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The Karen community is holding a Karen Cultural Evening with traditional music, dance and food. Time: 5pm- traditional food from free buffet will be available, drink will also be available, 7pm to 9PM – entertainment program Ticket: £10 (advance), £12 (at the door) £15 (for solidarity price) Place: St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, …
Vale Earth Castle, Guernsey The Channel Islands’ longest running music festival, the Vale Earth Fair, will this year be headlined by Punk legends Buzzcocks. “It will be an event not to be missed,” said Vale Earth Fair Collective member Rob Roussel. Buzzcocks’ classic songs include ‘What Do I Get?’ the anthemic ‘Harmony In My Head’ …
26 ORGANIZATIONS EXPRESS STRONG CONCERN ABOUT SERIOUS INFORMATIONAL GAPS IN REPORTS FROM U.S. COMPANIES INVESTING IN BURMA (Washington, D.C.) — Today, August 12, 2013, twenty-six organizations submitted a detailed letter to President Obama expressing concern over U.S. companies avoiding making full disclosures on their investment activities in the reports submitted as a requirement for investors …
On the 25th anniversary of the pro-democracy uprising in 1988, Burma Campaign UK is calling on President Thein Sein to reveal the exact role he played in suppressing the uprising. Thousands of students and protestors died when the military and security forces crushed the uprising. Thein Sein has never publicly spoken about the exact role …
Burma Campaign UK today strongly urged Hugo Swire MP, British Foreign Office Minister with responsibility for Burma, to push the military-backed government in Burma to secure the unconditional release of Khin Mi Mi Khaing and Myint Myint Aye, and to repeal all the repressive laws which put political prisoners in jail. As part of the …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the release of 73 political prisoners, including Brang Shawng, who was highlighted as a political prisoner of the month by Burma Campaign UK as part of the No Political Prisoner Left Behind campaign. Among the other political prisoners released are reported to include 29 Shan prisoners and 26 Kachin prisoners. …
On Thursday 18th July Brang Shawng was sentenced to two years in jail, just three days after Burma’s President Thein Sein visited the UK and repeated a past promise of releasing all political prisoners by the end of the year. The British government has failed to secure any new concrete commitments on improving human rights …
Media Release from Karen Community Association UK Cameron Should Demand Thein Sein Withdraw Soldiers From Ethnic States Human rights training for Burmese Army won’t work The Karen Community Association UK (KCA UK) today calls on Prime Minister David Cameron to press President Thein Sein to withdraw his soldiers from ethnic states to demonstrate he is …
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 paper on Thein Sein. The briefing highlights his decades-long involvement in human rights abuses in …
Media Release from the All-Party Parliamentary Group For Democracy In Burma British Parliamentarians from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy in Burma are calling on Foreign Secretary William Hague to prioritise human rights when he meets Burmese President Thein Sein in London. The All-Party Parliamentary Group For Democracy in Burma has recently heard evidence on …
With Thein Sein, President of Burma, expected to visit the UK for the first time on Sunday 14th July, Burma Campaign UK today publishes a short briefing containing revealing quotes from the former general. Burma Briefing No 27: Thein Sein In His Own Words, is available here. There is a growing disparity between the words …
Burma Campaign UK today launches a new awareness raising campaign using the strapline, ‘Think everything’s ok in Burma now?’ The awareness raising campaign is designed to draw attention to ongoing human rights abuses in Burma, and the lack of fundamental democratic reforms in the country. “With the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and some …
Just days before Burma’s President is due to visit the UK, Burma Campaign UK today releases a new briefing paper summarising some of the main human rights abuses which continue in Burma today. The briefing paper is available here. It is now more than two years since former General Thein Sein became President, yet Burma …
As former General Thein Sein, President of Burma, prepares to visit the UK later this week, Burma Campaign UK today launches a campaign calling on Foreign Secretary William Hague to stop taking a rose-tinted view of the situation in Burma, arguing that it undermines progress on improving human rights. Burma Campaign UK supporters are being …
Burma Campaign UK today strongly urged Hugo Swire MP, British Foreign Office Minister with responsibility for Burma, to pressure the military-backed government in Burma to repeal all repressive laws and release all remaining political prisoners immediately. Regardless of the changes in Burma, almost all the repressive laws which enabled the jailing of political prisoners still …
Media release from the Shan Human Rights Foundation During attacks last week violating the ceasefire with the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N), the Burma Army shelled a Buddhist temple in central Shan State, displacing dozens of monks, and turned the temple into a military base. On June 23, after sending in reconnaissance planes, over 100 troops …
Statement by 33 organisations Burma Non-compliant in Implementing Burma-UN Joint Action Plan on the Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers On June 27, 2012, after nearly five years of negotiation, the Burmese government signed a joint action plan with the UN to end the recruitment and use of children as soldiers in the Tatmadaw Kyi …
One Year after the Violence Began: Civil Society Organisations Deeply Concerned by the Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation of Stateless Rohingya The Rohingya, a stateless minority of Myanmar, have endured decades of abuse, persecution and discrimination. One year ago, on 3 June 2012, the massacre of ten Muslims travelling in Rakhine State, following the killing …
Statement from Three Human Rights Defenders on Their Arrest Warrants for Speaking Out about Letpadaung Emergency Law By Moe Thway, Wai Lu and Wai Hmuu Thwin We would like to explain what is happening to us, Moe Thway (Generation Wave), Wai Lu and Wai Hmuu Thwin (Yangon People Service Network), in these days. On 13 …
Press Release by Rushanara Ali MP Rushanara Ali MP calls on the UK Government to exert pressure on Burma to end discrimination against the Rohingya and find an urgent resolution to their citizenship status Following her recent visit to Rakhine State with Refugees International, Rushanara Ali MP, Shadow Minister for International Development, spoke in a …
60 Kachin community organisations and Burma campaign groups worldwide in 21 countries will take part in a Global Day of Action today to mark the 2nd anniversary of military attacks by the Burmese government against the Kachin Independence Army and Kachin civilians breaking a 17- year ceasefire. It has been two years now since the …
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a statement by Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi, that ‘independent investigative work’ is required ‘for an informed assessment as to whether ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity have been committed.’ However, words need to be turned into action or they will simply amount to yet more platitudes from the British …
Burma Campaign UK today called for the immediate unconditional release of Aung Ko Latt. Aung Ko Latt is a 36-year-old activist who campaigns for genuine democracy and freedom in Burma. He was arrested in June 2011 with false accusations of being a member of the Karen National Union (KNU) and bombing Myoma Market in Naypyidaw. …
Press Statement by the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) BANGKOK – The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) today backed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and its bid to raise the issue of anti-Muslim violence in Myanmar at the United Nations Human Rights Council, calling for a prompt, full and impartial investigation into allegations of …