Burma Campaign UK
Hon Peter Costello AC, Chairman Dr Raphael Arndt, CEO Future Fund Management Agency Locked Bag 20010 Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia CC: Minister for Finance; Minister for Foreign Affairs; Dear Mr Costello, We write to you with deep concern on the disturbing events in Myanmar and the reports of investment by the Future Fund into weapons …
Burma Campaign UK is calling on Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, to stop arming the Burmese military. Pakistan has a long-term defence co-operation agreement with the Burmese military and has been supplying them with arms and equipment, most notably the JF-17 fighter jet aircraft. Now there are new media reports that Pakistan is about …
Raise alarm at her misinterpretation that the “military are in control” 247 civil society organizations reject UN Special Envoy, Dr Noeleen Heyzer’s proposal that those defying the military must negotiate a power sharing as a solution to the current political, human rights and humanitarian crisis created by the terrorist military junta. In an interview with …
We, the undersigned 286 organizations stress the need, at an absolute minimum, to convene an open meeting of the UN Security Council to address the deteriorating humanitarian situation and urgent civilian protection concerns in Myanmar as a matter of extreme urgency. As we approach one year since the attempted coup on 1 February, all UN …
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 …