Burma Campaign UK
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a new report – Crimes against Humanity in Western Burma: The Situation of the Rohingyas – published by the Irish Centre for Human Rights. The report was supervised by Prof Schabas, an expert on international human rights law, who served as one of the seven commissioners on the Sierra …
Free Elections ‘Impossible’ The European Parliament today unanimously passed a strong resolution on Burma, stating that election laws make free elections ‘impossible’ and the new constitution will ‘maintain a dictatorship in a civilian guise’. The European Parliament also called EU member states to support the recommendation by the UN Special Rapporteur on Burma for a …
Today is the final deadline for armed ethnic groups which have signed ceasefire agreements with the dictatorship in Burma to agree to become border guard forces or militias under the control of the Burmese Army. The demand is part of the generals’ agenda to destroy all opposition ahead of elections designed to maintain their rule …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the renewal of European Union (EU) sanctions against Burma for a further year, and a call by the European Union for Burma to “end to violations of international human rights and humanitarian law.” In March the UN Special Rapporteur on Burma called for a UN Commission of Inquiry into war …
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the Czech Republic’s support for establishing a United Nations Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. News about the Czech Republic’s support was reported on The Irrawaddy website today. The Czech Republic is the third country to publicly support the establishment of a Commission …
On 22nd March a five month old baby boy, a five year old girl, and a 37 year old woman were killed in an attack by the Burmese Army on Khaw Hta village, Kler Lwe Htoo District (Nyaung Lin Bin District in Burmese), Karen State. According to a local villager, Burmese Army Battalion 369 entered …
The Burma Campaign UK today warmly welcomed a statement by the British government that it would support the United Nations Security Council referring Burma to the International Criminal Court. The statement was made on 24th March by H.E. Mr. Mark Lyall Grant, UK Representative to the United Nations, after a meeting of the United Nations …
Media Release from Burma Campaign Australia In a major victory for Burma campaigners Australia is the first country to publicly announce its support for a UN Commission of Inquiry into human rights abuses in Burma. In a statement at the UN Human Rights Council earlier this week Australia’s representative to the council, Angela Robinson, said: …
Media Release from European Karen Network European Karen Network (EKN) calls on members of the Human Rights Council to support a recommendation by Mr. Tomás Ojea Quintana, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burma, that the UN consider setting up an inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity …
The Burma Campaign UK today warmly welcomed a recommendation by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Mr. Tomás Ojea Quintana, that the UN consider establishing a Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. The unprecedented recommendation came in an advance unedited version of …
One schoolboy has been killed and two more injured when the Burmese Army fired a mortar bomb at a school in Northern Karen State. The attack took place at 9am on Friday 19th February, in Mutraw (Papun) district in Northern Karen State. Burma Campaign UK sources say the school was in a temporary village for …
UNISON APPEAL FOR UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON CRIMES AGAINST THE BURMESE PEOPLE UNISON, the UK’s leading public sector trade union, has written to MPs, asking them to support an Early Day Motion calling for a UN Commission of Inquiry to be set up into crimes committed by the Burmese Government, against its own people. …
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the news that more than 140 MPs have signed an Early Day Motion (EDM) calling for an investigation into crimes committed by the regime in Burma, tabled by members of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy in Burma (APPG Burma). The motion says that the members are concerned …
Media Release from BurmaInfo (Japan), People’s Forum on Burma, and the U.S. Campaign for Burma Tokyo and Washington, DC Tokyo-based “BurmaInfo,” “People’s Forum on Burma,” and Washington, DC-based “U.S. Campaign for Burma” today welcome the call of 442 Members of Parliament (MPs) around the world to the United Nations Security Council to establish a Commission …
MPs from the main opposition parties today called on the UK government to support a United Nations Commission of Inquiry into crimes against humanity being committed by the regime in Burma. The MPs were discussing the political situation in Burma during today’s Westminster Hall debate in parliament. The issue of crimes against humanity dominated the …
Today, members of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy in Burma (APPG Burma) will have a panel discussion in the British Parliament about Crimes Against Humanity in Burma. Members of the APPG Burma are very concerned about widespread and systematic human rights violations, including forced displacement, torture, sexual violence, extra-judicial killings and forced labour, …
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a new Early Day Motion on Burma tabled by members of All Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy in Burma (APPG Burma). High profile MPs across all parties, including Nigel Evans MP, Ann Clywd MP, Alistair Carmichael MP, Michael Moore MP, Ed Davey MP, Peter Bottomley MP and Julie Morgan …
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the new United Nations General Assembly resolution on Burma, calling on the dictatorship to stop breaking international law. The Burma Campaign UK is campaigning for the United Nations to establish a Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. The resolution: “Strongly calls upon the …
Media Release from Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF), the Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN), and Shan Relief and Development Committee (SRDC). Shan rights organizations today denounced the Burmese military regime renewed scorched earth campaign in Central Shan State, which has driven an estimated 10,000 villagers from their homes. According to data compiled by the Shan …
Media Release Women’s Groups around the World Call on the UNSC to Prosecute Senior General Than Shwe at the International Criminal Court 7 August 2009 The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) joined by sixty four leading women’s organizations sent a letter to the Secretary General and members of the United Nations Security Council calling for …
The Burma Campaign UK is calling on the United Nations Security Council to discuss the situation in Eastern Burma, including two new cases of teenage women, one eight months pregnant, being raped and murdered by the Burmese Army, when it debates the protection of civilians in armed conflict on 26th June this month. According to …
The Burma Campaign UK today warmly welcomed a statement by the Presidency of the European Union condemning a Burmese Army offensive against civilians in Karen State, Burma. It is the first time the European Union has made a statement specifically about the crisis in Eastern Burma. The dictatorship and its allies began a new offensive …
In late May and early June the Burmese Army and its allies, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army, began moving troops into part of Pa’an District of Karen State, on the Thai-Burma border. Soldiers have recruited up to 200 people as slave labour to carry military equipment, and more than 4,000 people have been forced to …
The British government and United Nations have remained silent about a new military offensive in Karen State, Burma, which has forced around 4,000 people to flee their homes. There are now almost 1,500 soldiers from the Burmese Army and its allies, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), involved in the new offensive in the Pa’an …