Burma Campaign UK
DAMIEN RICE & LISA HANNIGAN SINGLE: ‘UNPLAYED PIANO’ RELEASE DATE: JUNE 20 LIVE: LONDON PALLADIUM Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan are to release ‘Unplayed Piano’ as a single on June 20 in support of the Free Aung San Suu Kyi 60th Birthday Campaign, a global initiative to free the Burmese Nobel Peace Prize recipient on …
We asked all the main UK political parties for their policy on Burma. We received the following responses. In alphabetical order Conservative Party Burma: Labour’s Failure. The British Government promised that the international community ‘will not stand idly by’ (Foreign Office minister Mike O’Brien, Press Release, 19 June 2003) in the face of continued suffering …
Tutu calls for international action Campaigners Organise Global Day of Action to Free World’s Only Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Recipient On Her 60th Birthday “As long as she remains under arrest, none of us is truly free,” says South Africa’s Desmond Tutu. (Washington, DC, London and Bangkok) Sixty days before the 60th birthday of the …
Media Release from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy in Burma 289 MPs call for UN action on Burma A Commons Early Day Motion (EDM) supporting Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and calling on the British government to put Burma on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council, has gained more support …
The Burma Campaign UK today warned that ChevronTexaco’s purchase of UNOCAL means it could become a target of human rights campaigners. UNOCAL has significant investments in military ruled Burma. ChevronTexaco’s $18bn takeover of UNOCAL will make the company a partner of Burma’s military regime in the Yadana gas project in Burma. Earlier this year a …
Democracy groups banned from meeting MEPs demand enquiry The Burma Campaign UK today condemned the European Commission for banning pro-democracy organisations from a European Union conference on democracy in Burma. EU ‘Burma Day’, held in Brussels on Tuesday 5th April, is meant to be discussing prospects for democratic change in military run Burma. Instead the …