Burma Campaign UK
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 …
Supporters of the Burma Campaign UK who have written to the Chinese Embassy in London calling on China to support moves for the Security Council to authorise aid to cyclone victims are being told that their requests are ‘junk mail’. More than 2,000 people have emailed the embassy in London. The email sends condolences following …
The Burma Campaign UK today called for international action to protect ethnic Karen villagers in Eastern Burma who are still being attacked by the Burmese Army despite the devastating cyclone that has struck the country. On May 10th, just a week after Cyclone Nargis struck, the Burmese Army attacked Mu Li Khi village burning 11 …
The Burma Campaign UK today condemned world leaders for failing to speak out about the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi in the run-up to her detention expiring today. It was reported today that her detention had been extended again, with some reports saying the detention is for another six months. “It is shameful that …
The Burma Campaign today said it was hopeful but sceptical following reports that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon had secured agreement from Burma’s generals for aid workers to be allowed into the country. “We’ll believe it when we see the aid workers on the ground in the delta,” said Zoya Phan, International Coordinator of the …
The European Parliament today passed a strongly worded resolution calling for the European Union to press for Burma to be taken to the International Criminal Court for ‘crimes against humanity’ if it continues to block aid. The Resolution also stated that sovereignty cannot be allowed to override human rights. It calls on the UK, which …
The Burma Campaign UK would like to express our deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences on the loss of Padoh Saw Ba Thein Sein, Chairman of the Karen National Union (KNU). The death of Padoh Saw Ba Thein Sein is a great loss not only for his family and the Karen people, but also for the …
As Ban Ki-Moon meets Burma’s Top Generals, they will be deciding whether or not to keep Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma’s democracy movement, under house arrest. Aung San Suu Kyi’s detention is due to expire on 27th May, but as her detention was renewed for one year on 25th May last year it …
The Burma Campaign UK today called on United Nations, and development agencies operating in Burma, to investigate whether cyclone aid is being blocked to ethnic Karen. The Burma Campaign UK is concerned about consistent reports of aid being blocked to areas with predominantly Karen farms and villages. Ethnic Karen are believed to make up around …
The Burma Campaign UK today warned that the international community is falling for the same old lies and delaying tactics that the Burmese military dictatorship invariably uses to avoid political pressure regarding its human rights record. ASEAN ministers meeting on Monday agreed a limited UN coordinated aid deal with Burma. But the deal doesn’t allow …
Info Birmanie, The Burma Campaign UK, and the Fédération Internationale des Droits de l’Homme (FIDH) today questioned TOTAL’s board of directors over the French company’s moral and financial support to the Burmese regime through its gas projects in the country. Last October the Chief Executive of TOTAL, Christophe de Margerie, stated that the Yadana gas …
Campaigners across the world will join forces tomorrow to demand the world does more to aid cyclone victims in Burma. More than 30 events will take place worldwide, including in UK, USA, France, Spain, Hong Kong, Thailand, Chile, Australia, Canada, Belgium and Czech Republic. In the UK protests will be focussed on the American, French …
Burma Campaigners have purchased shares in Total Oil in order to attend the company’s Annual General Meeting in Paris on Friday. Total Oil is one of the largest corporate funders of the military dictatorship in Burma, which is currently denying aid to millions of its citizens following a devastating cyclone which struck the country on …
No Hope For Responsibility To Protect Action By Security Council The Burma Campaign UK today condemned China for continuing to obstruct moves to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Burma. “Any hope that the Security Council would invoke Responsibility to Protect is now dead,” said Mark Farmaner. “There is no way China will accept a resolution. …
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed an announcement by Prime Minister Gordon Brown that HMS Westminster is on its way to Burma with humanitarian supplies. It is more than a week since the cyclone struck and the regime ruling Burma is still blocking aid to the country. “Everyone we speak to in Burma is desperate …
Failure to donate would be a triple-whammy for innocent victims The Burma Campaign UK today called on the British public not to be put off donating for Burma’s cyclone victims by stories of Burma’s generals seizing UN aid. “If you give to British charities or the DEC appeal your money is safe and will reach …
The Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to back moves to get the United Nations Security Council to authorise aid shipments to Burma. On day 6 since Cyclone Nargis struck, most people have still not received any aid because of restrictions by the regime. Every day of delay is likely to cost …