Burma Campaign UK
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the release of the three resistance fighters from Burma, who have been held in India for more than 13 years, despite never having committed a crime. They were three of a total of 34 resistance fighters being held. The other 31 were released in May 2011. Lu Lu, Hay Li …
Media Release from the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) JAKARTA – In light of the decision to hand Myanmar the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2014, the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) today called on the regional grouping to ensure it closely monitors Myanmar’s self-declared reform process and take critical …
In the past 24 hours, supporters of Burma Campaign UK have sent more than 1,000 email messages to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ahead of his meeting with President Thein Sein of Burma later this week. Ban Ki-moon is expected to meet Thein Sein at the ASEAN summit in Indonesia. The messages urge Ban Ki-moon …
As Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development, visits Burma this week, Burma Campaign UK called on him to do more to ensure British aid reaches internal refugees who have fled increased attacks by the Burmese Army in the past year. Forty-percent of the population of Burma are from different ethnic groups. For decades …
Burma Campaign UK today sounded a note of caution about the pace of political change in Burma, and called on the international community not to move too fast to relax pressure on the Burmese government. One year on from the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma’s democracy movement, most political prisoners remain …
Burma Campaign UK today sounded a note of caution about the pace of political change in Burma, and called on the international community not to move too fast to relax pressure on the Burmese government. One year on from the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma’s democracy movement, most political prisoners remain …
Burma Campaign UK today condemned the European Union for tabling a draft of this year’s UN General Assembly Resolution on Burma which fails to take any action to stop war crimes and crimes against humanity in the country. This is despite the fact that human rights abuses which may constitute war crimes and crimes against …
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 …