Burma Campaign UK
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 …
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a statement from Dr Jose Ramos-Horta, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, calling on the United Nations to impose a global arms embargo on Burma. Timor-Leste becomes the 32nd country to back a global arms embargo against Burma. Supporters of the Burma Campaign UK have been targeting 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 …
As Burma’s generals again delayed Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial, the Burma Campaign UK today called on the international community to take action now about the deteriorating human rights situation in Burma. The verdict of Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial may have been delayed, but human rights abuses continue, including the arrest of at least …
Media Release from the European Karen Network KAREN COMMUNITIES IN EUROPE FORM NEW EUROPEAN KAREN NETWORK (EKN) Karen communities from four European countries including Denmark, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom have come together for the first time to form a new European Karen Network after a two-day conference held on 11th-12th July 2009 in …
The Burma Campaign UK today called on the government of Thailand to stop forcing Karen families who have fled a new military offensive back into Burma. According to Burma Campaign UK sources, 3 Karen families have been forced back into Burma, and others are being placed under pressure to return. Up to 6,000 Karen have …
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 …
The Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to take urgent action as more than 2,000 ethnic Karen civilians flee from the Burmese Army and their allies. Ler Per Her, a camp for internally displaced people just inside Burma in Karen State, is being evacuated today as around a thousand soldiers from the …
Press Release from The International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School’s Human Rights Program New report from Harvard Law School finds that UN documents on Burma provide grounds for investigation into international crimes; calls for more concerted UN action on Burma Five of the world’s leading international jurists have commissioned a report from the …
Joint Press Release By the Emergency Relief Team (Burma) and the Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Download the report here Burma’s ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) should be referred by the United Nations Security Council for investigation by the International Criminal Court for its …
The last Karen National Union (KNU) forces withdrew from Kler Law Seh in Doo Pla Ya District, Karen State today, as combined forces of the Burmese Army and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), completed its takeover of the area. The attacks have driven the populations of at least seven villages from their homes in …
Over 3,500 people, including many ethnic Kayan, will be displaced by a new dam being built in the Pyinmana Hills that will boost power to Burma’s military leaders. “Drowning the Green Ghosts of Kayanland,” a new report launched today by the Kayan Women’s Union reveals how the Upper Paunglaung Dam, being built with Chinese investment, …
The Burma Campaign UK today called for international action to protect ethnic Karen villagers in Eastern Burma who are still being attacked by the Burmese Army despite the devastating cyclone that has struck the country. On May 10th, just a week after Cyclone Nargis struck, the Burmese Army attacked Mu Li Khi village burning 11 …
The Burma Campaign UK would like to express our deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences on the loss of Padoh Saw Ba Thein Sein, Chairman of the Karen National Union (KNU). The death of Padoh Saw Ba Thein Sein is a great loss not only for his family and the Karen people, but also for the …
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a European Parliament resolution calling for the European Union to support a global arms embargo against Burma. Burma Campaign groups in Europe have been lobbying members of the European Parliament asking them to put pressure on EU governments to support an embargo. European Union Foreign Ministers meet on Monday …
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed British government support for a United Nations arms embargo against Burma. Speaking on Tuesday in the British Parliament during a debate on foreign policy, Foreign Office Minister Meg Munn stated: “We are concerned about the lack of progress (in Burma) and, indeed, in some respects, matters have gone backwards. …
Share prices could be hit As Thailand’s Prime Minister Samak Sundarevej prepares to visit Burma this week and sign a new agreement on trade and investment with Burma, the Burma Campaign UK warned that it will place Thai companies investing in Burma on its ‘Dirty List’ of companies supporting the regime in Burma. The Burma …