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Zoya Phan

@zoyaphan.bsky.social
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A Karen activist. Programme Director at Burma Campaign UK. Author of Little Daughter and Undaunted. Director at Phan Foundation. TED Fellow 2009/ YGL 2010

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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
92 organisations call on the Government of Canada to expand its sanctions framework on Burma to cover the entire oil and gas extraction sector, warning that foreign companies continue to generate revenue for the Burmese military... See more here- burmacampaign.org.uk/92-organisat...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Call for nominations for Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award 2026 www.facebook.com/share/p/19UC...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Malaysia, don't force Rohingya back to genocide! burmacampaign.org.uk/malaysia-don...
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Malaysia: Don’t Hand Over Rohingya Refugees to Burmese Military - Burma Campaign UK
Burma Campaign UK today called on the government of Malaysia to halt its planned handover of Rohingya refugees to the Burmese military, stating that playing refugee ping pong is not a solution to the ...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Resolutions should not be the end of the process. It should be the start of the process. Every diplomat should be working hard to implement it. Every government should be working on that. It is time to turn words into action. - My message to the UN Human Rights Council. #HRC63
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Today, I will be addressing the UN Human Rights Council through a video statement. The statements are due to be made starting 12:30pm (Geneva time), watch it live here: webtv.un.org/en #HRC63
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"𝐌𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐠'𝐬 𝟏𝟎𝟎-𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬"- This report is published by Human Rights Committee and the Research Working Committee of Karen National Union. www.facebook.com/share/p/1GgM...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Today, Burmese military airstrikes in Mutraw, killed a Buddhist monk, 18 August 2026. Stop Burmese military airstrikes! Stop jet fuel reaching the Burmese military. ASEAN, USA, UK, EU, and others must take stronger action against the Burmese military. action.burmacampaign.org.uk/tell-foreign...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Please take action- Email Ed Miliband MP now calling for new UK sanctions and action against the Burmese military. See @burmacampaignuk.bsky.social action page here- action.burmacampaign.org.uk/tell-foreign...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
In Spite of Fear: Women's experiences navigating the compounding challenges of displacement and insecurity in Southeast Burma - Report by Karen Human Rights Group, See more here- www.facebook.com/share/p/19FT...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Kachin Human Rights Watch strongly condemns the Burmese military's ongoing internet and phone shutdowns and other human rights abuses against civilians, urges the Burmese military to immediately end the internet and phone shutdowns in Kachin State and respect human rights.
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Space X and Microsoft have been added to Burma Campaign UK's 'Dirty List’- which names and shames international companies linked to the Burmese military or human rights violations in Burma. The total number of companies on ‘Dirty List’ is now 228. See more here- burmacampaign.org.uk/53-companies...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
If ASEAN is serious about peace, it must place pressure where it belongs: on the Burma Army. Too often, calls for restraint are directed equally at all parties, while the military continues to conduct airstrikes, shell civilian communities, and obstruct humanitarian assistance with impunity. - KPSN
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
‘Inhumane Acts’ Exposes Human Rights Violations in Kachin State, Burma/Myanmar - A report by Kachin Human Rights Watch - KHRW. See more here- khrw.net/inhumane-act...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Support Karen education through Karen Education & Culture Department and Karen Teacher Working Group. Online Music Live Show Concert on 25 July 2026 to raise funds for teachers serving in conflict-affected areas of Kawthoolei. See more here- www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
25 organizations raise concerns regarding a US delegation meeting Burmese regime's representatives in Tokyo to discuss coordinated enforcement on scam centers. See here- actionnetwork.org/user_files/u...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
“UK Universal jurisdiction laws need to be changed to enable British courts to be used to prosecute rapist members of the Burmese military”. See more here- northeastbylines.co.uk/news/world-n...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
End impunity of Burmese military sexual violence in conflict.
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“Democracy Dies Where Dictators Thrive”- Briefing paper by Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma, addresses the worsening situation on the ground and the Burmese military’s ongoing violence, which has only increased after their '100-Day' peace plan. Read more here: shorturl.at/3jKb9
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Great to see British MPs from across political parties calling for stronger action by the British government, including new sanctions against the Burmese military, action on justice and accountability, and ensuring aid is not cut. See more here- burmacampaign.org.uk/parliament-i...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
FIFA must cancel World Cup broadcasting contract with war criminals Burmese Military. More here- burmacampaign.org.uk/fifa-must-ca...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Karen Women's Organisation's report- “Women, Peace and Security Efforts: 2021-25. Grassroots Women in Southeast Burma Implementing the UNSC Resolutions”. Local women protect and participate in peace, and prevent and recover from violence by the Burmese military. karenwomen.org/2026/05/07/w...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
With world freedom champion, Leopoldo López at Olso Freedom Forum in Norway. Thank you so much for your support. It is very encouraging and inspiring to meet Leopoldo and other activists from World Liberty Congress and around the world.
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Doing an interview with Human Rights Foundation at Oslo Freedom Forum, talking about dictatorships and the need to dismantle them. #DismantlingDictatorship #OsloFreedomForum #highlights
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
SED Energy Holdings must end gas extraction in Burma/Myanmar. Gas reserves are a major source of revenue for the Burmese military. Instead of gas revenue paying to build hospitals and schools, it pays for the Burmese military jets which bomb them. More here- burmacampaign.org.uk/sed-energy-h...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Shan Human Rights Foundation exposed rare earth mines operated by a Chinese company in southern Mong Hsat, eastern Shan State, close to the Thai border. Read more here- shanhumanrights.org?p=5051
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Burmese military earn tens of millions of dollars a month from gas revenue, money that is spent on jets which bomb schools and hospitals. SED Energy Holdings is using a loophole in EU sanctions to work on a gas project in Burma/Myanmar. action.burmacampaign.org.uk/stop-gas-rev...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The Burmese military want to repeat the fake reform process they had after sham elections in 2010 when they persuaded the international community to lift sanctions, during which they committed Rohingya genocide, before launching their latest coup in 2021. burmacampaign.org.uk/burma_briefi...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Kachin communities oppose the Ayeyarwaddy Myitsone Dam project that can adversely impact the well-being of local Kachin people and the people in Burma. www.facebook.com/share/p/18k5...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The Burmese military is continuing its public relations offensive with the announcement that Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest. At the same time, the Burmese military are stepping up airstrikes targeting health facilities and civilians. burmacampaign.org.uk/burmese-mili...
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Burmese Military Play Aung San Suu Kyi Card in Latest PR Move - Burma Campaign UK
The recently rebranded Burmese military regime is continuing its public relations offensive with the announcement that Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest. Aung San Suu Kyi is still illega...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
UN expert Tom Andrews called on the international community to step up efforts for accountability in Burma. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Myanmar: UN expert calls for international action to end impunity and break cycle of violence
GENEVA – A UN expert today called on the international community to step up efforts for accountability in Myanmar, saying that decades of impunity have led the country to a human rights catastrophe.
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The latest incarnation of the Burmese military regime is part of a longer-term strategy to try to relieve international pressure. Read the full briefing paper 'Burma’s Rebranded Military Regime' here- burmacampaign.org.uk/burma_briefi...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
EU has extended restrictive measures on Burma/Myanmar for another year. This is not enough, EU must expand Burma/Myanmar oil and gas sector sanctions. burmacampaign.org.uk/eu-must-expa...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Karen Women's Organization - KWO calls on ICC to investigate the Burmese military's international crimes targeting civilians in attacks.
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Burma’s Rebranded Military Regime. 30% of ministers have been sanctioned for their role in human rights violations and the 2021 coup. Download Burma Campaign UK's briefing here- burmacampaign.org.uk/burma_briefi...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Burmese military's plane dropped incendiary bomb at a village in Dooplaya, April 2026. The Burmese military could not survive without international support, cut the supply of arms, revenue, equipment and aviation fuel. #SanctionAviationFuel www.facebook.com/share/r/14cR...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Stand With Political Prisoners in Burma. More than 14,000 political prisoners in Burma are being held in appalling conditions, subjected to torture, severe beatings and medical neglect. ကညီသးစၢ်ပှၤဂဲၤလိာ်တၢ်ဖိလၢ အအိၣ်လၢကီၢ်ပယီၤဃိၣ်ပူၤတဖၣ်, ယဆၢထၢၣ်ဒီးသုနီၤ. နိုင်ငံရေး အကျဉ်းသားတွေနဲ့ ရပ်တည်ပါတယ်။ #FreePoliticalPrisoners
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
An open letter to Thai FM. - The Karen administration in Kawthoolei, the Karenni administration in Karenni State are actively functioning on the ground. Thailand will find far greater security, stability, and partnership working alongside these administrations. www.facebook.com/share/p/1Aoy...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The Karen Peace Support Network and the Salween Peace Park strongly condemn the intensified Burma Army airstrikes on civilian targets in Mutraw District, which killed four civilians, injured fourteen, and destroyed houses, clinics, schools, churches and a monastery. www.facebook.com/share/p/1CKb...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Burmese military’s airstrikes in Kawthoolei. The Burmese military have been escalating airstrikes and military offensives across the country. They could not survive without international support, cut the supply of arms, revenue, equipment and aviation fuel. www.facebook.com/reel/9590103...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
“While today we celebrate the release of some political prisoners, it’s also a continuation of a nightmare we have been living for generations. The revolving door of political prisoners in and out of jail never stops spinning.” Min Tent Bo of Burma Campaign UK. burmacampaign.org.uk/burmese-mili...
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Burmese Military Again Using Political Prisoners For Public Relations Agenda - Burma Campaign UK
The Burmese military have today continued with the slow staged release of political prisoners in a process designed to gain maximum positive publicity while at the same time making no fundamental chan...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
A Karen village was hit by Burmese military airstrikes. Burmese military use foreign jets and bombs attacking civilians. Stop arms, equipments and revenues reaching them. www.facebook.com/share/r/1C6p...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Stand With Political Prisoners in Burma. More than 14,000 political prisoners in Burma are being held in appalling conditions, subjected to torture, severe beatings and medical neglect. Join Blue Shirt Day on 21st April. နိုင်ငံရေး အကျဉ်းသားတွေနဲ့ ရပ်တည်ပေးပါ။ ကညီသးစၢ်ပှၤဂဲၤလိာ်တၢ်ဖိလၢ အအိၣ်လၢ ကီၢ်ပယီၤဃိၣ်ပူၤတဖၣ်, ယဆၢထၢၣ်ဒီးသုနီၤ.
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Britain and other countries must sanction jet fuel exports to Burma, must sanction Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise, must sanction the military-owned mobile phone company Mytel, and must sanction Myanma Foreign Trade Bank and Myanma Investment and Commercial Bank. www.facebook.com/share/p/1FhN...
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Karen Women's Organization - KWO Day. ကရင်အမျိုးသမီးအစည်းအရုံး KWO နေ့အတွက် နှုတ်ခွန်းဆက်စကား။ ယတၢ်ဆၢဂ့ၤဆၢဝါဖဲ ကညီပိာ်မုၣ်ကရၢမုၢ်နံၤ.
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
'It appears likely that Min Aung Hlaing will swap his leadership of the army for the presidency. Whatever the details, the junta will still be running the show, and bombing civilians – just while cosplaying as democrats.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?
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The Guardian view on Myanmar’s forgotten war: the military cosplay democracy but people demand the real thing | Editorial
Editorial: Five years of brutal conflict have made the army more determined to crush opposition, and others more convinced they must resist
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Our forests are precious, let’s take care of them and preserve them for future generations. #InternationalDayofForests #အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာသစ်တောများနေ့ #ဟီၣ်ခိၣ်ဒီဖျၢၣ်သ့ၣ်ပှၢ်မုၢ်နံၤ #ထိုင့်ကေါဝ်ကြင်သိင်းကေါဝ်မိင်လးမူႋဏီ
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Burmese military artillery shells killed 4 family members - a father, a mother, a son, and a daughter. 13 March 2026, Ler Doh township, Kler Lwee Htu District, Kawthoolei. UK and other members must focus on human rights at the UN Security Council. action.burmacampaign.org.uk/tell-british...?
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Let Salween River Flows Free. ပျဲဃိၣ်လိာ်ကျိယွၤသဘျ့. သံလွင်မြစ် လွတ်လပ်စွာစီးဆင်းပါစေ။ ปล่อยให้แม่น้ำสาละวินไหลอย่างอิสระ. 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐬.
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The Burmese military use foreign jets and bombs to kill civilians. Stop arms and equipment reaching them. Despite the number of airstrikes by the Burmese military significantly increasing, there have been no new sanctions against the Burmese military for more than a year.
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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
41 innocent civilians, including 18 children, were killed in brutal Burmese military attacks from March 7th to 10th 2026, in Kawthoolei. Karen Peace Support Network demands urgent international action to cut off jet fuel and money supplies to the Burmese military.
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