Burma Campaign UK
Dr Tun Aung, a 65-year- old political prisoner, was released yesterday. Thank you for those who took action to free Dr. Tun Aung. He was arrested and jailed unlawfully by the military-backed government in Burma. He is a chairman of the Islamic Religious Affairs Council in Burm and was arrested and accused of fuelling the …
Article in Foreign Policy quotes Burma Campaign UK: Will the Burmese army ever face justice for its past war crimes? “Those who committed crimes against my people are not only free but still in government,” said Zoya Phan. She’s an ethnic Karen activist with Burma Campaign UK (BCUK), who fled her home in Manerplaw, eastern …
Burma Campaign UK is quoted in Karen News: “The human rights advocacy group, Burma Campaign UK, has called on David Cameron’s government to support a UN Commission of Inquiry into violations of international law in Burma, amid concerns that the country’s reform process under President U Thein Sein has stalled. “Anna Roberts , Executive Director …
Article in Mizzima: UK MPs have called on the British government to reassess their relations with Myanmar, concerned about continued fighting in the ethnic states, the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, and the effective block on constitutional change. Twelve MPs, led by Labour MP Ms Valerie Vaz, have called on the …
Burma Campaign UK is quoted in the Irrawaddy: “Anna Roberts, the executive director of Burma Campaign UK said, “the Foreign Affairs Committee has taken a much stronger stance on human rights in Burma than the British government. There is a growing recognition of the many problems with Burma’s reform process and of the huge scale …
Article by Zoya Phan of Burma Campaign UK. “Despite some limited reforms taking place in Burma in the past four years, women in Burma continue to suffer and we continue to require international support. As a country with a strong commitment to ending sexual violence in conflict, Britain should take the lead in building global …
Zoya Phan, Campaigns Manager at Burma Campaign UK, is quoted in DVB: “The London-based NGO’s Campaigns Manager, Zoya Phan, thinks that Britain should take the lead in such an investigation. The group’s press statement quoted her as saying, “As a country with a strong commitment to ending sexual violence in conflict, Britain should take the …
Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Burma Campaign UK delivers 2,000 campaign postcards to the British Foreign Office calling on Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond to support the establishment of an international investigation into rape and sexual violence committed by the Burmese Army. The postcards were signed by supporters of …
Burma Campaign UK is having an auction of special gifts donated by celebrities, including a signed Hagrid wand from Harry Potter, a signed photo of M from James Bond, and signed books by Jane Asher and Phillip Pullman. They’d make great Christmas presents!. Check them out.
Burma Campaign UK is supporting the campaign by United To End Genocide to tell Obama to #justsaytheirname ‘Rohingya’ when he visits Burma next week. You can support the campaign here: http://endgenocide.org/actions/president-obama-say-rohingya/
Mizzima news story including our picture from the London protest at Thai Embassy in support of migrant rights activist Andy Hall. Read the article here.
Article in Mizzima about our campaign to free journalists at the Bi Mon Te Nay Journal. “The imprisonment of the Bi Mon Te Nay’s journalists proves that the reform process is backsliding,” said Anna Roberts, executive director at Burma Campaign UK. “Journalists should have freedom to report without being constantly harassed and arrested and thrown …
Burma Campaign UK’s press release featured in Mizzima: “The British Foreign Office has dropped human rights as a priority in Myanmar and instead now focuses on promoting trade, claims Burma Campaign UK. Dubbing British Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire an “ostrich”, the rights NGO said the minister ducked recent questions in the British Parliament about …
An article by Mark Farmaner, Director at Burma Campaign UK, in Huffington Post. Andy Hall is a migration researcher who defends the rights of migrants in Thailand, including migrants from Burma. He documented exploitation of migrant workers at a factory owned by Wirat Piyapornpaiboon’s Natural Fruit company. Instead of taking action to end human rights …
Join us outside the Thai embassy in London on Wednesday 29th October at 4.30pm, to fight for the charges against workers’ rights defender Andy Hall to be dropped. Andy Hall is a researcher who defends the rights of migrants in Thailand, including migrants from Burma. He is facing millions of pounds in fines and up …
‘The European Union has refused to back away from plans to submit a resolution to the United Nations General Assembly on Myanmar’s human rights record, despite President U Thein Sein’s insistence that they are no longer needed … Mr Farmaner said President U Thein Sein’s speech in Milan was part of a “diplomatic offensive” aimed …
Article in the Irrawaddy quotes Burma Campaign UK: Economic reform has taken preference over political reform in Burma, said an international human rights group campaigning for the release of what it terms political prisoners still jailed in the country. The Burma Campaign UK is urging Britain’s foreign secretary to pressure the Naypyidaw government as part …
An article by Burma Campaign UK’s Researcher Alec Scott. ‘In the past 8 years opium production in Burma has nearly tripled. Ninety-seven percent of Southeast Asia’s opium is produced in Burma, with 92% of production located in Shan State in the east of the country. Shan State is mountainous and home to many ethnic peoples, …
Article in the Huffington Post by Mark Farmaner, Director at Burma Campaign UK. “This week Thein Sein, President of Burma, will be visiting The Hague, in the Netherlands. As a man with a lot of blood on his hands, you might be thinking this is long overdue. But instead of being indicted at the International …
Anna Roberts and Emily Butler at the TUC in Liverpool with our photo wall of new supporters for Burma Campaign UK’s Rose-Tinted Glasses campaign!
Supporter Isobel Thompson completed the Ice Bucket Challenge for Burma Campaign UK on her 19th birthday – thanks Isobel!
Zoya Phan, Campaigns Manager at Burma Campaign UK, is featured in the New Internationalist magazine. ‘The government policy on Burma is soft,’ says Zoya Phan with a hint of anger in her voice. ‘They are promoting their own trade and business interests. I want to see a more robust policy from [British Prime Minister] David …
Article in Huffington Post by Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK. Four years after its reform process began, Burma still has one of the worst human rights records in the world. In fact, human rights violations which break international law have actually increased, with evidence of war crimes, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and …