Rohingya Crisis: UK Says Those Committing Human Rights Violations Must Be Held To Account – Time To Back ICC Referral
November 29, 2017
Burma Campaign UK welcomes a statement by Foreign Office Minister Mark Field MP today in which he said: “We are determined that those who have committed human rights violations including…
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…
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….
UN member states should act to pressure Myanmar to end crimes against humanity
September 28, 2017
We, a global coalition of 87 civil society organizations, urgently call upon UN member states to take immediate steps to address the human rights abuses and humanitarian catastrophe engulfing Myanmar’s…
Campaign Success – UK Stops Training Burma Military. Now Must Back Global Arms Embargo
September 19, 2017
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the decision by the British government to end training of the Burmese military, and called on the government to now work for a UN mandated…
Open Letter to Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council
September 14, 2017
Urgent action needed on Myanmar Dear Excellencies, We write to you regarding the deeply concerning situation in Myanmar, particularly in Rakhine State. Reports estimate that more than 270,000 Rohingyas have…
UN: Burma Army Committing Ethnic Cleansing: UK Must Stop Training Programme
September 11, 2017
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, has today described the military attacks against the Rohingya as a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing”. Since 25th…
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,…
Pressure Needed On Min Aung Hlaing To Halt Attacks On Rohingya Civilians
August 31, 2017
Burma Campaign UK today called on the international community to focus pressure on Commander in Chief Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military, to halt attacks against Rohingya civilians….