Burma Campaign UK
Responding to media reports that Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein and around 20 other military officers in government positions have resigned their military ranks, Burma Campaign UK described this as the beginning of the transition of Burma from a military to civilian dictatorship. Since it was announced in 2003, Burma Campaign UK has been warning …
National League for Democracy No 97(B) West Shwegondine Street, Bahan Township, Rangoon 6th April 2010 “A Message to the People of Burma” (Unofficial Translation) 1. The National League for Democracy (NLD) was formed with a commitment to establish democratic system in Burma, which the people of Burma demanded unanimously during the 1988 nationwide pro-democracy uprising. …
As the National League for Democracy (NLD) announced that elections laws are so unjust that it will not register as a party to be able to take part, Burma Campaign UK today called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to stop trying to persuade Burma’s generals to reform elections designed to maintain military rule. Instead …
Statement from the Prime Minister Gordon Brown The Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called the terms of the Burmese election laws “restrictive and unfair” and called for an urgent meeting at the UN in New York to discuss these developments. The laws have been published ahead of the election in the country later this year. …
The Burma Campaign UK today called on the United Nations Security Council to reengage on the issue of Burma, following the publication of election law that bans Aung San Suu Kyi from taking part in ‘elections’ due in Burma later this year. Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is banned from membership of a …
The European Parliament today passed a new resolution on Burma, stating that under present conditions Burma’s planned elections cannot be free and fair. As thousands of Karen people flee a new military offensive in Karen State, Burma, the Parliament also demanded an end to systematic forced displacement, and for an end to impunity for crimes …
Calling for Genuine Political Reconciliation Before Elections in Burma We, the united voice of people, communities, and organizations from Burma and around the globe, strongly reaffirm the necessity for genuine political reconciliation before the 2010 elections and call on the international community to take immediate action to ensure viable democratic change occurs in Burma. The …
Media Release from ALTSEAN, Bangkok The Burmese junta’s proposed 2010 elections, the first step in activating the 2008 constitution, will have disastrous impacts on Burma and the region. In a briefer titled “2010 Elections: A Recipe for Continued Conflict,” regional human rights network Altsean-Burma states that the regime’s preparations for 2010 have already had serious …
Burmese Monks and Students Call on the Regime to Stop Use of Violence against Ethnic Minorities and Forcibly Enacting of its 2008 Constitution through Showcase Elections in 2010 No: 5/2009 We Oppose the Military Regime’s Use of Violence against Ethnic Nationalities, and Demand That the Regime Stops Forcibly Enacting of the 2008 Constitution, Which Is …
The Burma Campaign UK today called on governments and the United Nations to develop policy based on what is going on in the whole of Burma, not just on what happens to Aung San Suu Kyi. Aung San Suu Kyi has herself said that the international focus should not be on her alone. The Burma …
The Burma Campaign UK today called on the United Nations Security Council to pass a binding resolution on Burma following UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon being ignored by Burma’s brutal military dictatorship. “Ban Ki Moon did not secure a single concession from the regime,” said Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK. “Not one …
National League for Democracy 97/B West Shwegondaing Street Bahan Township, Rangoon April 29, 2009 Shwegondaing Declaration We the members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) including the Central Executive Committee, representatives of State and Division organizational committees, the Members of Parliament—elect still standing with the NLD, Representatives of the Central Women’s Affairs Committee, representatives …
A new electronic censorship system in Burma exposes the lack of reform that can be expected after elections in 2010. In February 2009 Major Tint Swe, Director of the Press Scrutiny and Registration Division at the Ministry of Information, announced that the regime will be moving from a paper based censorship system to digital censorship …
British Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell MP has strongly criticised the Burmese military regime’s elections planned for 2010, saying that they are “designed to entrench military rule behind a facade of civilian government.” The Burma Campaign UK welcomed the statement from the Minister, and called on other governments to follow the British lead in recognising …
Fourteen more democracy activists were sentenced to between two and twenty-four years in jail late afternoon yesterday. It brings the total number of activists jailed yesterday to approximately sixty-one, including members of the 88 Generation Students, NLD, Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Group, labour activists, six Buddhist Monks, a blogger and a poet. British Foreign …
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 …
The Burma Campaign UK today called on the United Nations Security Council to hold an emergency session to discuss the Burmese regime’s defiance of Security Council and General Assembly demands. On Saturday 9 February the junta announced that it would hold a referendum on a new constitution in May, and general elections in 2010. However, …