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Press Release by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office An innovative campaign has been launched to highlight the plight of Burma’s 2100 prisoners of conscience. The FCO has come together with the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) , Human Rights Watch and Burma Campaign UK to…

Media Release from BurmaInfo (Japan), People’s Forum on Burma, and the U.S. Campaign for Burma Tokyo and Washington, DC Tokyo-based “BurmaInfo,” “People’s Forum on Burma,” and Washington, DC-based “U.S. Campaign for Burma” today welcome the call of 442 Members of…

Calling for Genuine Political Reconciliation Before Elections in Burma We, the united voice of people, communities, and organizations from Burma and around the globe, strongly reaffirm the necessity for genuine political reconciliation before the 2010 elections and call on the…

MPs from the main opposition parties today called on the UK government to support a United Nations Commission of Inquiry into crimes against humanity being committed by the regime in Burma. The MPs were discussing the political situation in Burma…

The Burma Campaign UK today called on the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to maintain direct personal responsibility for Burma, rather than delegating to a new UN Envoy. The former envoy, Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari, has left the position…

Today, members of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy in Burma (APPG Burma) will have a panel discussion in the British Parliament about Crimes Against Humanity in Burma. Members of the APPG Burma are very concerned about widespread and…

The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a new Early Day Motion on Burma tabled by members of All Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy in Burma (APPG Burma). High profile MPs across all parties, including Nigel Evans MP, Ann Clywd MP,…

The Burma Campaign UK today called on Baroness Ashton, the new EU high representative for Foreign Affairs, to support, not undermine EU policy on Burma, as European Commission officials have been doing for years. The European Union adopted a joint…

The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the new United Nations General Assembly resolution on Burma, calling on the dictatorship to stop breaking international law. The Burma Campaign UK is campaigning for the United Nations to establish a Commission of Inquiry…

Media release from Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) has learned that Ma Ni Mo Hlaing, who is currently being held in Thayet prison, is suffering from typhoid fever.  She began demonstrating symptoms…