Ten Questions for Aung San Suu Kyi (and myths debunked)
May 4, 2017
Statement by Burma Campaign UK Burma State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in the UK on Friday 5th May as part of a week-long visit to Europe, having...
Open Letter on the UN-Mandated Fact-Finding Mission to Myanmar
April 27, 2017
Re: Open Letter to Various Governments Regarding the UN-Mandated Fact-Finding Mission to Myanmar Your Excellency, 27th April 2017 We, the undersigned, call on States, including the United States, United Kingdom...
Germany & Austria Host War Criminal Min Aung Hlaing
April 25, 2017
Burma Campaign UK today condemned the governments of Germany and Austria for inviting Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military, to visit their countries this week. Earlier this year,...
Burma/Myanmar: Establish an independent prisoner review mechanism to end politically motivated imprisonment – 24 Organisations
April 20, 2017
On the occasion of the third anniversary of the death of U Win Tin, 24 organisations are calling for the immediate release of all individuals detained or imprisoned on fabricated,...
Burma Campaign UK’s Campaigns Officer speaks on women’s rights
March 27, 2017
Wai Hnin Pwint Thon, Campaigns Officer at Burma Campaign UK, spoke today on women's rights at an event in Parliament hosted by Catherine West MP, Shadow Foreign Minister, to mark...
Burma victims deserve justice – Human Rights Watch
March 10, 2017
Burma's ethnic Rohingya Muslims are fleeing for their lives, says Human Rights Watch. A UN flash report found it's very likely that crimes against humanity were committed in October and...
51 British MPs call on UK government to support a UN Commission of Inquiry into Rakhine State
March 9, 2017
Fifty-one members of the British Parliament from nine different political parties have added their names to an Early Day Motion (a Parliamentary petition) calling on the British government to support...
International Women’s Day 8 March 2017
March 8, 2017
On International Women's Day, join us and stand with the women of Burma to end rape and sexual violence. Take action here
Heal – not wound: Statement by Archbishop of Yangon Charles Bo
February 9, 2017
Statement by His Eminence Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Cardinal Archbishop of Yangon: 6 February 2017 Myanmar passes through some of the most agonizing moments in her history. With folded arms...
BURMA JUSTICE COMMITTEE STATEMENT ON THE MURDER OF U Ko Ni
February 2, 2017
On Sunday 29 January 2017, widely respected human rights lawyer and legal adviser to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (NLD), U Ko Ni was...