2007 Uprising News

Burma Campaign UK today warned that Burma is undergoing its biggest human rights crisis in decades, which has in turn created a major humanitarian crisis. However, unlike in the past, there has been virtually no corresponding international response. In just…

Today Burma’s President, former General Thein Sein, is making his first visit to London. He will be meeting Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague. To coincide with the visit, Burma Campaign UK is releasing a new briefing…

Burma Campaign UK today repeated its call to Jeremy Browne MP, British Foreign Office Minister with responsibility for Burma, to pressure Burma’s military backed government to agree to the formation of a joint domestic and international board with the involvement…

Statement From The Free Burma VJ Campaign The Free Burma VJ campaign is delighted to confirm the release of all the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) video journalists (VJs) in an amnesty of political prisoners on 14 January 2012. Seventeen…

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE BURMA JUSTICE COMMITTEE Today sees the publication of one of the most important international law judgments in recent years. In a heavily argued case, decided last November but only now made public, the international legal system…

One year on from the brutal suppression of peaceful pro-democracy protests in Burma – known as the Saffron Revolution – campaigners around the world will be calling on Ban Ki-Moon and regional governments to take action to secure the release…

Thirty-five people were dragged into a court in Rangoon in handcuffs for a third day today. They are charged with hundreds of offences, mostly for their alleged involvement in the peaceful pro-democracy uprising in September last year. As charges were…

The Burma Justice Committee will be launched today in the House of Lords. The Committee has been formed against the backdrop of continuing human rights abuses within Burma, as the military junta continues to repress anyone who questions their regime. …

A new website has been launched today which gives members of the public an opportunity to submit images showing that they haven’t forgotten Burma. The site has been created to allow internet users to show solidarity with the country’s pro-democracy…

The Burma Campaign UK today expressed deep disappointment that UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari has failed to achieve any significant breakthrough during his latest visit to Burma. The dictatorship is still refusing to enter into genuine negotiations, despite a United Nations…