Events

AMNESTY PRESENTS: MYANMAR’S KILLING FIELDS + Q&A BAFTA-nominated and multi award-winning ‘Myanmar’s Killing Fields‘ presents a special investigation into the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar. The film, which was originally shown on PBS and Channel 4, examines evidence that Myanmar’s security forces used systematic rape and terror tactics to expel hundreds of thousands of …

The International Observatory of Human Rights is organising a peaceful protest in front of the Myanmar Embassy to petition for the release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. These journalists are just the latest in a long line of human rights violations in Myanmar and we felt that it was important to …

Yangon Echoes is a new book of photography and oral histories from people living in the city’s old places.   The authors, Virginia Henderson & Tim Webster, will be giving a series of talks in the UK about their book.   Yangon Echoes upcoming presentations:   23 May (18:30) at the Royal Geographical Society, London   …

As Burma goes to the polls for a general election, Amnesty International is calling on authorities in Burma to release the many political prisoners in the country, behind bars simply for protesting, for expressing themselves or peacefully disagreeing with the government.   There will be a demonstration outside the Burmese Embassy in London, calling on …

A conference highlighting the plight of the Rohingya at The British Muslim Heritage Centre in Manchester.    

Give Rohingya Back Their Vote – Stop Genocide Against The Rohingya   Restless Beings, Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK), Burmese Muslim Association UK, Bradford Rohingya Community UK and Burma Campaign UK are jointly organising this protest ahead of elections due in Burma on Sunday 8th November.   Date – 5th November 2015 Time – 2:00-3:00 …

A ‘Vote NLD campaign’ event in London organised by members of the Burmese community to highlight the election in Burma in November:   Every Wednesday, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm in front of Parliament Square Every Saturday, from 1pm to 3pm in front of Parliament Square   This campaign in London will end on 4th Nov. …

The Kachin Relief Fund would like to invite you to a fundraising and an awareness event about Kachin IDPs.   Date: 10th October 2015 (Saturday) Time: 2:00pm- 6:00pm Place: Ramada Hotel, Hounslow-Heathrow East, 8-10 Lampton Road, Hounslow, Greater London, TW3 1JL. Nearest Tube Station: Hounslow Central, Piccadilly line.   Phone: 02085381230 Contacts: Goontawng Lashi -Chairman …

Yangon Calling: Punk and Politics in Burma A free film screening about the underground punk movement in Burma called Yangon Calling. It depicts a flourishing young movement living with oppression and change in Yangon/Rangoon. It’s on the 29th May at T-Chances in Tottenham, North London, from 7.30pm until around 9pm. Nearest tube: Seven Sisters See …

Jinghpaw Wunpawng Amyu Sha Hpung Kachin National Organization The Kachin National Organization-UK are honoured to invite you to the 54th anniversary of “Kachin Revolution Day” ceremony. Date: 7th February 2014 (Saturday) Time: 6:00pm – 9:00 Pm Place: Day Hotel, Hounslow-Heathrow East, 8-10 Lampton Road, Hounslow, Greater London, TW3 1JL Nearest Tube Station: Hounslow Central, Piccadilly …

Please join us and Naomi Long MP on Tuesday 3rd February 2015, at 11.30 AM, to deliver more than 2,000 rose-tinted glasses, petitions and campaign postcards as part of our campaign to persuade the British government to stop looking at Burma through rose-tinted glasses, and return to putting human rights as their top priority in …

The Kachin National Organisation of UK (KNO-UK) is holding demonstration outside the Burmese Embassy in London on 26th November at 1pm- 2:30 pm, 19A Charles St, London W1J 5DX. The demonstration follows attacks against the Kachin by the Burmese army, including the shelling of a Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Military Academy, which killed 23 cadets. Please …

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 …

Live Dance Act Freestylers to Headline Vale Earth Fair 2014 This year’s Vale Earth Fair, which takes place at the Vale Castle on Sunday 24th August, will see the legendary urban electronic dance act Freestylers headline the long running music and arts festival. After a 15 year career the Freestylers have played all the biggest …

The Kachin National Organisation of UK (KNO-UK) would like to invite you all to join us for a demonstration for the Kachin Global Day of Action to mark the 3rd Anniversary of Renewing War in Kachin State. After Kachin Independence Organization signed a ceasefire in 1994, so called the new democratic elected Thein Sein government …

Oxford Burma Alliance Roundtable, co-hosted by the St Antony’s Asian Studies Centre The OBA will be hosting a roundtable on sexual violence in Burma, chaired by Dr Kirsten McConnachie, Joyce Pearce Junior Research Fellow at the Refugee Studies Centre and Lady Margaret Hall. Participants will include Zoya Phan from Burma Campaign UK and Dr Phyllis …

Keswick Peace and Human Rights  Saturday 1st March 10:00 am  Theatre by The Lake  They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain  Director: Robert H Liebermann Country: USA Cert: TBC. Year: 2012 Length: 84 mins. Call it Myanmar speaks to ordinary Burmese citizens about life in their country under a regime so oppressive that only few …

The Kachin National Organisation and Burma Campaign UK are holding a demonstration as part of a Global Day of Action to mark the 2nd anniversary of the breaking of a 17-year ceasefire in Kachin State. Date: Friday 7 June, 2013 Time: 12:00 – 13:00 Place: British Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) King Charles Street London, SW1A …

The Global Day of Action Against the Shwe Gas and China-Burma Pipelines Project Date: 1st March 2012, Thursday Time: 12:00 – 13:00 Place: In front of South Korea Embassy 60 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6AJ. Nearest tube: St James’s Park Underground Station   This global day of action is organized by the Shwe Gas Movement. …

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: http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/therealdisaster.html 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 …

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 …