Burma Campaign UK
Press Release from Glenys Kinnock MEP/ASE Labour, Wales – Llafur, Cymru Glenys Kinnock today slammed the EU’s decision to allow Burma’s military regime to take part in this weekend’s Asia-Europe summit. The MEP and Patron of the Burma Campaign UK, said the decision to allow the Burmese Foreign Minister to attend the ASEM meeting of …
EU must set a deadline for change in Burma World leaders gathering in Helsinki, Finland, this weekend for the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) will be dining with Burma’s military dictatorship following a decision earlier this year to allow the regime to attend meetings in Europe. The EU visa ban was ‘reinterpreted’ to allow Burma to attend, …
A report released today in Bangkok at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand warns that people displaced by conflict in Burma face a public health catastrophe. The report entitled “Chronic Emergency” released by the Backpack Health Worker Team (BPHWT), is the result of systematic surveys in communities of internally displaced persons living in the eastern conflict zones …
Organisations campaigning for democracy in Burma, today released a position paper Pro-Aid, Pro-Sanctions, Pro-Engagement, : detailing their policy on humanitarian assistance to the country. The position paper has been published, in part, to rebut attempts by anti-sanctions advocates to portray those supporting targeted economic sanctions as being opposed to humanitarian assistance. The paper also provides a …
Media Release from the Shwe Gas Movement Burma’s military regime stands to profit by US$12-17 billion dollars from the Shwe Gas project in western Burma, according to a new report released by the Shwe Gas Movement today. The report, titled Supply and Command, details how the sale of natural gas to regional neighbours India and China, …
ASEAN INTER-PARLIAMENTARY MYANMAR CAUCUS 27th June 2006 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Click here for the full text of the letter An unprecedented 503 MPs from 34 countries have today written to members of the United Nations Security Council, and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, calling for a binding resolution to address the crisis in military ruled …