DFID Must Increase Aid to Refugees and IDPs
April 12, 2019
The annual British aid budget for Burma is almost £90 million a year, but not enough of it is reaching people from ethnic minorities who have fled attacks by the…
Major Changes in EU Burma Policy needed
March 21, 2019
Statement by members of the European Burma Network As the European Union approaches the renewal of the Common Position on Burma in April, and as discussions continue within the European…
EU Must Halt Burma Police Training Programme
February 15, 2019
Burma Campaign UK today called on the European Union to stop training Burma’s military-controlled police force. On Tuesday 12th February the military-controlled Burmese police force opened fire on protesters with…
EU targets garment workers, not Burmese military, over human rights violations
October 29, 2018
By Mark Farmaner The EU is considering sanctioning garment workers but has rejected sanctions against Min Aung Hlaing When the United Nations Fact Finding Mission published its report into human…
Burma Government Must Address Root Causes of Decades-long Civil War Before Discussion of IDP Return
June 25, 2018
Statement by Ei Tu Hta IDP Supporting Committee Statement in Burmese here. The decades-long offensives waged against ethnic nationalities by the Burmese military has created a humanitarian crisis in Burma….
Burma Army commits war crimes against Kachin IDPs
May 15, 2018
Update by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) Burma Army commits war crimes against Kachin IDPs: blocking access to refuge, using as human shields and minesweepers, indiscriminate shelling, looting Contrary…
Statement by the Mutraw Emergency Assistance Team
April 9, 2018
Statement Mutraw Emergency Assistance Team In Mutraw (Hpapun) District, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)’s 5th Brigade, Ler Mu Plaw area, the Burmese Army has been launching its military offensive…
India and Japan: End Support for Rohingya Repatriation
January 22, 2018
Burma and Bangladesh are planning to send tens of thousands of Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh back to Burma. Rohingya in Bangladesh haven’t been consulted about the deal, but Rohingya community…
Detailing EU Complicity In Rohingya Crisis – Parliament Publishes Burma Campaign UK Evidence
November 20, 2017
As EU Foreign Ministers meet Asian counterparts at the ASEM meeting in Burma’s capital, Naypyidaw, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament has published evidence submitted by Burma Campaign…
Starvation Causing Thousands of Rohingya to Flee to Bangladesh – Security Council Ignored
October 7, 2017
Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK Starvation caused by military and government restrictions on aid, movement, as well as new human rights violations and security concerns, are triggering a…