The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has published its opinion on the case of the detention of Dr Linn Htut, Chief Minister of Shan State and a member of the National League for Democracy, who was arrested and detained by the Burmese military following the 2021 coup. It has ruled that his detention …| Burma Campaign UK
My father is a prisoner because he served his people. Before the coup he was the elected Chief Minister of Shan State. To me he was the man who once had nightmares because he feared he might have taken a friend’s cheap pen by mistake, and the first thing he would do was return it. …| Burma Campaign UK
Joint Open Letter to the Taiwan Government: Urging Against the Rash Repatriation of Burmese People To Director-General Lin Horng-En National Immigration Agency, Ministry of Interior Address: No. 15, Guangzhou Street, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan Minister Lin Chia-lung Ministry of Foreign Affairs Address: No. 2, Ketagalan Boulevard, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan We, the undersigned …| Burma Campaign UK
Joint Statement August 25, 2025, marks eight years since the Myanmar military and authorities launched widespread atrocities against the Rohingya population in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Starting in August 2017, Myanmar security forces razed several hundred Rohingya villages and killed Rohingya women, men, and children throughout northern Rakhine State, forcing at least 700,000 to flee to …| Burma Campaign UK
New elections are planned by the Burmese military for the end of this year, reports Northeast Bylines, quoting Burma Campaign UK's new briefing paper: ‘The Burmese Military’s ‘Elections’: New Date, New Danger, Same Sham.’ Zoya Phan, BCUK's Programme Director, commented: "The Burmese military is s| Burma Campaign UK
Airbus has divested from AVIC, a Chinese aircraft and arms manufacturer which supplies the Burmese military with the jets they use to bomb schools, hospitals and homes. Justice for Myanmar and Blood Money Campaign groups including Burma Campaign UK have welcomed the withdrawal of investment. T| Burma Campaign UK
Burma Campaign UK today publishes a new briefing paper, ‘The Burmese Military's 'Elections': New Date, New Danger, Same Sham.’ The briefing paper is available here. The Burmese military are planning new elections at the end of 2025. They will clearly be a total sham and mostly rejected intern| Burma Campaign UK