Burma Campaign UK
On Monday 19th June Aung San Suu Kyi will spend her 61st birthday in detention. On that day she will have spent a total of 10 years and 238 days (3888 days) in detention. She is isolated, allowed no visitors, her phone line has been cut, and her post is intercepted. She is being denied …
A Press Release from FREEDOM NOW Just after midnight on Friday, June 16th, in Geneva, Switzerland, Freedom Now filed the first case before the newly established UN Human Rights Council. The organization filed its Petition to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of Aung San Suu Kyi, the world’s only imprisoned Nobel …
“Poisoned Flowers” Palaung women reveal harsh costs of failed drug policies in Burma (Thailand) A new report by the Palaung Women’s Organization (PWO) details how increased opium production and addiction is devastating Palaung communities in northern Shan State, exposing the failure of drug eradication programs under the military regime in Burma. The report, Poisoned Flowers: The …
The Burma Campaign UK is pleased that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has had what is only its second discussion on Burma. However, we are disappointed that the Security Council took no concrete action, and failed to give UN Secretary General Kofi Annan the mandate he had asked for to pursue discussions with the …
New Report Released “The White Shirts” The Network for Democracy and Development (NDD) today released an 88-page report exposing the true nature of the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) in Burma. The report, entitled “The White Shirts: How the USDA Will Become the New Face of Burma’s Dictatorship” is released at time when the military regime …
Burma’s brutal military dictatorship today extended Aung San Suu Kyi’s detention, sending a strong signal to the international community that it has no intention of relinquishing power. The extension comes despite calls for her release from UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, and Burma’s Asian neighbours. It is also an embarrassment for UN Under-Secretary Ibrahim Gambari, …