Burma Campaign UK
JOINT STATEMENT Myanmar: Lift Internet Restrictions in Rakhine and Chin States Mobile internet blackout in four townships in Rakhine State among the world’s longest running We, the 29 undersigned organizations, call on the Government of Myanmar to immediately lift restrictions on mobile internet communications in eight townships in Rakhine State and one township in Chin …
In a special report, World Finance weighs up the pros and cons of investing in Burma. The article points out that companies that have any connection to the military, which is usually held responsible for the crisis’ worst atrocities, have found themselves on Burma Campaign UK’s Dirty List. Facebook, in particular, has been singled out …
Qatar’s Peninsula newspaper reports on the ruling by the International Court of Justice ordering Burma to take all possible measures to prevent genocide against the Rohingya – and the loss by Aung San Suu Kyi of “the remaining shreds of her hard-won international reputation”. At home, by contrast, the Peninsula quotes Burma Campaign UK: “Undoubtedly, …
The UK Atrocity Prevention Working Group welcomes the unanimous findings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nation’s principal judicial organ, in the case filed by The Gambia concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in Myanmar (The Gambia v. Myanmar). The 17 judges …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for provisional measures to be taken by the government of Burma to prevent what the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar described as an ‘ongoing genocide.’ The Court has issued four provisional measures related to compliance with the Genocide Convention and implementation …
MPs today debated the foreign policy priorities set out by the new British government. Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry MP called out Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “shameful inaction in holding Myanmar to account for its genocidal treatment of the Rohingya” during his time as Foreign Secretary. Bob Blackman MP raised how the UK need …
The Turkish Anadolu Agency reports that leading global money transfer service Western Union has stopped using a military-owned bank as one of its agents in Burma. Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, said that Western Union is the biggest company so far to end a business relationship with a military-owned company. “This move will …
Frontier Myanmar report in their new daily email briefing that Burma Campaign UK claimed victory when Western Union dropped its partnership with the military-affiliated Myawaddy Bank, after a joint pressure campaign with the International Campaign for the Rohingya. BCUK said Western Union told it in an email: “Western Union has ended its contract with Myawaddy Bank, effective …
Media Release From Burma Campaign UK & International Campaign for the Rohingya Burma Campaign UK and International Campaign for the Rohingya today welcomed notification from Western Union that they have stopped using the military-owned Myawaddy Bank as one of their agents in Burma. The two organisations had organized a growing campaign to press Western Union …
Burma Campaign UK is calling on the British government to join the 59 countries already supporting the case of genocide against Burma at the International Court of Justice. To date, the 57 members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Canada and The Netherlands support the case. Last week saw astonishing scenes at the International Court …