Burma Campaign UK
Thirty-five people were dragged into a court in Rangoon in handcuffs for a third day today. They are charged with hundreds of offences, mostly for their alleged involvement in the peaceful pro-democracy uprising in September last year. As charges were read out today Min Ko Naing, leader of the 88 Generation Students, who make up …
The leader of the non-violent movement for human rights and democracy in Burma has been awarded the Freedom of Dundee. Aung San Suu Kyi, who has campaigned for democratic change through dialogue and not violence, was represented by a member of Amnesty International at the ceremony in the Steps Theatre. Councillors in the city unanimously …
Arab Insurance Group (Arig) has confirmed that it has pulled out of the Burmese insurance market. The company’s involvement with Burma was exposed one month ago by the Burma Campaign UK’s report, Insuring Repression. Last week it was announced that another insurer, XL, had withdrawn from the market. “This is excellent news, Arig have acted …
The Burma Campaign UK has received reports that the family of a 15 year-old schoolgirl who was gang-raped, mutilated and killed by Burmese Army soldiers has been offered around $500 plus some food staples as compensation for the murder. Local army commanders have now admitted that one of their soldiers carried out the attack, which …
Number of Political Prisoners Almost Doubled Over 130,000 Forced From Homes by Ethnic Cleansing The Burma Campaign UK today urged the United Nations to abandon its softly softly approach to Burma’s generals. The human rights situation in the country has taken a dramatic downward turn since UN Envoy Gambari first visited Burma in May 2006 …
Two major insurers are pulling out of Burma only three weeks after the Burma Campaign UK published its report, Insuring Repression, highlighting how insurance companies have facilitated the flow of billions of dollars to the Burmese regime. The companies, XL and Chubb, separately announced the withdrawals in statements to the campaign. XL Capital stated that …
Conditions Worsening for Burma’s Political Prisoners – Medical Treatment Denied The Burma Campaign UK today called on UN Envoy Ibrahim Gambari to make the release of political prisoners a top priority during his visit to Burma this week. The Burma Campaign UK is increasingly concerned by the worsening treatment for many of Burma’s 2,000 political …
Pictures available. Burma Campaign UK sources have confirmed that Burmese Army soldiers have gang-raped and mutilated a 15 year old schoolgirl in Kachin State Burma. No action has been taken by the Burmese authorities to investigate and arrest those involved. The incident took place on 27th July 2008 near Nam Sai Village, Bamaw District, Kachin …
More than 200 people joined a demonstration outside the Burmese Embassy in London. The protest was so large that the entire street had to be closed to traffic. The 8th August is the 20th anniversary of the massacre of thousands of pro-democracy protestors. Today’s protest commemorated the massacre, and focussed on the demand for the …
Hundreds of protestors are expected to converge on the Burmese Embassy in London today to demand the release of political prisoners. The demonstration will take place from 1-2pm, 19a Charles Street, London. The 8th August is the 20th anniversary of the massacre of thousands of pro-democracy protestors. More than 2,000 political prisoners currently languish in …
Twenty years after the inspiring 8888 uprising, we stand in solidarity as a movement, more determined than ever, to achieve democracy and human rights in Burma. We join our voices with the people of Burma in the conviction that change is urgent and possible. On August 8, 1988, young people in Burma launched massive nationwide …
UN must stop covering up for Burma regime. The Burma Campaign UK today expressed surprise and concern about claims by the United Nations that they were ‘slow to recognise’ the problem of Burma’s military regime stealing aid money through a fixed exchange rate that is below the market rate. “It is astonishing that they are …
Read the report here: http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/insurance.php The Burma Campaign UK today publishes a groundbreaking new report exposing how foreign insurance companies have facilitated the flow of billions of dollars to the Burmese regime, money that hasn’t benefitted Burma’s people and has instead been used to finance campaigns of repression and ethnic cleansing. The report, named Insuring Repression, …
Women in Burma bear the brunt of dictatorship in the country. On Tuesday 15th July at 6pm three women from Women Of Burma UK will give presentations to British MPs on how women suffer under the dictatorship, and why the international community should be doing more to support them. Wai Hnin Pwint Thon, daughter of …
The poster and video can be viewed here. In the wake of the devastating cyclone that hit Burma on 2 May, the Burma Campaign UK today launched a new video and poster campaign to highlight the ongoing disaster in Burma – the military dictatorship. The new animated film ‘The Real Disaster’ was created by Ogilvy …
The Burma Campaign UK today condemned Save the Children for handing over DFID aid to the Burmese military dictatorship. A written Parliamentary statement of 18th June has revealed that Save the Children handed over 9,000 plastic sheets paid for by UK taxpayers to the regime. The regime claimed they would use them to repair housing …
MPs from 8 European countries have come together to form a new Parliamentary caucus on Burma. The new caucus is launched to coincide with the 63rd birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi – the detained leader of Burma’s democracy movement. They hope to recruit more than 200 MPs to the caucus before the end of …
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today told a delegation of six women from Burma that the international community should do more to address the problems in Burma. The meeting took place on Aung San Suu Kyi’s 63rd birthday. The delegation called for more pressure to be placed on the regime to release Aung San Suu …
Press release from Glenys Kinnock MEP EURO-MP Glenys Kinnock marked Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday today by joining a delegation of Burmese women to call for international action to secure the release of Burma’s political prisoners. The women met Prime Minister Gordon Brown to urge the British Government to do all it …
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will meet a delegation of six women from Burma on Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday, Thursday 19th June. The delegation will discuss the current situation in Burma and ask for more pressure to be placed on the regime to release Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners in Burma. …
Over 3,500 people, including many ethnic Kayan, will be displaced by a new dam being built in the Pyinmana Hills that will boost power to Burma’s military leaders. “Drowning the Green Ghosts of Kayanland,” a new report launched today by the Kayan Women’s Union reveals how the Upper Paunglaung Dam, being built with Chinese investment, …
View the pictures at:http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/hlaingdowningstreet.html Members of the All-Party Parliamentary Group For Democracy in Burma will be holding a meeting in the British Parliament today to pay tribute to Aung San Suu Kyi. Hlaing Sein, Campaigns Officer at Burma Campaign UK, will give a presentation on the life and work of Aung San Suu Kyi. Following …
The Burma Campaign UK is pleased to announce that Nang Seng has joined the Burma Campaign UK as Campaigns Officer. Nang Seng, an ethnic Kachin woman, has previously worked for Kachin Women’s Action Thailand and Burma Issues on the Thailand Burma Border. She is now a refugee in the United Kingdom, unable to return to …
New Burma “Dirty List” – Companies Named and Shamed BBC Worldwide, Toyota, Qantas, TATA join Burma “Dirty List” 50 new companies have been added to the “Dirty List” published today by the Burma Campaign UK. A total of 154 companies feature on the new list. The ‘Dirty List’ exposes companies that are directly or indirectly …