Free Aung San Suu Kyi Protest Outside Parliament
June 18, 2003
12 noon Thursday 19 June 03 As Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi spends her 58th birthday under arrest, up to 100 protesters are expected to join the Burmese...
New EU Burma Sanctions – Why Did They Bother?
June 16, 2003
The Burma Campaign UK today slammed new EU sanctions against Burma as totally ineffective. The EU today announced that following a crackdown on the democracy movement in Burma, it would...
Glenys Kinnock MEP to Join Protest at Burmese Embassy Today
June 13, 2003
FRIDAY 13 JUNE 2003 12.30 – 1.30PM PROTEST AT BURMESE EMBASSY, 19A KING CHARLES STREET, LONDON W1 Glenys Kinnock MEP will be joining a protest at the Burmese Embassy demanding...
Burma Tourism Boycott to escalate following Crackdown
June 11, 2003
The Burma Campaign UK today announced it would be stepping up its campaign against tourism to Burma following a brutal crackdown on the democracy movement in that country. On Friday...
UN Security Council must impose sanctions on Burma
June 10, 2003
As UN envoy Razali Ismail returns home after failing to secure the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burma Campaign UK said it is now time for the UN...
Burma Crackdown – What really happened on 30th May
June 7, 2003
Evidence compiled by the Burma Campaign UK from reliable sources shows Burma’s dictatorship is covering up a state-sponsored massacre. There were no ‘clashes’, what happened on May 30th was a...
EU Response to Burma Crackdown ‘pathetic’
June 5, 2003
The Burma Campaign UK today said it was astonished and appalled by the European Unions feeble response to the brutal crackdown on Burma’s democracy movement. “I cannot believe it has...
Burma – time for sanctions
June 2, 2003
In the wake of the arrest of Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burma Sanctions Coalition today called for Britain and the EU to immediately impose investment sanctions...
Bonmarché pull out of Burma
May 16, 2003
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed an announcement by clothing retailer Bonmarché that it has stopped sourcing clothes from Burma. The Burma Campaign UK is in the process of contacting...
BAT vastly exaggerates Burma wages
May 8, 2003
The Burma Campaign UK today condemned British American Tobacco (BAT) for giving out misleading information that exaggerated the level of the poverty wages paid to its factory workers in Burma...