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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 …
Moe Bu, Campaigner at Burma Campaign UK, jumped from a plane flying 2 miles high yesterday to raise money for Burma Campaign UK. The parachute jump took place in Kent, UK. So far almost £6,000 has been raised by the jump. Moe Bu is 25 years old, and ethnic Karenni from Burma, who as a …
Jag Dojkovski, Fundraising Assistant at Burma Campaign UK, has completed her 2,000km bike ride for political prisoners in Burma, arriving in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. Jag was cycling one kilometre for every political prisoner in Burma. She was also seeking to raise £2,000 for campaigning for the release of political prisoners. In …
Statement From European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma The European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma (EPCB) welcomes the release of around 200 political prisoners in Burma. The release of all political prisoners, along with the implementation of a nationwide ceasefire, are essential first steps in creating a climate in which there can be a genuine dialogue process …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a statement by the British government that they will not review or dilute Burma sanctions yet. The statement follows the disappointingly low number of political prisoners released in an amnesty last Wednesday. During a short debate on Burma in the House of Lords on 13th October, Baroness Kinnock, Patron of …
Small number of prisoners released a reality check for those believing promises of reform. Burma Campaign UK today expressed disappointment at how few political prisoners have so far been released under a new prisoner amnesty in Burma. Many senior political prisoners also remain in jail. There are between one and two thousand political prisoners in …
Jag Dojkovski, Fundraising Assistant at Burma Campaign UK, cycled out of Trafalgar Sq in central London today, beginning a 2,000km bike ride to raise awareness about political prisoners, and raise money for Burma Campaign UK. “I am cycling one kilometre for each political prisoner in Burma,” said Jag Dojkovski. “I hope the bike ride will …
Press release from The Free Burma VJ campaign The Free Burma VJ campaign on 9 September protested in front of the Burmese embassy in Bangkok to call for the release of jailed Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) video-journalist (VJ), Hla Hla Win. Hla Hla Win turned 27 on 29 August. She was first arrested in …
Burma Campaign UK today publishes a new Briefing Paper: Political Events In Burma – New Or Recycled?, analysing recent events in Burma, many of which have been hailed as ‘new’, ‘unprecedented’ and ‘progress’. The Briefing Paper finds that most of what has taken place in recent months is not new at all, and that Thein …
Media release from the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute High-level discussions on the urgent need for the establishment of a United Nations (UN) Commission of Inquiry (COI) into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma, will take place on September 6 in Brussels. The meeting is scheduled ahead of European Union (EU) representatives …
Burma Campaign UK today delivered 5,300 postcards, letters and petition signatures to the British Foreign Office, calling on Foreign Secretary William Hague to secure a UN Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. A UN Inquiry can be established by the annual resolution on Burma at the United Nations General …
Media Release From European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma The European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma calls upon the European Union to officially support a United Nations Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity, and include its establishment in the United Nations General Assembly resolution on Burma. The Burma resolution is drafted by the …
Statement by Members of the European Burma Network The undersigned members of the European Burma Network call on the European Union to include the establishment of a UN Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma, when it drafts the UN General Assembly resolution on Burma for 2011. Since the rigged …
100 people joined a protest at the Germany Embassy in London today, protesting against Germany’s opposition to a UN Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. The protest was held on the 23rd anniversary of the 1988 pro-democracy uprising in Burma, where more than 3,000 people were massacred by the …
Media Release from the TUC The TUC is today calling on the UK Government to take the lead in securing consensus for a UN Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity by the regime in Burma. The EU is currently drafting the UN General Assembly resolution on Burma, which is an excellent …
Burma Campaign UK today publishes an updated and expanded Briefing Paper – UN General Assembly and Crimes in Burma – highlighting how the UN General Assembly has failed to establish a UN Commission of Inquiry which could help reduce human rights abuses in Burma. The Briefing Paper argues that the European Union, which drafts UN …
Burma Campaign UK today condemned threats made by Burma’s dictatorship against Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), and called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to abandon his ‘wait and see’ policy on Burma. The state-owned New Light of Myanmar today published two articles attacking the NLD. While …
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. …
Burma Campaign UK is deeply saddened to learn of the loss of Miriam Karlin, who died aged 85 on 3 June 2011. Miriam Karlin was long-time supporter of the campaign for freedom and democracy in Burma and a patron of Burma Campaign UK since 1999. Miriam Karlin will be remembered as a friend of the …
The British government has stated in the British Parliament that it is ‘deeply concerned’ about the Burmese Army breaking its ceasefire with the Shan State Army North. It also stated that ‘only a genuine process of national reconciliation leading to a just political settlement can bring peace and stability to the country and its neighbours.’ …
AAPP is deeply concerned over the safety of 7 political prisoners placed in solitary confinement for undertaking a hunger strike. Press release from Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) AAPP has learnt that 7 of the 22 political prisoners who have been on a hunger strike in Insein Prison have been placed in solitary confinement. …
The European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma is extremely concerned by the current situation in Shan State, Eastern Burma, and in other ethnic states, where conflict is increasing. Reports from the Shan Human Rights Foundation and Shan Women’s Action Network have exposed an increase in serious human rights abuses since the dictatorship ruling Burma broke a …