157 Parliamentarians call on Government to suspend and review British Military Training Programs with Burmese Military
September 10, 2017
From the Office of Rushanara Ali MP 157 Parliamentarians have called on the Government to suspend and review its military training programme of the Burmese military in light of the…
Burma Facing Biggest Human Right Crisis In Decades – British Government Response Pathetic
September 7, 2017
Burma Campaign UK today warned that Burma is undergoing its biggest human rights crisis in decades, which has in turn created a major humanitarian crisis. However, unlike in the past,…
Latest Burma Army war crimes in Kachin State highlight urgent need to end military-to-military ties with Burma
August 21, 2017
Press release by Kachin Women’s Association Thailand On August 11, 2017, hundreds of Burma Army troops entered Kasung village, in Mogaung township of Kachin State, shooting indiscriminately at civilians. One…
Rohingya Crisis – UK Must Support UN Inquiry
January 4, 2017
The government of Burma has today published an interim report of the Commission established by the President to investigate violence in Rakhine State since October 2016. The findings confirm concerns…
Ban must go to Burma to negotiate aid access
November 28, 2016
Burma Campaign UK has launched a campaign calling on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to personally go to Burma to negotiate the lifting of restrictions on humanitarian aid access in…
Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis Requires Action Now – Lives Are Being Lost
November 24, 2016
Media Release by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK is calling for urgent action from the international community to press the Myanmar government to lift all restrictions on…
Ban Ki-moon urged to act on humanitarian restrictions in Rakhine State
November 2, 2016
More than 500 Burma Campaign UK supporters have written to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urging him to personally lead efforts to persuade the government and military in Burma to…
WLB urges new NLD-led government, and donors, to start afresh with the peace process
March 4, 2016
The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) is gravely concerned at the recent fighting in northern Shan State between the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and the Ta’ang National Liberation…
MPs urge Ban Ki-moon to negotiate humanitarian access to Rakhine State, Burma
July 7, 2015
Over 50 MPs in the British Parliament have signed an Early Day Motion (EDM) (a kind of Parliamentary petition) calling on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to personally lead negotiations for…
On World Refugee Day Burma Government and International Community Must Commit to Respecting Voices and Rights of Burma’s Refugees
June 20, 2015
On this 2015 World Refugee Day, we stand in solidarity with the over 110,000 refugees who fled Burma to seek protection in the nine camps along the Thailand-Burma border, embodying…