Burma Campaign UK
The Irrawaddy reports on the response to the European Union’s threat to remove “everything but arms” (EBA) trade privileges from Burma. The European Burma Network of eleven groups based in the UK, Belgium, Ireland, Sweden and Germany, including Burma Campaign UK and Burmese Rohingya Organization UK, warned the EU that “such a move risks having …
Statement from members and observers of the European Burma Network EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström must drop proposal to remove Burma trade privileges EU should sanction the military rather than remove EBA trade privileges Members of the European Burma Network are concerned by reports that the European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström is considering withdrawing …
Reviewing Aung San Suu Kyi’s record in office, the New York Times says Burma is in danger of again becoming a pariah state. It highlights missed opportunities such as the failure to abolish hundreds of repressive laws like the Official Secrets Act, which was used to prosecute the two Reuters journalists. Now she is under intense pressure …
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt visited Burma last week, and his approach was very different from his predecessor, Boris Johnson. Before his visit Jeremy Hunt met with members of the Rohingya community the UK, something Boris Johnson never bothered to do, despite questions in Parliament from MPs wanting him to do so. On arrival one of …
Burma’s powerful army should be removed from politics, UN investigators said in the final version of a damning report reiterating calls for top generals to be prosecuted for genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority. Their presence in parliament gives them an effective veto on constitutional changes, making any transition to full civilian control extremely difficult. Three key …
Media Release From The Office of Rushanara Ali MP MPs call for Myanmar Military referral to International Criminal Court Following the UN fact finding mission, over 160 Parliamentarians call for justice over the Rohingya crisis. Over 160 Parliamentarians across parties have signed a letter urging PM Theresa May and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt MP to …
Anna Roberts, Executive Director of Burma Campaign UK, was interviewed for Al Jazeera’s Listening Post on the sentencing of two Burmese journalists working for Reuters to seven years in jail for obtaining state secrets as they researched the killing of 10 Rohingya men in 2017. A police witness alleged that the journalists were victims of a …
Catherine West, Labour MP and member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on International Trade, joined Mark Farmaner of Burma Campaign UK and others on the panel at a roundtable discussion in London on Monday organised by the Justice For Rohingya Minority, reports Turkey’s Anadolu Agency. “The UK can play a leading role in ending the crisis and bringing …
Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, joined the panel at a roundtable discussion held in London on Monday by the Justice For Rohingya Minority on the genocide against the Rohingya. Also on the panel was Catherine West MP, who said that Britain should use its influence at the United Nations Security Council and table a motion to …
Burma Campaign UK today condemned the sentencing of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, and urged Aung San Suu Kyi to release them today, and to repeal all repressive laws, which are being used to keep journalists, human rights activists and others in jail for political reasons. “The NLD-led government has the power to immediately …