Burma Political Prisoner Committee Welcome, But Serious Questions Remain
February 7, 2013
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the announcement by the office of President Thein Sein that a Committee will be formed to review political prisoner cases in Burma. The formation of...
British MPs Support Rohingya Motion In Parliament
February 5, 2013
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed Early Day Motion 838 on Burma, tabled by members of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy in Burma (APPG Burma). So far 57 MPs...
Campaigners criticise ‘premature’ Burma debt cancellation
January 28, 2013
Media Release from Jubilee Debt Campaign UK Campaigners criticise ‘premature’ Burma debt cancellation $5.9 billion to be written-off and new loans to military dictatorship to begin. Western countries, in a...
European Burma groups condemn the ongoing attacks on the Kachin people
January 21, 2013
Statement by Members and Observers of the European Burma Network on the ongoing attacks by the Burma Army against the Kachin people We, the undersigned members and observers of the...
Urgent Call on ASEAN to help halt intensifying conflict in Kachin state in Burma
January 19, 2013
We are movements and organizations calling on the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to add its voice and heed mounting international calls for an immediate stop to the...
January political prisoners of the month have been released
January 18, 2013
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the release of Aung Hmine San, Than Htike, Min Naing Lwin and Thein Aung Myint who were arrested for protesting without permission. However, Burma Campaign...
A protest law with genuine rights and freedom is needed in Burma
January 16, 2013
Burma Campaign UK today urged the Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire MP to call in the Burmese ambassador to Britain to question him regarding why people are still being arrested...
Kachin Deaths A War Crime – Thousands More In Danger
January 14, 2013
Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government and United States to adopt a much more robust approach with the government of Burma in order to persuade President Thein...
International community must act to end atrocities by Thein Sein’s government
January 8, 2013
Press Release from the Women’s League of Burma First use of airstrikes in twenty years brings fears of increased civilian fatalities and human rights abuses. Chiang Mai, Thailand – The...
Thein Sein Prosecution Raised in UK Parliament
December 7, 2012
Lord Alton of Liverpool has asked the British government whether it might be possible to arrest Thein Sein for human rights abuses if he goes ahead with a planned visit...