World’s Leading Jurists Call for Investigation into Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes
May 21, 2009
Press Release from The International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School’s Human Rights Program New report from Harvard Law School finds that UN documents on Burma provide grounds for...
Global Statements Calling For The Release Of Aung San Suu Kyi
May 21, 2009
Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested in May 2009 and put on trial, accused of breaking the terms of her house arrest after an American man, John Yettaw, swam to...
EPCB calls for UNSG to release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners in Burma
May 20, 2009
Media Release from European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma 167 parliamentarians from 16 European countries, members of the European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma (EPCB), today called on UN Secretary General Ban...
MP Calls For Support Of Real Burmese Leader
May 20, 2009
Julie Morgan the MP for Cardiff North is calling for renewed support for the detained elected leader of Burma Aung San Suu Kyi who has spent thirteen of the last...
Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Open Letter to Aung San Suu Kyi
May 19, 2009
Dear Daw Suu The Burmese regime continues to resist the righteous clamour from your people and from the international community for your release. As you and the Burmese people are...
200 Join Aung San Suu Kyi Protest in London
May 18, 2009
Police had to close the street of the Burmese Embassy in London as more than 200 people joined the protest demanding the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi. Representatives...
New EU Burma Sanctions Should Be Targeted and Strategic
May 18, 2009
As European Union Foreign Ministers meet in Brussels, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana has been reported as stating: “It’s not the moment to lower the sanctions, it’s the moment...
ABMA, 88 Generation Students & ABFSU condemn Burma’s military for imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi
May 17, 2009
Media Release from All Burma Monks’ Alliance (ABMA), The 88 Generation Students and All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU) ABMA, 88 Generation Students & ABFSU condemn the Burma’s military...
Forty-Thousand Back Aung San Suu Kyi on Facebook
May 17, 2009
As Aung San Suu Kyi faces trial tomorrow, forty- thousand people are supporting her on the Facebook social networking website. Thousands have left messages of support on the Aung San...
Appeal to Take Action on Prosecution of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Under the Rome Statute of the ICC
May 17, 2009
Media Release from Burma Lawyers Council 1. Recently, the president of East Timor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta claimed that, if the SPDC does not immediately release Daw...