Campaigns
Campaigning for human rights and freedom
Burma Campaign UK is one of the leading Burma campaign organisations in the world. We play a leading role in raising awareness about the situation in Burma, and pressuring the international community to take action in support of the people of Burma.
Your support is crucial. Take action now and help the people of Burma in their struggle for freedom.
Campaigning works!
- Our campaigns have helped free hundreds of political prisoners.
- We expose human rights abuses that the government tries to keep secret.
- We have ensured life-saving aid has reached those hiding in Burmese jungles after attacks by the Burmese Army.
- We lobby governments all over the world to do more to promote human rights in Burma.
- Our campaigns have stopped companies investing in Burma in ways which contribute to human rights abuses.
- We generate worldwide media coverage, ensuring the world does not ignore the crisis in Burma.
- We provide support and training to Burmese organisations and individuals, building the capacity of people from Burma to speak out and influence the international community.
Campaigns
The British government now takes a rose-tinted view of what is happening in Burma, talking up the positives, but playing down the negatives.
In the past year, there are reports that the Burmese Army has stepped up its use of rape, gang-rape and sexual violence against ethnic women.
There are hundreds of political prisoners in Burma. They have been imprisoned just for peacefully calling for democracy and freedom in Burma.
Systematic attacks against the Rohingya ethnic minority in Burma have left possibly hundreds killed and more than 100,000 displaced.
Since breaking the ceasefire in June 2011, the Burmese Army has been committing horrific human rights abuses in Kachin state.
Burma’s military-backed government is still allowed to buy foreign weapons to commit horrific human rights abuses.
Refugees in camps on the Thailand Burma border, and those hiding in the jungle from the Burmese Army are facing cuts in rations and shelter.
Companies investing in Burma risk funding a military-backed government responsible for human rights abuses and environmental destruction
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Burma Campaign UK is making a difference, but without support from members of the public our work would end.