Global Day Of Action For Cyclone Victims – Saturday 17th May
May 16, 2008
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...
Total Oil Faces Burma Protests At AGM
May 15, 2008
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...
China Blocking UN Responsibility To Protect Action For Burma
May 15, 2008
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...
Burma Campaign UK Welcomes Royal Navy Aid Ship For Cyclone Victims
May 12, 2008
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...
Public Must Not Be Put Off Donating For Cyclone Victims
May 11, 2008
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...
Burma Regime Must Be Forced to Allow In Aid
May 8, 2008
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...
2,000 villages, 1.7 million people flooded by Cyclone Nargis
May 7, 2008
New research by the Burma Campaign UK today reveals that nearly 2000 villages are flooded in Burma following Cyclone Nargis. The Burma Campaign UK today expressed serious concern for the...
Burma Regime Spending Just £2.5m On Disaster Relief
May 7, 2008
The Burma Campaign UK today condemned the regime in Burma for spending just £2.5m ($5 million) on aid for people affected by the cyclone, despite receiving £1.35bn (2.7bn dollars a...
New UNOSAT Maps Show Scale of Flooding in Burma
May 6, 2008
As the death toll in Burma rises to at least 22,000, new satellite maps released by the United Nations show the devastating scale of floods affecting Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta following...
Burma Campaign Welcomes UK’s £5m Aid Pledge for Burma
May 6, 2008
UK Cyclone Aid Must Be New Money The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed an announcement by International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander that the British government would provide £5m in humanitarian...