Mark Farmaner

USA has started lifting sanctions on companies helping to arm and fund the Burmese military ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions…

India is still providing the Burmese military with UN peacekeeping training. Delusional madness.

#UK Government’s decision to label ‘Palestine Action’ a terrorist group raises serious concerns that counter-terrorism legislation is being applied to a group that is not terrorist in nature & risks hindering the legitimate exercise of fundamental freedoms. The decision could…

USA reason for lifting sanctions may not be a political policy decision. Could be technical. This US lawyer is gloating about his clients being removed from the sanctions list linkedin.com/in/erich-ferra…

The int'l community already knows this will be a sham election. What activists fear is being pressured to compromise anyway. Any legitimisation of the military is betrayal of justice and democracy. burmacampaign.org.uk/media/The-Burm…

🚨Myanmar military's planned 2025 election is a sham & must not be supported. Instead, junta must be held accountable for its crimes agst civilians to end suffering Intl community must support real change—bottom-up democracy built by the people of Myanmar burmacampaign.org.uk/burma_briefing…

So subtle that Burmese military sock puppet accounts post this.

Spot-on by @burmacampaignuk Any so-called elections organised by the illegal military regime in #Burma/#Myanmar will be a sham. It won’t be a General Election, it will be a [S]Election of Generals burmacampaign.org.uk/burma_briefing…

Why did Western governments bet on reforming Myanmar’s military and what went wrong? Burma Campaign UK’s Mark Farmaner unpacks decades of advocacy, shifting strategies, and why real change won’t come through compromise with the junta. Listen now: insightmyanmar.org/complete-shows…

The Burmese Military’s ‘Elections’: New Date, New Danger, Same Sham. - A new briefing paper by @burmacampaignuk. “The Burmese military likes elections almost as much as it likes coups,” said @MarkFarmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK. “For the Burmese military, elections are…

"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." burmacampaign.org.uk/burma_briefing…

ARNC’s Rebuttal to Crisis Group Report on Unsubstantiated Allegations Against Rohingya in Bangladesh and Arakan State 1/2

🇲🇲 NEW: A new investigation by @FortifyRights finds that the Arakan Army (AA) has committed serious violations of the laws of war against #Rohingya civilians in ad-hoc detention centers and villages under its control in #Rakhine State. The International Criminal Court should…

US funding cuts are continuing to have a detrimental impact on local livelihoods, as activists urged action from the Thai gov: "The main issue is livelihood—food, shelter & survival. Without that, domestic issues will follow,” a resident of Karenni Camp 2 ktnews.org/activist-group…

UN refugee agency warns funding cuts may leave 11 million without aid aje.io/odcz8e via @AJEnglish Education for some 230,000 #Rohingya children is at risk of being suspended after devastating aid cuts. A whole generation is being abandoned

Such a contrast to @TheBorder_TBC, which won't release this kind of detail about the impact of funding cuts on more than 100,000 refugees in Thailand. Why?

Weekly update on the situation in Karen, Mon & Dawei since the failed coup: July 2025 | Week Three ⚠️ 35+ Arrested ⚠️ 31+ Detained ⚠️ 12+ Injured ⚠️ 4+ Killed Artillery fire has led to further trauma in conflict-affected areas, as well as deaths and injuries.

At last.

SAC-M investigation reveals the Myanmar military is producing fuel air explosive bombs at its DI 21 factory in Magway. Support from state-owned company #China South was essential to establishing production of this highly destructive weapon in #Myanmar 📎specialadvisorycouncil.org/wp-content/upl…