Burma Campaign UK
Burma Campaign UK is holding a demonstration at the Canadian Embassy today, calling on the Canadian government to publicly support a UN Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. Canada has traditionally taken the lead in supporting accountability and respect for international human rights and humanitarian law. It has also …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed US backing for a UN Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma, and called on European Union members to also express support. On 17th August the USA became the fifth county to publicly support a UN Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against …
Canadian Friends of Burma and Burma Campaign UK have joined forces to call on the Canadian government to support a UN Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. For many years the United Nations has been documenting horrific human rights abuses which may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. …
Media Release From European Karen Network As the Burmese Army steps up attacks against ethnic Karen civilians in Eastern Burma, the European Karen Network, which represents Karen communities in Europe, today called on European governments to support a UN Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the dictatorship. On 23rd …
The British government has told the United Nations Security Council that Burma’s military dictatorship continues to target civilians, particularly from ethnic minorities, during a debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict on 7th July 2010. “The Burmese military regime continues to target civilians, particularly people from ethnic minorities. The use of rape and …
More than 1,000 supporters of Burma Campaign UK have written letters to Kristalina Georgieva, the European Commissioner responsible for European Union aid, calling on the Commission to review its policy of refusing to fund cross-border aid to Burma. Restrictions on humanitarian aid by the dictatorship in Burma mean that there are parts of the country …
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 …
Thirty-nine British MPs have added their names to a Parliamentary motion calling on Thailand to stop threatening to deport ethnic Karen refugees back to Burma. The motion comes after Thailand started then halted the deportation of Karen refugees last month. The motion states that the MPs are ‘appalled’ by the fact that Thailand started to …
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 European Parliament today passed a new resolution on Burma, stating that under present conditions Burma’s planned elections cannot be free and fair. As thousands of Karen people flee a new military offensive in Karen State, Burma, the Parliament also demanded an end to systematic forced displacement, and for an end to impunity for crimes …
Nine Women and Four Children Forced Back Into Burma Against Their Will Thailand this morning started then halted the deportation of ethnic Karen refugees to a landmine-infested camp in Burma. Three families, nine women and four children, including a nine month old baby, were forced back into Burma before the deportations were halted. The halt …
Thailand is to go ahead with the forced deportation of ethnic Karen refugees back to Burma at 7am this Friday 5th February. 35 families totalling 161 people will be forced back to Burma by the Thai military. The refugees do not want to return, and face possible death or injury from landmines. Although the Royal …
The Burma Campaign UK today called on the government of Thailand not to go ahead with forcing around 3,000 ethnic Karen refugees back to Burma. The refugees fled into Thailand in June 2009 following a military offensive by the Burmese Army and their allies, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), in Karen State, Eastern Burma. …
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 …