Burma Campaign UK
For the first time ever, some of the world’s most influential theatres are joining together to read an extract of a new play about Aung San Suu Kyi to celebrate her birthday on June 19th. Venues include the National Theatre and RADA in London, and PARC in Japan. Such support reminds the people of the …
On Tuesday 19th June Aung San Suu Kyi will spend her 62nd birthday in detention. On that day she will have spent a total of 11 years and 238 days (4,253 days) in detention. She is isolated, allowed no visitors, her phone line has been cut, and her post is intercepted. Events will be taking …
Washington, D.C. A Press Release from FREEDOM NOW Today, Freedom Now released a strongly-worded ruling from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention finding that Aung San Suu Kyi is being detained illegally by the military junta in Burma. The Working Group stated: “The unsubstantiated hints of the Government [of Burma] to [Ms. Suu Kyi’s] …
Burma’s brutal military dictatorship today defied calls from the UN, USA, EU and ASEAN to release Aung San Suu Kyi, instead extending her detention under house arrest. Her latest period of detention was due to expire on May 27th. As of today Aung San Suu Kyi has spent a total of 11 years and 213 …
Press Release The Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights Letter Calls on Military Regime to Respond to United Nations (Oslo and New York, May 15th) Today, former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, who is Founder and President of the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights, released a letter that he organized from …
A press release by the Mon Youth Progressive Organization Over half a million city residents, farmers, and fisher folk living at the mouth of the Salween River in Burma stand to lose their major source of drinking water, agricultural productivity, and fish stocks if dams planned upstream go ahead. The report, In the Balance, released today …
Press Release by Women’s League of Chinland Chin women reveal further evidence of state-sanctioned rape in Burma, urge India to stop arming Burma’s junta A new report by the Women’s League of Chinland (WLC), Unsafe State, provides further evidence of state-sanctioned rape by the military regime’s troops, and urges India, where the majority of Chin refugees …
Click here for photo India today faces an international day of protest over its support for Burma’s brutal military dictatorship. Action will be taking place in 16 countries including, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Netherlands, Philippine, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand, UK, USA. In London, a protest will take place from 12:30-1.30pm, …
The Burma Campaign UK today called on mkone to stop sourcing clothes from Burma, or face a boycott campaign, to be launched on Saturday 17th March, atmkone Brighton store. A protest will take place from 12-5pm, at mkone, Western Street, Brighton. Clothing exports are an important source of income for Burma’s brutal military dictatorship. Burmese trade unions have called …
The Burma Campaign UK welcomed an undertaking by mkone to stop sourcing clothes from Burma. The Burma Campaign UK had planned to launch a boycott campaign on Saturday 17th March, starting with a protest at mkone’s Brighton store, on Western Street. The protest would have taken place from 12-5pm. Protesters will instead be celebrating the …
A new report by the Karen Women’s Organisation, State of Terror, provides graphic evidence of the widespread terror tactics being employed by the military regime’s troops against women across Burma’s Karen State. The report documents over 4,000 cases of abuse, including rape, murder, torture and forced labour, in over 190 villages by troops from over 40 …
South Africa votes for dictatorship The Burma Campaign UK today condemned China and Russia for vetoing a Security Council resolution requiring the restoration of democracy to Burma. “It is deeply disappointing that China and Russia have used their veto” said Yvette Mahon, Director of the Burma Campaign UK. “This is a blow, but not a …
Regime Trying to Manipulate UN Security Council The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the release of 88 Generation Student leaders Min Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi, Htay Kway, Min Zeya and Myint Aye. The five were arrested in September 2006, and have been held without charge since then. “While their release is very welcome, it …
World’s largest tiger reserve being ravaged by Burmese junta’s greed for gold A new report, Valley of Darkness, by undercover local researchers exposes how Burma’s military junta is promoting extensive gold-mining in the Hugawng Valley Tiger Reserve in northern Kachin State. The junta has expanded military control of the valley and sold off vast tracts as …
Thirty-four companies have been added to the new ‘Dirty List’ published today by the Burma Campaign UK. A total of 129 companies feature on the new list. The ‘Dirty List’ exposes companies that are directly or indirectly helping to finance Burma’s brutal military dictatorship. Major companies named and shamed include Rolls Royce, Total Oil, Orient …
Read the report here The Burma Campaign UK today publishes a hard-hitting new report accusing DFID of failing to support democracy in Burma, and failing to provide aid to some of the most vulnerable people in the country. It also calls for a doubling of the aid budget for Burma, which it describes as “woefully …
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a resolution passed by the European Parliament calling on the United Nations Security Council to pass a binding resolution on Burma. The move by the European Parliament comes as the United States is circulating a draft resolution on Burma to Security Council members. Members of the European Parliament called …
Following new discussions on Burma at the UN Security Council today, the Burma Campaign UK called on the Council to pass a binding resolution requiring change in Burma. The call follows the failure of UN Under-Secretary General Ibrahim Gambari to secure any concessions from Burma’s military regime on a recent visit to the country. Gambari …
Media Release from Karen Human Rights Group Karen Women Resist Attacks by Burmese Regime Read the report here On November 22nd, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) will release a report which accuses the Burmese military regime of repeatedly attacking unarmed women in Burma. The report is titled ‘Dignity in the Shadow of Oppression: The Abuse …
– Old Vic Theatre exclusively stages “The Lady of Burma”- Annie Lennox is available for interview. Please call Suki Dusanj on 020 7324 4716 Annie Lennox will contribute to the gala performance evening of ‘The Lady of Burma’, Sunday 12 November, at the Old Vic Theatre. She reads an exclusive message written by Archbishop Desmond …
MEDIA RELEASE FROM 6 HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS An ‘alternative’ human rights report is published today to coincide with the publication by the British government of its annual human rights report. Analysing the government’s approach to six places with serious human rights problems – Burma, Chagos Archipelago, Colombia, Tibet, West Papau and Western Sahara – the …
Three key diary dates: 9th October 2006 – Aung San Suu Kyi reaches 4,000 days in detention. 24th October 2006 – Aung San Suu Kyi reaches 11 years in detention. 12th November 2006 – Aung San Suu Kyi play premiers in London. Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma’s democracy movement, reaches a total of …
– Old Vic Theatre exclusively stages “The Lady of Burma”- On Sunday 12 November, ‘The Lady of Burma’, a powerful new play about Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Burma’s pro-democracy leader, will show exclusively at the Old Vic Theatre, London. This is the first time that her story will have been …
Delegates attending the Annual Conference of the Conservative Party – the main opposition party in the UK – yesterday gave Burmese democracy activist Zoya Phan a standing ovation following her speech to the conference. Zoya Phan addressed more than 3,500 people in the conference hall, and the speech was broadcast live on national television. In …