The UK's ban on student visas for Myanmar students is an insult to a nation in turmoil. Read the full article by our Advocacy and Communications Officer Minn Tent Bo and co-author Esther at thediplomat.com/2026/03/the-...

After years of failure, it is time to try a new approach at the UN Security Council. Please email the British government now, telling them to focus on human rights in Burma at the UNSC. action.burmacampaign.org.uk/tell-british...

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. burmacampaign.org.uk/burma-politi...

As we approach International Women’s Day on 8th March, help support women's rights by supporting the Karen Women’s Organisation (KWO) by purchasing one of their t-shirts burmacampaignstore.com/product/a-wo... All profits go to KWO. Free shipping on all orders this weekend, no code needed.

The Arakha Army is killing civilians in Burma – tell the UK to sanction them. action.burmacampaign.org.uk/sanction-AA

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...

Free gift when you spend over £25 at our online shop this weekend! Shop at burmacampaignstore.com

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 action.burmacampaign.org.uk/new-sanction...

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...

Burmese military airstrikes hit Htee Ther Lel school in Dooplaya, 13 July 2025. The British government must sanction Burmese and international companies involved in supplying jet fuel to the Burmese military, and Burmese state-owned banks used by the military to purchase arms and receive revenue.

Burmese military drone attack in Kler Lwee Htu, killing 6 people including 2 children, and injuring 3 people including a pregnant woman, on 5 July 2025. Too many international companies are still doing business with the Burmese military, see our Dirty List burmacampaign.org.uk/take-action/dirty-list

Welcome news - Airbus has divested from AVIC, a Chinese company arming the Burmese military. AVIC is a Chinese aircraft and arms manufacturer which supplies the Burmese military with the jets they use to bomb schools, hospitals and homes. Read the statement here buff.ly/GrE1LDA

“The Arakan Army are committing the same human rights violations as the Burmese military but not facing the same sanctions, which gives them a sense of impunity and emboldens them to carry on,” said Tun Khin. brouk.org.uk/new-report-r...

"The British government must not repeat past mistakes on Burma", our Programme Director, Zoya Phan, speaking at the launch of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission’s new report on Myanmar, “Unspeakable Tragedy”, in Parliament earlier this week.

This month a wedding was targeted by Burmese military airstrikes in Kler Lwee Htu killing 11 people including the bride. Airbus must give its business partner AVIC an ultimatum: stop supplying the Burmese military, or we end all our business relationships. action.burmacampaign.org.uk/airbus-stop-...

“The military will never reform. And every time the international community bets on it, they lose.” Our Director, Mark Farmaner's conversation with Insight Myanmar Podcast - Listen here insightmyanmar.org/complete-sho...

The earthquake which struck Burma on 28th March 2025 has been anything but a disaster for the Burmese military. Instead, they have swiftly exploited the earthquake for their own benefit. burmacampaign.org.uk/burmas-earth...

If you live in London, visit the new exhibition Testimonies from Beyond from 1st-6th May. A powerful, moving exhibition, it features the last belongings victims had on them when they were killed in Burmese military attacks, drawing attention to the atrocities the Burmese military is perpetrating.

Burma is in the midst of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. With massive cuts in international aid from the USA, Germany and others, the UK needs to step up, not impose more cuts. Email the UK government now calling on them not to cut aid to Burma. action.burmacampaign.org.uk/stop-uk-aid-...

Iain Jordan has cycled an amazing 1800km - over 100km a day - for our sister charity Advance Myanmar's emergency earthquake appeal so far! Donate here to his sponsored cycle www.gofundme.com/f/iains-3000...

Great to be at the NASUWT Teachers’ Union conference in Liverpool this weekend. Thank you NASUWT delegates for taking action to stop Burmese military airstrikes on schools. @nasuwt-official.bsky.social

Please support our sister charity, Advance Myanmar, in providing emergency aid directly to local groups in Myanmar in areas where the military tries to block aid www.advancemyanmar.org/myanmar-eart...

Iain Jordan is cycling 3000km this April to raise money for our sister charity Advance Myanmar to help those impacted by the earthquake. Please support his fundraiser if you can www.gofundme.com/f/iains-3000...

Burma Campaign UK's sister charity has launched an appeal for those impacted by the major earthquake today. The support will go directly to the local organisations providing emergency support in areas where the Burmese military try to block aid www.advancemyanmar.org/myanmar-eart...

Governments and agencies wishing to help the people of Burma following the earthquake must understand that there are multiple administrations in the country as people resist Burmese military occupation. Assistance should not be limited only to Burmese military occupied areas.

Burma Campaign UK today joined 289 civil society organisations in calling for an urgent investigation into the conflicts of interest surrounding the business activities of the UN Special Envoy on Myanmar. Read the full letter here burmacampaign.org.uk/open-letter-...

Burmese military airstrikes destroyed a monastery, killing a monk and injuring others earlier this month. Take action - urge Airbus to give its business partner AVIC an ultimatum: stop arming the Burmese military, or we end all our business relationships. action.burmacampaign.org.uk/airbus-stop-...

Stop Starmer's killer cuts in aid. This week the PM announced international aid will be cut from 0.5% GNI to 0.3% - by potentially 6bn. Email the PM and Chancellor Rachel Reeves now. Aid to Burma should be increased, not cut, at this time of severe crisis action.burmacampaign.org.uk/stop-starmer...