UK Must Double Refugee Funding In Response To Suu Kyi Call
June 16, 2012
Burma Campaign UK today called on Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development, to respond to Aung San Suu Kyi’s call in her Nobel Peace Prize speech for increased...
Burmese Activists Still Remain In Jail – Free Shwe Htoo!
June 8, 2012
Burma Campaign UK today strongly urged Jeremy Browne MP, British Foreign Office Minister with responsibility for Burma, to pressure the military backed government to agree to the formation of a...
ND-Burma Launches Report Documenting Torture and Ill Treatment in Burma Since the 2010 Elections
May 31, 2012
Press Release from Network for Human Rights Documentation - Burma The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) released a new report in Bangkok today, documenting the Government of...
Gang-rape in church – impunity for sexual violence in Kachin conflict continues
May 18, 2012
Media Release From Kachin Women’s Association - Thailand Gang-rape in church highlights Burma Army impunity for sexual violence in Kachin conflict The gang-rape and prolonged torture of a woman in...
British MPs call for Aid to Victims of Conflict in Burma
May 17, 2012
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed Early Day Motion 2719 on Burma tabled by members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Democracy in Burma (APPG Burma). 66 MPs across all...
Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence
May 16, 2012
Statement by a worldwide coalition of Burma campaigning groups “Rape is used in my country as a weapon against those who only want to live in peace, who only want...
Democracy Activists remain in jail – Free Aye Aung!
May 15, 2012
Burma Campaign UK today urged Jeremy Browne MP, British Foreign Office Minister with responsibility for Burma, to push the military-backed government in Burma to investigate the numbers of remaining political...
Investment and Trade in Burma
May 2, 2012
Statement by Members and Observers of the European Burma Network With many sanctions against the military-backed government in Burma in the process of being suspended or lifted, there is intense...
Political Prisoner Left Behind – Free Thant Zaw!
April 27, 2012
Burma Campaign UK today urged Jeremy Browne MP, British Foreign Office Minister with responsibility for Burma, to do more to persuade the military-backed government in Burma to release all remaining...
Burma Sanctions Suspension – Timelines and Benchmarks Needed
April 13, 2012
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed an announcement by British Prime Minister David Cameron that Britain will not support EU sanctions against Burma being lifted. He has proposed sanctions be suspended...