Burma Campaign UK
Media Release from All Burma Monks’ Alliance (ABMA), The 88 Generation Students and All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU) ABMA, 88 Generation Students & ABFSU condemn the Burma’s military government for its imprisonment of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and will oppose by any means including mass protests No. 2/2009(ABMA+88G+ABFSU) 1. The six-year …
As Aung San Suu Kyi faces trial tomorrow, forty- thousand people are supporting her on the Facebook social networking website. Thousands have left messages of support on the Aung San Suu Kyi Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi/9953503420?ref=pdb The page is being used to promote and coordinate global campaign actions, including a global day of action on Monday, where …
Media Release from Burma Lawyers Council 1. Recently, the president of East Timor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta claimed that, if the SPDC does not immediately release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, he will urge the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute Sen. Gen. Than …
Photo Opportunity As Aung San Suu Kyi is put on trial on Monday, demonstrations will take place in more than 20 cities, including London, Bangkok, Sydney, San Francisco, Pretoria, Perth, Ottawa, Tokyo, Melbourne, Canberra, Taipei, Toronto, Indiana, Barcelona, Paris, Stockholm, Barcelona, Boston, Cadiz, Sevilla, Washington DC, Kuala Lumpur and Oslo. In London there will be …
AAPP Media Statement [Mae Sot, Thailand] The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) has learned that lawyer U Aung Thein has had his licence to practise law revoked by the authorities, on grounds that he was not abiding by professional ethics. U Aung Thein is one of the lawyers in Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s …
Not On Our Watch unites politicians, entertainers, artists in support of incarcerated Burmese freedom fighter Press Release From Not On Our Watch. NEW YORK, NY – May 15, 2009 As the ruling Burmese military junta attempts to prolong the unlawful imprisonment of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, Not On Our Watch, the …
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE BURMA JUSTICE COMMITTEE TRIAL OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI ILLEGAL AND AGAINST INTERNATIONAL LAW English Barristers barred from attending trial Aung San Suu Kyi has been sent from house arrest to the notorious Insein Prison (the Burmese military regime’s main torture and detention centre) where, on Monday 18 May, she will …
Some of Britain’s most distinguished actors and writers have added their names to a global petition for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all Burma’s political prisoners. The petition calls on United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to make securing the release of the prisoners a top priority. Yesterday, Burma’s democracy leader …
The Burma Campaign UK today called for an intense diplomatic effort to secure the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, after she was detained in custody in Burma’s notorious Insein Jail. Aung San Suu Kyi is being tried for breaking the terms of her house arrest, which forbids visitors, after an American man, John Yettaw, …
More than three-hundred thousand people have signed the petition calling for UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to secure the release of Burma’s political prisoners. The figure means that someone has signed the petition every 20 seconds since the campaign was launched. A new report – Silent Killing Fields – published yesterday by the Assistance …
The Burma Campaign UK today expressed deep concern about the health of Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is being denied proper medical treatment by Burma’s military dictatorship. Aung San Suu Kyi is reported to be suffering from dehydration and low blood pressure, and having difficulty eating. Her doctor was arrested on Thursday …
Over 250,000 signatures secured for Burma’s political prisoners “We must show them they have not been forgotten,” says Nobel Peace Prize Laureate A global petition campaign for Burma’s political prisoners has secured over a quarter of a million signatures. Campaign activities are taking place across five continents in 32 countries around the world, from the …
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 has ruled in the clearest possible terms that the military regime in Burma has contravened …
EMBARGOED FOR 0001 TUESDAY 24TH MARCH 2009 PRESS RELEASE FROM FREEDOM NOW Contact: Ted Loud +1 (202) 799-4348 UN DECLARES NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE AUNG SAN SUU KYI OF BURMA’S DETENTION ILLEGAL; URGES HER IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE Washington, D.C. – Today, Freedom Now released Opinion No. 46/2008 from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary …
Thirty- thousand people are supporting Aung San Suu Kyi on the Facebook social networking website. A Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi/9953503420?ref=pdb enables people to become a supporter of Aung San Suu Kyi and receive regular updates about the situation in Burma. The high number of supporters puts her in the top one hundred political leaders of all time, both …
Media Release From The National Coalition Government Union Of Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Awarded Freedom Of Glasgow On Wednesday, March 4th Dr. Thaung Htun, UN representative for the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma will address the City of Glasgow on the occasion of the award to Aung San Suu Kyi of …
Ten thousand people have now backed Aung San Suu Kyi on the Facebook social networking website. A Facebook page enables people to become a fan of Aung San Suu Kyi and receive regular updates about the situation in Burma. The high number of supporters puts her in the top one hundred political leaders of all time, both …
On Friday October 24th Aung San Suu Kyi will have spent a total of 13 years in detention. On the same day leaders of Asian and European countries are holding the ASEM Heads of State Summit meeting in China. The Burma Campaign UK and fellow campaign groups worldwide are calling on the leaders to back …
INFORMAL SAKHAROV PRIZE NETWORK Press release 16 September 2008 An informal network of 11 Sakharov Prize winners calls for the immediate release of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (winner of the 1990 Sakharov Prize) and all other political prisoners in Burma With just weeks to go to the 20th anniversary of the creation …
The leader of the non-violent movement for human rights and democracy in Burma has been awarded the Freedom of Dundee. Aung San Suu Kyi, who has campaigned for democratic change through dialogue and not violence, was represented by a member of Amnesty International at the ceremony in the Steps Theatre. Councillors in the city unanimously …
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today told a delegation of six women from Burma that the international community should do more to address the problems in Burma. The meeting took place on Aung San Suu Kyi’s 63rd birthday. The delegation called for more pressure to be placed on the regime to release Aung San Suu …
Press release from Glenys Kinnock MEP EURO-MP Glenys Kinnock marked Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday today by joining a delegation of Burmese women to call for international action to secure the release of Burma’s political prisoners. The women met Prime Minister Gordon Brown to urge the British Government to do all it …
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will meet a delegation of six women from Burma on Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday, Thursday 19th June. The delegation will discuss the current situation in Burma and ask for more pressure to be placed on the regime to release Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners in Burma. …
View the pictures at:http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/hlaingdowningstreet.html Members of the All-Party Parliamentary Group For Democracy in Burma will be holding a meeting in the British Parliament today to pay tribute to Aung San Suu Kyi. Hlaing Sein, Campaigns Officer at Burma Campaign UK, will give a presentation on the life and work of Aung San Suu Kyi. Following …