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Thirty-four companies have been added to the new ‘Dirty List’ published today by the Burma Campaign UK. A total of 129 companies feature on the new list. The ‘Dirty List’ exposes companies that are directly or indirectly helping to finance…
Read More...Read the report here The Burma Campaign UK today publishes a hard-hitting new report accusing DFID of failing to support democracy in Burma, and failing to provide aid to some of the most vulnerable people in the country. It also…
Read More...The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a resolution passed by the European Parliament calling on the United Nations Security Council to pass a binding resolution on Burma. The move by the European Parliament comes as the United States is circulating…
Read More...Following new discussions on Burma at the UN Security Council today, the Burma Campaign UK called on the Council to pass a binding resolution requiring change in Burma. The call follows the failure of UN Under-Secretary General Ibrahim Gambari to…
Read More...Media Release from Karen Human Rights Group Karen Women Resist Attacks by Burmese Regime Read the report here On November 22nd, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) will release a report which accuses the Burmese military regime of repeatedly attacking unarmed…
Read More...– Old Vic Theatre exclusively stages “The Lady of Burma”- Annie Lennox is available for interview. Please call Suki Dusanj on 020 7324 4716 Annie Lennox will contribute to the gala performance evening of ‘The Lady of Burma’, Sunday 12…
Read More...MEDIA RELEASE FROM 6 HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS An ‘alternative’ human rights report is published today to coincide with the publication by the British government of its annual human rights report. Analysing the government’s approach to six places with serious human…
Read More...Three key diary dates: 9th October 2006 – Aung San Suu Kyi reaches 4,000 days in detention. 24th October 2006 – Aung San Suu Kyi reaches 11 years in detention. 12th November 2006 – Aung San Suu Kyi play premiers…
Read More...The Burma Campaign UK today launches a campaign calling on people to post pineapples to Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett to highlight what it calls ‘farcical’ European Union sanctions against Burma. The EU has banned European companies from investing in…
Read More...– Old Vic Theatre exclusively stages “The Lady of Burma”- On Sunday 12 November, ‘The Lady of Burma’, a powerful new play about Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Burma’s pro-democracy leader, will show exclusively at the…
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