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30 new companies have been added to the “Dirty List” published today by the Burma Campaign UK. A total of 170 companies feature on the new list.  The ‘Dirty List’ exposes companies that are directly or indirectly helping to finance…

Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, New York; In what is believed to be the first time in history, a large group of parliamentarians from all over Asia have sent a public letter to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urging him obtain…

Press Release from: OSLO CENTER FOR PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM NOW DECEMBER 3, 2008 LETTER FROM 112 FORMER PRESIDENTS AND PRIME MINISTERS SENT TO UN SECRETARY-GENERAL URGING HIM TO PRESS FOR RELEASE OF ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS IN BURMA…

Ten thousand people have now backed Aung San Suu Kyi on the Facebook social networking website. A Facebook page enables people to become a fan of Aung San Suu Kyi and receive regular updates about the situation in Burma. The high number…

Media Release from the European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma The European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma strongly condemns the harsh sentences given to more than sixty Burmese democracy activists this week. Those sentenced have committed no crime. They did not receive…

Fourteen more democracy activists were sentenced to between two and twenty-four years in jail late afternoon yesterday. It brings the total number of activists jailed yesterday to approximately sixty-one, including members of the 88 Generation Students, NLD, Human Rights Defenders…

The Burma Campaign UK today called on the United Nations to take action following the jailing of 14 democracy activists in Burma. The 14 have been jailed for 65 years. If they are forced to serve their full terms, they…

Democracy campaigners will today distribute open letters to Lloyd’s staff explaining how Lloyd’s of London is helping to fund Burma’s brutal dictatorship. “Lloyd’s are helping to fund a murderous dictatorship that rapes, tortures and kills those who call for human…

Media Release From The Phan Foundation The Phan Foundation is pleased to announce the first annual Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award. Each year the Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award will be granted to a young Karen person who…

The last Karen National Union (KNU) forces withdrew from Kler Law Seh in Doo Pla Ya District, Karen State today, as combined forces of the Burmese Army and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), completed its takeover of the area….