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Human rights in Burma/Myanmar

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1540: tabled on 23 June 2025

Tabled in the 2024-25 session.

This motion has been signed by 7 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House expresses its grave concern about the continuing egregious human rights violations and desperate humanitarian crisis in Burma/Myanmar; notes with alarm that over 4 million people have been forcibly displaced; further notes with concern that more than 100,000 homes, along with hospitals, schools, and places of worship have been destroyed in the course of the military’s attacks against civilians; condemns the military regime’s systematic attacks on civilians, including almost 400 airstrikes since devasted earthquakes on 28 March 2025; calls for the immediate and unconditional release of the estimated 22,115 political prisoners remain in jail in Myanmar today, including the country’s democratically elected head of government Aung San Suu Kyi and the President, U Win Myint; urges the Government of the United Kingdom to increase its leadership role and use its influence to mobilise the international community to take action to end the human rights crisis, increase humanitarian assistance to the people of Myanmar, support efforts to establish a genuine, inclusive federal democracy and hold the perpetrators of mass atrocity crimes to account; further urges the United Kingdom and the international community to support locally-led institutions and programs and to intensify pressure on the military regime through the implementation of robust, targeted sanctions; and calls on the United Kingdom to bring the crisis in Myanmar as an agenda item to the United Nations Security Council as a matter of urgency.