Negotiations fail in second case against migrant activist Andy Hall
Mizzima news story including our picture from the London protest at Thai Embassy in support of migrant rights activist Andy Hall. Read the article here.
Mizzima news story including our picture from the London protest at Thai Embassy in support of migrant rights activist Andy Hall. Read the article here.
Article in Mizzima about our campaign to free journalists at the Bi Mon Te Nay Journal. “The imprisonment of the Bi Mon Te Nay’s journalists proves that the reform process is backsliding,” said Anna Roberts, executive director at Burma Campaign UK. “Journalists should have freedom to report without being constantly harassed and arrested and thrown …
Burma Campaign UK’s press release featured in Mizzima: “The British Foreign Office has dropped human rights as a priority in Myanmar and instead now focuses on promoting trade, claims Burma Campaign UK. Dubbing British Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire an “ostrich”, the rights NGO said the minister ducked recent questions in the British Parliament about …
Burma Campaign UK today called for the immediate and unconditional release of the Bi Mon Te Nay journalists. Bi Mon Te Nay Journal’s three journalists Kyaw Zaw Hein, Win Tin, Thura Aung, and owners Yin Min Htun and Kyaw Min Khaing were arrested in July, and were investigated by the Special Branch police in Burma. …
Burma Campaign UK today accused Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire of sticking his head in the sand, trying not to see or talk about human rights problems in Burma which don’t fit the positive picture he is trying to present. The accusation comes following his ducking questions in the British Parliament yesterday about the growing …
The Prakanong Court in Bangkok dismissed defamation charge brought against Andy Hall by Natural Fruit Company Ltd, a pineapple export factory. Natural Fruit has launched multiple criminal and civil prosecution against the researcher and activist since February 2013 as a result of his contribution to a Finnwatch report published in 2013. The report revealed serious …