‘The Real Disaster in Burma’ – new animated film narrated by Ricky Gervais
June 23, 2008
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...
Save The Children Give British Aid to Burma Regime
June 23, 2008
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...
European MPs Form New Parliamentary Caucus On Burma
June 19, 2008
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...
International Community Should Do More About Burma – Prime Minister Gordon Brown
June 19, 2008
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...
Glenys Kinnock Issues Birthday Call For Action To Free Suu Kyi
June 19, 2008
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...
Gordon Brown To Meet Delegation Of Women From Burma
June 18, 2008
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...
Press release by the Kayan Women’s Union: New hydropower dam for Burma’s military capital
June 18, 2008
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...
UK Parliamentary Meeting and Petition For Aung San Suu Kyi
June 18, 2008
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...
Nang Seng New Campaigns Officer Joins Burma Campaign UK
June 17, 2008
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...
New Burma ‘Dirty List’ – Companies Named and Shamed
June 3, 2008
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...