UK provides new life-saving support for Rohingya people

GOV.UK 
10 March 2023

From:

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP

PRESS RELEASE

Minister for the Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan announced new UK funding to support Rohingya people living in camps in Bangladesh.

 

• Minister for the Indo-Pacific, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, announces new UK funding through the World Food Programme to help 449,000 people
• she is visiting Bangladesh for the first time in her role to strengthen historic UK-Bangladesh ties
• she will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen, and strengthen UK-Bangladesh partnership on climate action
• she will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen, and strengthen UK-Bangladesh partnership on climate action

 

UN Human Rights Council 43: UK statement for the Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner on Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar

GOV.UK

Published 27 February 2020
From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Rita French

Speech

 

International Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French delivers UK statement for theInteractive Dialogue with the High Commissioner on Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar.

Thank you, Madam President,

Thank you High Commissioner for your report. We are deeply concerned by ongoing human rights violations against Rohingya, Rakhine, Shan, Kachin, and other minorities in Myanmar, and by the Tatmadaw’s culture of impunity for acts of sexual violence.

The UK is concerned by growing restrictions on freedom of expression. We call on the Government of Myanmar to lift the internet shut down in Rakhine state. The situation there should not be used to place further restrictions on Rohingya, Rakhine and other communities.