Debate in UK Parliament
Last week a debate was held in the British parliament about religious persecution in Burma.
Burma Campaign UK briefed MPs beforehand and many raised issues we had highlighted, including it being more than a year since any new sanctions on the Burmese military, and cuts in UK aid.
MPs also praised Burma Campaign UK for our work.
Seema Malhotra MP, Foreign Office minister for Indo-Pacific: “I thank those in the Burma Campaign and others who are here today, who continue to bring a lot of information to Parliament.”
Luke Akehurst MP: “I also commend the Burma Campaign on the consistency of its support for human rights. Whatever the changes—the political twists and turns in society in Myanmar, or whichever individuals ended up on different sides of the debate—they have not mattered, because the campaign has consistently advocated for fundamental human rights.”
Catherine West MP: “I also put on record my thanks to the Burma Campaign UK, and to other civil society groups, which are so active in this regard.”
Zoya Phan interview with LADbible
