Burma Campaign UK
The Burma Campaign UK has been informed by DHL’s parent company, Deutsche Post, that DHL will end its joint venture with Burma’s military dictatorship. DHL’s current contract with the regime expires at the end of 2006, and the Burma Campaign UK had called on the company to use this opportunity to cut its ties with …
The National League for Democracy (97/B) West Shwegondaing Street Bahan Township, Rangoon April 21, 2006 Special Statement- 3104/06 (Original Translation) 1. The National League for Democracy on the Union Day (12th February, 2006), which is one of the auspicious days of the history of the country, with the frank and honest intention and stressing for …
30,000 villagers made homeless and 28 towns and villages flooded in huge new dam project that will enrich Burma’s generals. Read the report here Threatened with plans by Burma’s generals to dam the Salween River and submerge vast tracts of their homelands, the Karenni are releasing a new report today which exposes the parallels between …
Media Release from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy in Burma A cross-party group of MPs today table an Early Day Motion calling on the British government and United Nations to act now to support more than 11,000 people who have been forced from their homes by a new military offensive against civilians. The Early …
Sheffield Joins Worldwide Campaign to Set Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Free Sheffield City Hall Wednesday 8th March 2006 @7pm The City of Sheffield will be joining the global protests that draw attention to the plight of Burma’s pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on International Women’s Day – Wednesday 8th March. Suu Kyi, the …
Unofficial Translation Special Declaration No 1/02 (2006) by the National League for Democracy Released at the 59th anniversary of Union Day (12 February 2006) Commemorated at the National League for Democracy Headquarters in Rangoon The Union of Burma emerged as an independent, sovereign, and dignified nation of the world on 4 January 1948 as the …
Press Release NATIONAL COALITION GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF BURMA NCGUB Thanks Pro-Democracy, Support Groups for Burma Protesting Total The National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB) expresses its solidarity with all pro-democracy and support groups for Burma which will be holding the “International Day to Protest Total’s Investments in Burma” in several …
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY – 12.30-1.30pm Friday 3rd February Demonstration at TOTAL Oil’s London HQ: 33 Cavendish Square London W1G OPW Nearest tube: Oxford Circus Actions against the French oil giant will take place in at least 15 countries worldwide, including the Netherlands, France, UK, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Romania, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Ireland, Australia, Thailand and …
Security Council Has First-Ever Discussion of Situation in Burma (WASHINGTON, D.C. DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP) Václav Havel, former president of the Czech Republic, and Desmond M. Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, today offered measured praise to the UN Security Council for holding a groundbreaking discussion on the …
Vera Baird QC MP, co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Burma, said: “I am delighted that Burma is being discussed at the UN Security Council with the support of the British Government. “The all-party parliamentary group on Burma and the British Burmese community has been energetically lobbying the Government to help put this issue …
First UN Security Council debate on Burma to be held on Friday 16th December. The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the first ever debate on Burma at the Security Council, but cautioned that this is just a first step. “This is a key milestone on the road to freedom in Burma,” said Yvette Mahon, Director …
Siemens, Swiss Re and Chevron join Burma ‘Dirty List’ 26 new companies have been added to the ‘Dirty List’ published today by the Burma Campaign UK. A total of 101 companies feature on the new list. The ‘Dirty List’ exposes companies that are directly or indirectly helping to finance Burma’s brutal military dictatorship. View the …
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed news that Gill Clothing is to stop sourcing from Burma. The Burma Campaign UK approached the company after one of their supporters found Gill clothing with ‘Made in Myanmar’ labels. Myanmar is the name Burma’s military dictatorship have given Burma. Gill has now formally notified the Burma Campaign it …
Austrian Airlines, Eastravel and Frommers Guides drop Burma The three companies have joined the growing exodus of companies ending their promotion of tourism to Burma. They join Carnival Corporation/P&O, Magic of the Orient and Explorers Tours, and Oddessy Guidebooks, who ended their involvement in 2004. The Burma Campaign UK has received confirmation from Austrian Airlines …
Campaigners were celebrating today following the news that the United Nations Security Council has agreed by consensus to have its first ever briefing and discussion on the situation in Burma. “This is a huge success for Burma’s democracy campaigners,” said Mark Farmaner, Campaigns Manager at the Burma Campaign UK. “At last Burma is starting to …
On Friday 2nd December 2005 a new report – The Darkness We See – exposes for the first time the true scale of torture in Burma’s prisons. Political prisoners in Burma are routinely tortured, facing physical, mental and sexual abuse. The report is published by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) – based in Thailand. “Since …
The Burma Campaign UK today warmly welcomed news that the crisis in Burma will be debated by the United Nations Security Council for the first time. John Bolton, US Ambassador to the United Nations, has today formally requested Burma be placed on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). In a letter sent …
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the climbdown by TOTAL Oil – which was being sued in French courts over its involvement in forced labour in Burma. Total has agreed to set up a £3.5 million humanitarian fund in an out of court settlement. Horrific human rights abuses were committed during the construction of TOTAL’s …
Responding to newswire reports that Burma’s democracy leader has had her detention extended for a further year, Mark Farmaner, Campaigns Manager at the Burma Campaign UK said: “This extension demonstrates the regime has no intention of relinquishing power and its so-called ‘road map’ to democracy is a sham. Unless the international community acts, Aung San …
The European Parliament passed a tough new resolution on Burma on Thursday evening (17th November). The strongly worded resolution welcomed the recent report – A Threat to the Peace – by Desmond Tutu and former Czech President Vaclav Havel, which called for United Nations Security Council intervention in Burma. It states that the European Union …
On the day marking ten years under house arrest for Aung San Suu Kyi, Sheffield Hallam University announces an honorary degree for the imprisoned Burmese pro-democracy leader. The world’s only detained Nobel Peace Prize winner has been selected to receive the degree to help draw international attention to her plight and pay tribute to her …
House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Issued by Vera Baird QC MP and John Bercow MP Co-Chairs of the All Party Group on Burma MPs TELL TOTAL TO GET OUT OF BURMA On the 10th anniversary of the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi, Vera Baird QC MP and John Bercow MP met with representatives …
As Aung San Suu Kyi reaches ten years in detention the United Nations celebrates its 60th anniversary. On the same day a new report highlights 14 years of empty words on Burma from the United Nations and world leaders Protest to be held outside House of Commons On Monday 24th October 2005 Aung San Suu …
MONDAY 24TH OCTOBER Protest to be held outside House of Commons Including speeches by John Bercow MP and Vera Baird MP– co-chairs All-Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy in Burma 12.30-1.30pm opposite St Stephens Gate, House of Commons, London Nearest Tube: Westminster On Monday 24th October 2005 Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma’s democracy movement, …