Aung San Suu Kyi reaches 4,000 days in detention – 9th October
October 6, 2006
Three key diary dates: 9th October 2006 - Aung San Suu Kyi reaches 4,000 days in detention. 24th October 2006 - Aung San Suu Kyi reaches 11 years in detention....
Post a Pineapple to the Foreign Secretary
October 4, 2006
The Burma Campaign UK today launches a campaign calling on people to post pineapples to Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett to highlight what it calls ‘farcical’ European Union sanctions against...
Aung San Suu Kyi – The Play
October 4, 2006
- Old Vic Theatre exclusively stages “The Lady of Burma”- On Sunday 12 November, ‘The Lady of Burma’, a powerful new play about Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize...
Tories Give Burmese Democracy Activist Standing Ovation
October 4, 2006
Delegates attending the Annual Conference of the Conservative Party – the main opposition party in the UK – yesterday gave Burmese democracy activist Zoya Phan a standing ovation following her...
TOTAL Oil invested in Burma via UK
October 3, 2006
The Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to stop foreign companies using UK overseas territories to channel investment into military ruled Burma. A Ch4 Dispatches documentary on...
More Dissidents Arrested in Burma
September 30, 2006
The Burma Campaign UK today expressed concern at what appears to be a new crackdown on democracy activists in Burma. Two more dissidents were reportedly arrested this morning, and more...
First UN Burma Discussion A Significant Step Forward
September 30, 2006
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the first formal discussion on Burma at the United Nations Security Council as a very significant step forward, and called for the next step...
Pro-Democracy Leaders Arrested in Burma
September 27, 2006
The Burma Campaign UK condemned the arrests of Min Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi and Ko Htay Kyaw. The three are leaders of the 88 Students Generation who were among...
Campaigners Welcome UN Security Council Burma Vote
September 15, 2006
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed news that the United Nations Security Council has voted to hold its first formal discussion on Burma. “This vote is a major step forward...
Kinnock hits out as EU leaders mingle with military dictatorship
September 8, 2006
Press Release from Glenys Kinnock MEP/ASE Labour, Wales - Llafur, Cymru Glenys Kinnock today slammed the EU’s decision to allow Burma’s military regime to take part in this weekend’s Asia-Europe...