Burma Campaign UK condemns the UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood as exceptionally cruel and shortsighted in banning people from Burma from obtaining student visas. Read the full press release here burmacampaign.org.uk/uk-burma-mya...
The Burmese military have announced an ‘amnesty’ for over 7,000 people. The mass release of political prisoners was expected as part of propaganda efforts by the Burmese military following their sham elections. The releases are not a sign of change or reform.
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The Arakha Army is killing civilians in Burma – tell the UK to sanction them.
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Facebook have taken down 41 Burmese military propaganda accounts and 7 military company accounts reported to them by Burma Campaign UK.
'...despite the need for urgent action, the British government no longer leads the international response to the crisis.' Read the full article at burmacampaign.org.uk/.../beyond-t... Get our magazine twice a year for more articles like this by supporting our work www.burmacampaign.org.uk/donation
Five Years On From Burma Coup, British Government Failing To Act burmacampaign.org.uk/five-years-o...
Thank you @luke-akehurstmp.bsky.social for urging the British government to start sanctioning the Burmese military again. While the British government fails to act, the Burmese military is escalating attacks against the people of Burma, bombing homes, schools and health clinics.
Thank you @monicaharding.bsky.social for highlighting the need for the British government to step up sanctions on money and arms going to the Burmese military during the debate on religious freedom in Myanmar in the British Parliament last week.
Burma Campaign UK’s Programme Director, Zoya Phan, shares her incredible story of growing up under military dictatorship in Burma with LADbible. Watch the full interview now www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlBy...
WATCH LIVE - The International Court of Justice holds public hearings in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar: 11 States intervening). www.icj-cij.org/multimedia-l...
It's now a year since the USA sanctioned the military company Mytel. The British government still hasn't joined them. Tell the British government to sanction Mytel now action.burmacampaign.org.uk/tell-british...
We have joined over 200 organisations to urge international governments to take immediate and effective action against the Burmese military, which plans to hold sham elections and is committing war crimes, including the bombing of Mrauk-U public hospital on Human Rights Day.
We have published a new briefing paper, 'Beyond the 'Ballot': The crisis in Burma and what the British Government should do about it’. Read our latest briefing at burmacampaign.org.uk/burma_briefi...
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The British government is giving the Burmese military what they want for Christmas – no new sanctions. Help us lobby the British government to make sure the Burmese military have a miserable new year instead. Donate now at burmacampaign.org.uk/appeal/
“We are witnessing a farcical situation where they are raiding their own town to destroy facilities they helped build and which they have been profiting from,” said Mark Farmaner, the director of Burma Campaign UK. www.asiasentinel.com/p/us-china-s...
Burma Campaign UK is looking for a new part-time Office Administrator. This is an exciting opportunity to join a small friendly team at the UK’s leading human rights campaign on Burma. For more details and to apply online before 30th November see therightethos.co.uk/job/office-a...
🚨 We have joined over 300 organisations to issue an urgent and unequivocal call to ASEAN governments ahead of the upcoming ASEAN Summit: to outrightly reject the Myanmar military junta’s planned sham election #RejectShamElection #SayNoJustTrap burmacampaign.org.uk/asean-must-u...
It is almost a year since the British government last sanctioned the Burmese military! Email the British Foreign Secretary and tell her to do more to cut revenue, arms and equipment to the brutal Burmese military
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It is almost a year now since the British government imposed any new sanctions to cut revenue, arms and equipment to the Burmese military. Tell the British government to start sanctioning the Burmese military again. action.burmacampaign.org.uk/new-sanction...
You can raise FREE donations for Burma Campaign UK every time you shop online through #easyfundraising. Over 8,000 retailers will donate, including all the big names like John Lewis, BT, Expedia, Argos, ASOS, and Just Eat. Please support us and sign up at www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/burma...
The renowned singer Ah Moon is performing in London on the 1st November. Get your ticket here www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticket... and raise urgent funds for people fleeing conflict in the Bhamo region. If you can't make it, you can also donate to the urgent appeal at kachinrelief.org.uk/urgent-appeal/
Very important paper by ODI on key developments in Burma/Myanmar- Making Myanmar: humanitarianism amid revolutionary state-building, written by Stella Naw, Dustin Barter and Maw Naw. odi.org/en/publicati...
The Burmese military are not trying to make their sham election credible. They are counting on the international community supporting whatever regime they install after the election even without credible elections. Read our briefing here: burmacampaign.org.uk/burma_briefi...
If you live in the UK, please write to your MP asking them to pressure the British government to speed up, and scale up, the British government response to the crisis in Burma action.burmacampaign.org.uk/write-your-mp
The systematic denial of healthcare is leading to an alarming number of deaths in custody of political prisoners in Burma. Today we joined Amnesty International's calls for access to adequate healthcare for detainees and an immediate end to torture in prisons burmacampaign.org.uk/systematic-d...
The Burmese military are planning new elections at the end of 2025. They want to repeat what happened with the 2010 elections. Those elections were also rejected, but the international community went on to drop sanctions and support the regime it had previously described as illegitimate.
The Burmese Military’s ‘Elections’: New Date, New Danger, Same Sham - a new briefing paper by Burma Campaign UK.
Read our media release here burmacampaign.org.uk/another-sham...
The briefing paper is available at burmacampaign.org.uk/media/The-Bu...
Thank you for sharing Leonora
