Naw Ohn Hla Remains in Jail
March 14, 2016
As part of a new campaign to highlight how several political prisoners are back in jail after having previously been released, Burma Campaign UK today called for the immediate and...
110 high profile women stand with the women of Burma to end rape and sexual violence
March 8, 2016
On International Women’s Day, 110 high profile women, including Dame Judi Dench, Annie Lennox, Jo Brand, Gillian Anderson, Imelda Staunton, Julie Walters and Zoë Wanamaker, are standing with the women...
WLB urges new NLD-led government, and donors, to start afresh with the peace process
March 4, 2016
The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) is gravely concerned at the recent fighting in northern Shan State between the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and the Ta’ang National Liberation...
Gold mining companies try to buy silence of villagers impacted by toxic waste in eastern Shan State
March 3, 2016
Press release by the Shan State Farmers’ Network and Shan Human Rights Foundation The Shan State Farmers’ Network (SSFN) and the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) deplore renewed attempts by...
Nilar Thein Back in Jail
February 25, 2016
Burma Campaign UK today urged the Minister of Home Affairs, Lt Gen Ko Ko, for the immediate release of Nilar Thein and to reform the Prisoners of Conscience Affairs Committee....
Save The Salween
February 22, 2016
Media Release from Save the Salween Network Yangon, February 22, 2016 Plans to build dams on the Salween River, started by the previous military regime, have recently been accelerated by...
Four Steps the NLD Led Government Can Take On Rohingya Crisis
February 18, 2016
Media release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK today publishes a new briefing paper calling on the NLD-led government, which will take power in April,...
Revolving door of political prisoners keeps spinning
January 23, 2016
Burma Campaign UK welcomes the release of around 52 political prisoners this week. Burma Campaign UK has been welcoming the release of political prisoners in Burma for more than 20...
New report exposes systematic cover-up of Myanmar Army involvement in Kachin rape-murder case
January 19, 2016
Press release by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) and Legal Aid Network (LAN) A new report exposes the systematic cover-up of the Myanmar Army’s involvement in the rape-murder of...
Burma Army shelling and aerial bombing of 6,000 civilians in Mong Nawng town are war crimes
November 20, 2015
Urgent update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation The Shan Human Rights Foundation strongly condemns the Burma Army shelling and aerial bombing of Mong Nawng town in central Shan State...