Burma Campaign UK
New Technology Allows Modern “Berlin Wall” Concerts Aimed At Supporting Human Rights Popular music artists R.E.M. will dedicate a song at its June 19th concert in Dublin, Ireland to the world’s only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Aung San Suu Kyi. The song will be broadcast via satellite television inside the Southeast Asian country of …
We wish to use this opportunity, on the occasion of Aung San Suu Kyi’s 60th birthday, to reaffirm our solidarity with the people of Burma and their legitimate struggle for democracy, human rights and civilian rule. Our sister Laureate has spent almost 15 years under house arrest. Her determination and courage inspire us. We offer …
Dear Prime Minister Not long before your 1997 election victory, you wrote a personal letter to Burmese pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi. In that letter you invited her to Labour’s pre-election party conference. You said: “While I appreciate the difficulties that you may have in leaving Burma, we would be …
On Friday 10th June at 2pm Prime Minister Tony Blair will receive a letter from a delegation of high profile women calling on him to do all he can to secure Suu Kyi’s release. The delegation is being led by Glenys Kinnock MEP. Other members of the delegation include Prunella Scales, Jo Brand, and Marie …
On Sunday 19th June 2005 Aung San Suu Kyi will be 60 years old. It will be her 3,523rd day in detention (9 years & 238 days). There is currently no prospect of her being released. To coincide with the birthday, the Burma Campaign UK and other Burma campaign groups around the world are organising …
At its AGM on Tuesday 17th May, the board of TOTAL Oil will face questions about its involvement in Burma. In addition, campaigners in the USA will demonstrate outside the French Embassy and 5 Consulates, attacking France’s ‘blood for gas’ foreign policy on Burma. In Holland a report will be published detailing the role TOTAL …