88 Generation Students 19th Anniversary Statement
August 8, 2007
Press Release The 88 Generation Students Rangoon, Burma The 88 Generation Students’ Announcement on the 19th Year Anniversary of the 8888 Democracy Uprising (1) Today is the 19th year anniversary...
Rock to Remember –Benefit Gig on Uprising Anniversary
August 8, 2007
A special benefit gig for Burma will take place in the city of Brighton in the south of England today. Artists are donating their time for free to help raise...
UK MPs demand release of MPs imprisoned in Burma
August 7, 2007
More than 50 British MPs have joined forces to call for the release of 12 MPs from Burma who have been imprisoned by the dictatorship ruling the country. The MPs...
The Lady of Burma’ Play at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
August 3, 2007
“Rarely is a show with so few props so powerful”, The Independent The Lady of Burma – a one woman play about the life of Aung San Suu Kyi -...
Burma Campaign UK welcomes MPs’ call for more aid to Burma
July 25, 2007
‘Burma is one of the world’s forgotten crisis’ – International Development Committee The full report can be viewed here. The Burma Campaign UK today warmly welcomed a report on British aid...
EU-Made Rockets, Guns And Engines Risk Undermining Myanmar Arms Embargo
July 17, 2007
New report by Amnesty International, Saferworld and other NGOs The report can be viewed here. The proposed transfer to Myanmar (Burma) of a military helicopter containing components and technology from as...
60 UK MPs to attend Reception for Aung San Suu Kyi in UK Parliament
June 19, 2007
More than 60 British MPs – almost 1 in 10 MPs - are expected to attend a reception for Aung San Suu Kyi in the House of Commons. The reception,...
Theatres across the world unite for Aung San Suu Kyi
June 18, 2007
For the first time ever, some of the world’s most influential theatres are joining together to read an extract of a new play about Aung San Suu Kyi to celebrate...
Aung San Suu Kyi to spend 62nd Birthday under house arrest
June 15, 2007
On Tuesday 19th June Aung San Suu Kyi will spend her 62nd birthday in detention. On that day she will have spent a total of 11 years and 238 days...
UN Declares Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s Detention Illegal
June 1, 2007
Washington, D.C. A Press Release from FREEDOM NOW Today, Freedom Now released a strongly-worded ruling from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention finding that Aung San Suu Kyi is...