Cyclone Nargis News

Today Burma’s President, former General Thein Sein, is making his first visit to London. He will be meeting Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague. To coincide with the visit, Burma Campaign UK is releasing a new briefing…

On the first anniversary of Cyclone Nargis striking Burma, the Burma Campaign UK is calling on the international community to do more to challenge restrictions on aid delivery in the country, as well as providing more humanitarian assistance. The dictatorship…

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: http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/pm/reports.php Burma’s ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) should be referred…

UN must stop covering up for Burma regime. The Burma Campaign UK today expressed surprise and concern about claims by the United Nations that they were ‘slow to recognise’ the problem of Burma’s military regime stealing aid money through a…

The Burma Campaign UK today condemned Save the Children for handing over DFID aid to the Burmese military dictatorship. A written Parliamentary statement of 18th June has revealed that Save the Children handed over 9,000 plastic sheets paid for by…

Supporters of the Burma Campaign UK who have written to the Chinese Embassy in London calling on China to support moves for the Security Council to authorise aid to cyclone victims are being told that their requests are ‘junk mail’….

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…

The Burma Campaign today said it was hopeful but sceptical following reports that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon had secured agreement from Burma’s generals for aid workers to be allowed into the country. “We’ll believe it when we see the…

The European Parliament today passed a strongly worded resolution calling for the European Union to press for Burma to be taken to the International Criminal Court for ‘crimes against humanity’ if it continues to block aid. The Resolution also stated…

The Burma Campaign UK today warned that the international community is falling for the same old lies and delaying tactics that the Burmese military dictatorship invariably uses to avoid political pressure regarding its human rights record. ASEAN ministers meeting on…