EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström must drop proposal to remove Burma trade privileges
October 10, 2018
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…
Burma Army conscripts porters, detains elderly and children during “clearance operations” near Upper Yeywa dam site in N. Shan State; arrests, tortures villagers in S. Shan State
September 7, 2018
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation From July 23 to August 9, 2018, Burma Army troops from five battalions – LIB 115, 501, 504, 505, 506 — carried out…
Ongoing Burma Army logging threatens peace efforts in Karenni State
April 4, 2018
Briefing from The Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN) Summary This briefing paper analyzes how Burma Army exploitation of natural resources in Karenni State is undermining efforts by the Karenni National…
EU Burma Response: Too Little Too Late
February 26, 2018
Burma Campaign UK today described new restrictive measures announced by the EU in response to human rights violations in Burma as too little too late, and unlikely to have any…
Over 100 Parliamentarians call on UK Government to refer Myanmar Military General Min Aung Hlaing to International Criminal Court
February 21, 2018
Ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 26 February, 102 Parliamentarians across parties have signed a letter urging the Foreign Secretary to publicly support and campaign for…
Joint Appeal to the UN Security Council to Act on Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis
December 11, 2017
In advance of the United Nations Security Council’s December 12 meeting on the situation in Myanmar, we, a global coalition of 69 human rights, faith-based and humanitarian organizations, urgently call on the Council to take immediate action to address the campaign of…
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…
Call for a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situaton in Myanmar
November 20, 2017
To: Member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council Excellencies, 20 November 2017 Open Letter Re: Call for a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on…
EU Foreign Ministers Again Fail to Take Action on Rohingya Crisis
November 14, 2017
Following their decision to take no action on the Rohingya Crisis when they met on October 16th, EU Foreign Ministers met again yesterday and discussed the crisis, and again decided…
Rohingya Crisis: EU Foreign Ministers Must Back Global Arms Embargo on 13th November
November 7, 2017
Following the failure of the UN Security Council to agree on a resolution on the Rohingya crisis in Burma, Burma Campaign UK today called on EU Foreign Ministers to act….