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EU Must Close Sanctions Loophole: European Company Working on Gas Field Supplying Jet Fuel to Burmese Military

Joint Statement by 14 Advocacy Organisations in Europe

As the Burmese military brings its own jet fuel refinery onstream, 14 advocacy organisations in Europe today called on the European Union to urgently close a sanctions loophole that enables European companies to continue working on oil and gas projects in Burma/Myanmar.

Last week Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military regime, formally opened the Thanlyin Refinery in Burma, which has the capacity to refine jet fuel. The potential for easier access to jet fuel by the Burmese military is deeply alarming in the context of their conducting airstrikes deliberately targeting civilians, schools, hospitals and religious sites.

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Malaysia: Implement International Arrest Warrant for Min Aung Hlaing

As Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military, begins his visit to Malaysia today, Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) called on the Government of Malaysia to implement the international arrest warrant issued by an Argentine court.

Min Aung Hlaing is one of 25 people against whom the Argentine Federal Court issued international arrest warrants in February 2025. The warrants were issued in the universal jurisdiction case initiated by BROUK to investigate the genocide and crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingya between 2012 and 2017.

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BROUK: Malaysia is making a ‘deal with the devil’ over refugees

Malaysia’s decision to send people back to Burma while building closer ties with the Burmese military is an unforgivable betrayal of refugees and the people of Burma, Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) said today.

Tun Khin, President of BROUK, said:

“Anwar Ibrahim is making a deal with the devil. Refugees’ lives are being used as currency in a deal with the same military responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.”

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UN rights chief calls for ‘reality check’ on Burma as BROUK warns Rohingya face erasure

The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) today warned that Rohingya are being driven towards erasure from their homeland, as a new UN report documented continuing persecution by both the Burmese military and the Arakan Army.

BROUK President Tun Khin addressed the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva as part of an Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the report by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk.

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Joint Statement: 9 Years On: Accountability Needed for Myanmar Military Junta’s Atrocities Against the Rohingya

On the ninth anniversary of the 2017 Rohingya genocide, BROUK has joined 69 other Rohingya, Burmese and international human rights organisations in calling for urgent action to secure justice and accountability for atrocities against the Rohingya.

The joint statement highlights continuing abuses against Rohingya by the Burmese military and Arakan Army, the worsening humanitarian situation for Rohingya refugees and the urgent need to end decades of impunity.

The organisations call for stronger international action on accountability, targeted sanctions, a global arms embargo and increased humanitarian support and protection for Rohingya refugees.

Rohingya asylum seekers disembark from their boat upon landing in Ulee Madon, North Aceh, Indonesia, November 16, 2023. © 2023 Rahmat Mirza/AP Photo
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More than 500 Rohingya Feared Dead After Arakan Army Forced Boat to Depart Despite Severe Weather

More than 500 Rohingya Feared Dead After Arakan Army Forced Boat to Depart- Despite Severe Weather

Hundreds of men, women and children are feared to have drowned because they had no safe place left to live and no safe route to protection. This catastrophic loss of life was entirely preventable. It is the direct consequence of the ongoing genocide against the Rohingya and the international community’s failure to stop it and hold those responsible to account.

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Tun Khin speaks to CIVICUS on justice and accountability for the Rohingya genocide

BROUK President Tun Khin has spoken to CIVICUS about ongoing efforts to hold the Burmese military accountable for atrocities committed against the Rohingya.

The interview discusses international justice efforts at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC) and through universal jurisdiction, as well as the continuing persecution of the Rohingya. Tun Khin also stated that justice for the Rohingya must go beyond legal processes alone.

He told CIVICUS:

“Justice means more than legal cases. It means returning to our land, going back to our villages and restoring the rights that have been taken away from us by the Burmese military.”

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Rohingya women and girls facing escalating sexual violence under Arakan Army control

Sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls, a hallmark of the genocide committed by the Burmese military, is becoming increasingly embedded within systems of detention, coercion and control under Arakan Army (AA) authority in northern Rakhine State, BROUK warned today.

In its new briefing, Sexual Violence Against Rohingya Women and Girls: Emerging patterns of abuse in Arakan Army-controlled areas of Rakhine State, BROUK documents escalating sexual violence linked to detention, forced recruitment and repression targeting Rohingya communities under AA control.

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Sexual Violence Against Rohingya Women and Girls: Emerging patterns of abuse in Arakan Army-controlled areas of Rakhine State

Sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls, a hallmark of the genocide committed by the Burmese military, is continuing in areas of northern Rakhine State under Arakan Army (AA) control.

In this new report, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) documents how sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls is becoming increasingly embedded within systems of detention, forced recruitment and coercion under AA control.

Drawing on information collected from Rohingya sources between May 2024 and April 2026, the report documents patterns of gang rape, arbitrary detention, threats of sexual violence and abuse linked to recruitment raids and incommunicado detention. Documentation is concentrated in northern Rakhine State, particularly Maungdaw and Buthidaung.

The report warns that sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls is evolving from violence occurring primarily during conflict and displacement to increasingly organised forms of coercion linked to detention, forced recruitment and systems of governance under AA control.

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