Burma Campaign UK
Media Release from the All-Party Parliamentary Group For Democracy In Burma British Parliamentarians from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy in Burma are calling on Foreign Secretary William Hague to prioritise human rights when he meets Burmese President Thein Sein in London. The All-Party Parliamentary Group For Democracy in Burma has recently heard evidence on …
Statement by 33 organisations Burma Non-compliant in Implementing Burma-UN Joint Action Plan on the Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers On June 27, 2012, after nearly five years of negotiation, the Burmese government signed a joint action plan with the UN to end the recruitment and use of children as soldiers in the Tatmadaw Kyi …
60 Kachin community organisations and Burma campaign groups worldwide in 21 countries will take part in a Global Day of Action today to mark the 2nd anniversary of military attacks by the Burmese government against the Kachin Independence Army and Kachin civilians breaking a 17- year ceasefire. It has been two years now since the …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a statement by Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi, that ‘independent investigative work’ is required ‘for an informed assessment as to whether ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity have been committed.’ However, words need to be turned into action or they will simply amount to yet more platitudes from the British …
Burma Campaign UK today called for the immediate release of Mading Zau Bawk and other remaining political prisoners in Burma. Mading Zau Bawk is a 23-year-old Kachin farmer who was arrested in May 2012 and tortured brutally by the military-backed government in Burma. To draw attention to the hundreds of political prisoners still in jail, …
Statement by Members and Observers of the European Burma Network on the ongoing attacks by the Burma Army against the Kachin people We, the undersigned members and observers of the European Burma Network, condemn the ongoing attacks on the Kachin people and call on the international community to put pressure on President Thein Sein and …
We are movements and organizations calling on the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to add its voice and heed mounting international calls for an immediate stop to the continuing attacks on the Kachin people in Burma. The Asia Pacific Solidarity Coalition (APSOC) and the signatories below urges all ASEAN governments to end its …
Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government and United States to adopt a much more robust approach with the government of Burma in order to persuade President Thein Sein to halt Burmese Army attacks against the ethnic Kachin minority in Burma. Three civilians were killed, including one child, and four others were injured, …
Press release by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand International donors have failed dismally to respond to humanitarian needs of about 60,000 Kachin villagers displaced along the China border since conflict broke out in northern Burma over a year ago, according to data compiled by the Kachin Women’s Association (KWAT). From persecution to deprivation, a brief …
Burma Campaign UK has confirmed reports that a pregnant ethnic Kachin woman was shot and killed by Burmese Army soldiers on 11th January 2012. In June last year the Burmese government broke a ceasefire with the Kachin Independence Organisation, an armed political party in Kachin State, north-east Burma. “While the EU’s Baroness Ashton calls President …
Urgent Appeal from the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand The Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) is gravely concerned for the lives of four women being held as sex slaves at a frontline post near Loije at the Kachin-China border, and calls for the Burma Army to immediately free them, and for foreign envoys in Burma to …
Press release from Kachin Women’s Association Thailand Kachin women demand immediate end to Burmese regime’s use of rape as a weapon of war in northern Burma offensive The Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) is demanding an immediate end to the Burmese military regime’s widespread use of sexual violence in their offensive against the Kachin Independence …
Jeremy Browne MP, Minister of State at the Foreign Office with responsibility for Burma, has written to Burma Campaign UK stating that the government of Burma should ‘reinstate ceasefire agreements with a view to a lasting political settlement.’ The letter, dated 10th June 2011, comes as the Burmese dictatorship has broken the third ceasefire agreement …
Press release from Burma Rivers Network Recent fighting near the Dapein and Shweli hydropower dams in northern Burma shows how the buildup of Burma Army troops to secure deeply unpopular Chinese dam projects is fuelling conflict. Fighting broke out between the Burma Army and the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) last week at the Dapein No. …
Media Release from Kachin National Organization – UK Today, the Kachin Community in UK are holding a protest against forced relocation of villagers due to the Myitsone Irrawaddy dam project, and against the arrest of Kachin youth the regime accuses of resisting the dams. Since 28th May, 63 households from Mazup Mare village near the …
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 sources have confirmed that Burmese army soldiers brutally killed a farmer in his local church in Kachin State. However, there has been no proper investigation and no one has been arrested for the murder. Instead, the family members of the victim have been offered around £300 for the murder. According to local …
The Burma Campaign UK is deeply concerned by reports it has received from Kachin and Karen State of a serious unknown disease which is particularly affecting children. Almost 2,000 people have contracted the illness so far, and symptoms in both states are similar. Local people describe the illness as similar to flu, but more severe …
Three months after a 15 year-old schoolgirl in Kachin State, Burma, was gang-raped, mutilated and murdered, no-one has been arrested and charged, despite eye-witnesses identifying suspects. On 27th July 2008 near Nam Sai Village, Bamaw District, Kachin State, northern Burma, a 15 year-old schoolgirl, Nhkum Hkawn Din, was attacked and killed on her way to …
The Burma Campaign UK has received reports that the family of a 15 year-old schoolgirl who was gang-raped, mutilated and killed by Burmese Army soldiers has been offered around $500 plus some food staples as compensation for the murder. Local army commanders have now admitted that one of their soldiers carried out the attack, which …