UK supporters were sent to Liz Truss MP today, calling on the British Foreign Secretary to announce that the British government will join the Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice. The Gambia has brought a case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Burma is in …
Joint statement calling on the UN to cease all forms of cooperation that lend legitimacy to the Myanmar military junta, signed by 255 CSOs. UN Agencies Must Comply with their Obligations to Uphold Human Rights and Cease Lending Legitimacy to the Myanmar Military Junta We, the undersigned 255 civil society organizations, call on all United …
Facebook announced yesterday that it would ban all Myanmar-military controlled businesses from its platforms, the latest in a series of restrictions aimed at the Myanmar armed forces. The Diplomat quotes Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK, who said Facebook had “resisted significant pressure to take down military companies’ pages” since before the February coup. …
As Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba visits the UK asking for support against the threat of invasion by the Russian dictatorship, Burma Campaign UK today accused him of hypocrisy for continuing to arm and equip the genocidal Burmese military. Dmytro Kuleba claims Ukraine is a bastion of support for human rights and democracy at the …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed an announcement by Facebook that they will finally take down the Facebook pages of military companies, reports the Eurasia Review. “By hosting military company pages Facebook helped the military make money which funded the international crimes they committed,” said Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK. “The belated decision to …
Facebook has expanded its ban on postings linked to Myanmar’s military to include all pages, groups, and accounts representing military-controlled businesses, reports the Seattle Times. Burma Campaign UK welcomed the move but said Facebook had resisted taking down military companies’ pages. “The belated decision to remove military company pages appears more an act of desperation …