UAI’s Myanmar Task Team was formed two years after the coup of February 2021. Since the coup, thousands of protesters have been arrested, tens of thousands of people have been killed or wounded, and hundreds of thousands displaced. The Myanmar junta is regularly attacking villages and communities with indiscriminate artillery shelling and mortar fire as well as by air with jets and helicopter gunships. Large scale war crimes and crimes against humanity are being committed. The international community’s response has been confused and uncoordinated.
The Task Team brings together a diverse set of individuals with different focuses, including the situation of the Rohingya, how to support local governance and what is the role of the international community, in particular China, in the multi-faceted conflict in Myanmar. The Task Team is also committed to supporting the young generation of activists from Myanmar who are fighting against the military.
If you are in any way following the situation in Myanmar and would like to join hands with us, get in touch:
[Video] Anarchy, Displacement and Destitution: What Future for Myanmar?
A panel event held on 23 January 2023, hosted by The Diplomacy Society of University College London in collaboration with United Against Inhumanity (UAI) in the UK.
Invitation: Guardian Journalist, Kaamil Ahmed, in Conversation with Dr Jeff Crisp
UAI in the UK’s Dr Jeff Crisp will join Kaamil Ahmed to discuss his book “I Feel No Peace: Rohingyas Fleeing over Seas and Rivers”. Open the link to register for the event in person or on line.
Focusing on Cross-Channel boats and the Rohingya – Newsletter May 2023
Our May Newsletter focusing on Cross-Channel boats and the Rohingya.
What Can We Do? – Newsletter April 2023
UAI’s April 2023 Newsletter covering news on Afghanistan, Myanmar, and the global Asylum system, amongst other items.
New Report: The Role of New Technologies in the Prevention of Genocide
UAI in the UK is a member of the Atrocity Prevention Working Group (APWG), a UK-based civil society network. The APWG has made a submission to the UN Human Rights Council entitled ‘The Role of New Technologies in the Prevention of Genocide’.
UN and Rohingya Refugee Repatriation: is History About to Repeat Itself? – By Jeff Crisp
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are under growing pressure to return to Myanmar, despite the egregious human rights violations committed by the country’s military junta. And the United Nations appears to be supporting this process.
EVENT – 23 JANUARY: Anarchy, Displacement and Destitution: What Future for Myanmar?
Monday 23rd. January 2023 18:30 to 20:30 (GMT) THIS EVENT IS FREE Since the military coup in Myanmar in February 2021, the situation for ordinary people in the country has become more and more desperate. What can be done? The Diplomacy Society at University College London, in collaboration with UAI in the UK, will host…
Myanmar is falling apart. It needs urgent attention from the United Nations – By Charles Petrie
The UN has a major role to play in Myanmar, but unfortunately, it continues to fail.
Myanmar is Descending into Anarchy, Atrocities, and Destitution: What can be done? – By Florence Duchet
As G20 leaders meet in Bali, they need to pay attention to the atrocities being committed by the military junta in Myanmar. In her article, Florence Duchet sets the scene and identifies what needs to be done.
Displaced, dispossessed and deprived of rights: The Rohingya of Myanmar – By Jeff Crisp and Heeba Hasan
The Rohingya are a population in constant peril. Subjected to terrible inhumanities in Myanmar, and as refugees in Bangladesh and other countries in the region, they are crying out for respect and rights. In their article, Crisp and Hassan ask if anybody is listening
Cries for Justice – Newsletter September 2022
As our screens show the war in Ukraine, rises in the cost of living, and catastrophic weather events, desperate cries for justice can easily be overlooked…..
News about Myanmar
Below is a list of published articles and reports providing a context and timeline of the issue at hand. If you are covering the issue please do get in touch with us at .
Opinion: A new aid model can better assist communities in pariah states Charles Petrie, Scott Guggenheim, devex, 6 June 2023
Local community key to delivering Myanmar aid Charles Petrie, The Bangkok Post, 11 May 2023
How the media helped shape a negative perception of the Rohingya Jeff Crisp, Shafiur Rahman, Chris Gunness, Reazur Rahman Lenin, Maung Zerni, The Daily Star, 3 May 2023
Spotlight – Myanmar’s Resistance Forces Take on Governance Michael Martin, CSIS Centre for Strategic & International Strategies, 4 April 2023
The UN can no longer play dumb to its manipulation by the Myanmar military Mathew Fraser, Frontier Myanmar, 31 March 2023
Meet the women fighting Myanmar’s junta Emily Fishbein, JC, The New Humanitarian, 12 January 2023
