Burma Campaign UK
As the Burmese military face charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice, Burma Campaign UK today called on companies in business with the Burmese military to immediately end their business relationships. “If your business partner is on trial for genocide at one of the highest courts in the world, you might want to …
Burma Campaign UK welcomes the filing in an Argentinian court today of a case of genocide against the military and government in Burma, under the principle of universal jurisdiction. The case has been brought by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK, supported by Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo (Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo) and the …
Media Release from the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK ● Argentinean courts petitioned to open criminal investigation into Myanmar’s brutal crimes against the Rohingya ● Legal case says Aung San Suu Kyi must be investigated for complicity in the ongoing genocide ● Universal jurisdiction means horrendous crimes in Myanmar can be investigated anywhere in the world …
Burma Campaign UK today called on Facebook to remove more than 25 Burmese military linked Facebook Pages on its site. The Pages are either run by the military, or by military-owned or controlled companies, or exactly reproduce military propaganda but may not be directly run by the military. The Myanmar Air Force Facebook Page even …
Burma government must repeal repressive laws used to attack media freedom Burma Campaign UK today called for charges against Aung Marm Oo, editor of the Development Media Group, to be dropped, and called on the government of Burma to repeal repressive laws used to arrest and jail journalists. Aung Marm Oo, also known as U …
Burma Campaign UK today condemned the sentencing of three Kachin activists to six months in prison and a 500,000 Kyat fine (£250) each, and called for their immediate release. Nang Pu, Lum Zawng and Zau Jat were jailed for organising peaceful protests in Myitkyina, Kachin State, during the spring of 2018 in support of villagers …
Burma Campaign UK today condemned the sentencing of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, and urged Aung San Suu Kyi to release them today, and to repeal all repressive laws, which are being used to keep journalists, human rights activists and others in jail for political reasons. “The NLD-led government has the power to immediately …
The denial of citizenship to the Rohingya people is one of the foundation stones which underpins prejudice and violence against the Rohingya. Their right of citizenship is one of the top demands of Rohingya, including a key condition for refugees before returning to Burma. A new briefing ‘Rohingya Citizenship. Now or Never?’ published today by …
On the first anniversary of their arrest, Burma Campaign UK today urged Aung San Suu Kyi to immediately release Dumdaw Nawng Latt and Langjaw Gam Seng, and to repeal repressive laws which are being used to keep human rights activists, journalists, and ethnic people in jail. In October 2017, Dumdaw Nawng Latt was sentenced to …
Burma Campaign UK today called on Aung San Suu Kyi to immediately release 14 year old child Mai Cho Min Htwe, and to repeal the Unlawful Associations Act which was used to put him in jail. Mai Cho Min Htwe was tortured and convicted without a trial on 30th October for allegedly being involved with an …
Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to resume its past leadership on Burma within the European Union, and push for practical steps from the European Union to pressure Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military, to halt his ethnic cleansing campaign against the Rohingya. Until 2012, the British government led the …
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 two weeks: Official figures say hundreds have been killed by the military, reliable Rohingya sources …
Press release by Burma Human Rights Network: The Burma Human Rights Network and 19 other Organizations have issued a letter to Burma’s State Chancellor, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, calling on the Burmese Government to ensure the rights of Burmese Muslims following a spate of anti-Muslim incidents inside the country. The incidents, many of them …
Statement by Burma Campaign UK Burma State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in the UK on Friday 5th May as part of a week-long visit to Europe, having also visited Belgium and Italy. Here are ten questions that British government ministers and officials and politicians should put to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi …
Burma Campaign UK today publishes a new briefing paper, ‘Time for a rethink on policy towards Burma’s military’, calling for a debate on new ways to influence Burma’s military. The commentary briefing paper argues that the international community has yet to develop a strategy for effectively promoting human rights under the new political structure in …
Aung San Suu Kyi and EU Parliament urged to place human rights, anti-Muslim violence at the top of the agenda of European visit BANGKOK – Legislators from across Southeast Asia today called on Aung San Suu Kyi and European Parliamentarians and leaders to use the National League for Democracy (NLD) leader’s visit to Europe …
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 paper on Thein Sein. The briefing highlights his decades-long involvement in human rights abuses in …
Burma Campaign UK today called on Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development, to respond to Aung San Suu Kyi’s call in her Nobel Peace Prize speech for increased funding for refugees from Burma by doubling funding for the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), which provides food and shelter to the refugees. Speaking in …
Burma Campaign UK today sounded a note of caution about the pace of political change in Burma, and called on the international community not to move too fast to relax pressure on the Burmese government. One year on from the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma’s democracy movement, most political prisoners remain …
Burma Campaign UK today sounded a note of caution about the pace of political change in Burma, and called on the international community not to move too fast to relax pressure on the Burmese government. One year on from the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma’s democracy movement, most political prisoners remain …
Burma Campaign UK today condemned threats made by Burma’s dictatorship against Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), and called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to abandon his ‘wait and see’ policy on Burma. The state-owned New Light of Myanmar today published two articles attacking the NLD. While …
Aung San Suu Kyi is giving two of the 2011 Reith Lectures on the subject of ‘Securing Freedom’. Her lectures, which were recorded in Burma and smuggled out of the country, focus on the struggle for freedom and democracy, the meaning of freedom and dissent and the responsibility of the international community. Lecture 1 Dissent …
As Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma’s democracy movement, celebrates her 66th birthday today, Burma Campaign UK calls for a revived UN effort to secure dialogue to solve the political problems in Burma. In an updated briefing paper on Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma Campaign UK argues that the United Nations is failing to …
Media Release from Brighton Festival. We are delighted to announce the courageous leader, human rights advocate and Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as Guest Director of Brighton Festival 2011. Aung San Suu Kyi has fought passionately for over two decades for democracy and human rights in Burma and taken to the heart of …