Burma Campaign UK
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed news that UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is finally going to visit Burma again, but called for concrete results, not just more talks about talks. Ban Ki Moon is expected to visit Burma on the 3rd and 4th of July. “We have had 20 years of UN envoys …
Media Notice From Burma Campaign UK Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma’s democracy movement, will have spent a total of 5,000 days in detention on Sunday 5th July. Aung San Suu Kyi is currently on trial for breaking the terms of her house arrest, after an American man swam to her house and refused …
* 100,000+ support Suu Kyi on Facebook * Tens of thousands leave birthday messages of support * Regime attacks pro Suu Kyi website on her 64th Birthday Online Support for Aung San Suu Kyi has exploded in recent days as Burma’s Democracy leader spent her 64th birthday in detention. Aung San Suu Kyi’s Facebook page …
Media Release from Karen and Arakanese Communities Worldwide A day of action will be held today for 34 freedom fighters from Burma whose trial resumes in Kolkata, India, today. Arakan and Karen freedom fighters were lured to an Indian island by a rogue Indian intelligence officer, who executed 6 of them and charged the rest …
Parliamentarians from 16 European countries, members of the European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma (EPCB), today called on United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to immediately impose a global arms embargo against the military regime in Burma to pressure the dictatorship to release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners in Burma. In a letter …
The Burma Campaign UK today called on the government of Thailand to stop forcing Karen families who have fled a new military offensive back into Burma. According to Burma Campaign UK sources, 3 Karen families have been forced back into Burma, and others are being placed under pressure to return. Up to 6,000 Karen have …
Cyberattack on 64forSuu.org 64forSuu.org, the website which features messages of support for Burma’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on her 64th birthday, faced a cyberattack on Friday 19th June. The attack is likely to have been by the Burmese dictatorship, which has previously attacked Burma related websites. Aung San Suu Kyi spent her 14th …
U2, Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono are the latest high profile supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi to add their 64 word message of support for her on 64forSuu.org. The messages will be posted on the site from midnight. Aung San Suu Kyi is spending her 64th birthday, Friday 19th June in detention. It is …
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the unprecedented number of statements in support of Aung San Suu Kyi, but called for words to be turned into action this time. Aung San Suu Kyi is spending her 64th birthday under house arrest. It is her 14th birthday in detention. “The dictatorship will be counting on history …
To commemorate Aung San Suu Kyi’s 64th birthday on 19 June (her 14th in detention), local and Burmese citizens will be holding protests and events in over 20 cities across the world, calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and the 2,156 political prisoners currently held in Burma/Myanmar. The protesters will also be …
More than 2,000 delegates at the UNISON national conference in Brighton today donned masks of Burma pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in protest at her continued detention by the Burmese military. It was a show of solidarity and support for the National League for Democracy leader on the eve of her 64th birthday. During …
The Burma Campaign UK is calling on the United Nations Security Council to discuss the situation in Eastern Burma, including two new cases of teenage women, one eight months pregnant, being raped and murdered by the Burmese Army, when it debates the protection of civilians in armed conflict on 26th June this month. According to …
Around 15 schoolchildren and young men have been beaten, and some hospitalised, after Burmese Army soldiers went on a rampage through Mayan village in Kachin State, Burma. According to Burma Campaign UK sources, the attacks happened after youths in the village prevented soldiers from gang-raping a 17 year old girl. On the morning of 31st …
Kim Dae-jung: “Aung San Suu Kyi’s continued detention shames Asia.” Anwar Ibrahim: “ASEAN cannot continue its policy of non-intervention. It’s time to work together for regional stability and prosperity.” Shirin Ebadi: “Aung San Suu Kyi is an inspiration to us all. We want to let her know that she is not alone during her trial …
Media Release from The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) Political Prisoners Punished in Insein Prison [Mae Sot, Thailand] Five political prisoners in Rangoon’s Insein prison have been held in punishment cells [military dog cells] and banned from receiving family visits since 11 May 2009, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) has learned. The …
The Burma Campaign UK today warmly welcomed a statement by the Presidency of the European Union condemning a Burmese Army offensive against civilians in Karen State, Burma. It is the first time the European Union has made a statement specifically about the crisis in Eastern Burma. The dictatorship and its allies began a new offensive …
In late May and early June the Burmese Army and its allies, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army, began moving troops into part of Pa’an District of Karen State, on the Thai-Burma border. Soldiers have recruited up to 200 people as slave labour to carry military equipment, and more than 4,000 people have been forced to …
The Burma Campaign UK today called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to make securing the release of all Burma’s political prisoners an urgent priority, before democracy leaders die in Burma’s jails. Many of the pro-democracy 88 Generation Students group, which started the protests that led to the democracy uprising in September 2007, are being …
The British government and United Nations have remained silent about a new military offensive in Karen State, Burma, which has forced around 4,000 people to flee their homes. There are now almost 1,500 soldiers from the Burmese Army and its allies, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), involved in the new offensive in the Pa’an …
The Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to take urgent action as more than 2,000 ethnic Karen civilians flee from the Burmese Army and their allies. Ler Per Her, a camp for internally displaced people just inside Burma in Karen State, is being evacuated today as around a thousand soldiers from the …
Celebrities from around the world have been “tweeting” about a new campaign launched on Wednesday 27 May allowing visitors to leave a message of support for Burma’s imprisoned democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi in the run up to her 64th birthday. Since then, Demi Moore, Yoko Ono, Kevin Spacey, Sarah Brown, and Eddie Izzard …
The Burma Campaign UK today called for Burma’s military dictatorship to face serious consequences if Aung San Suu Kyi is not released at the end of the current trial. “We cannot have another groundhog day for Aung San Suu Kyi, where once again she is detained, once again the international community expresses outrage, and once …
A new website, 64forSuu.org, calling for the release of Burma’s democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and all of Burma’s political prisoners, launches today with the backing of major celebrities and a coalition of NGOs and trade unions. The website will become the global hub of the international campaign to release Aung San Suu Kyi. The …
Accept nothing less than the release of Burma’s political prisoners: Over 600,000 global citizens urge Ban Ki-moon A global campaign for the release of Burma’s political prisoners has secured over 600,000 petition signatures in just ten weeks, according to campaign organisers. Signatures have come from over 150 countries. “This is the largest global coordinated action …