Rohingya Organisations Condemn Religious Discrimination in Burma
February 5, 2015
Statement from Rohingya organisations We, the undersigned Rohingya organisations, strongly condemn the order by the Chin State government to remove a 54 foot-high cross, which it claims has been erected...
Free Sein Than – Repressive Protest Laws Must Go
February 5, 2015
Burma Campaign UK today launches a campaign for the release of Sein Than, a political activist serving a two year prison sentence for taking part in and leading peaceful protests...
Rose-tinted Glasses Delivered to British Foreign Office
February 3, 2015
Burma Campaign UK was today joined by Baroness Kinnock, Baroness Nye, and supporters to deliver more than 2,000 rose-tinted glasses, photo petitions and campaign postcards to the British Foreign Office...
Allegations of Ethnically Motivated Rape and Killing in Myanmar of Grave Concern
January 27, 2015
Statement by United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura: (New York, 27 January 2015) I am gravely concerned by the killing and...
British Government In Denial About Burma’s Stalled Reforms – New Briefing Paper
January 27, 2015
Burma Campaign UK today publishes a new briefing paper responding in detail to the British government's misleading claims and the selective use of information that it uses to defend Burma's...
2015 Palm Campaign: “Even Though I’m Free I Am Not”
January 26, 2015
Media Release from The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) and the Former Political Prisoner Society (FPPS) The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) and the Former Political Prisoner Society...
Ongoing Sexual Violence Highlights Urgent Need For Burma Army To Stop Offensives
January 22, 2015
Women's League of Burma - press statement on the murders in Kachin State Ongoing Sexual Violence Highlights Urgent Need For Burma Army To Stop Offensives And Pull Back Troops From...
Two Kachin teachers brutally raped and killed by Burmese Army
January 20, 2015
Burma Campaign UK has confirmed reports that two ethnic Kachin teachers were raped by Burmese Army soldiers overnight on 19th/20th January. Burma Campaign UK is calling on the British government...
Myanmar National Human Rights Council Urged to Free Aung Soe
December 18, 2014
Burma Campaign UK today urged U Win Mra, the Chairman of the Myanmar National Human Rights Council to call for the establishment of a permanent review mechanism for political prisoners,...
36 Karen organisations welcome the release by Harvard Law School re war crimes and call for justice
December 16, 2014
Statement by Karen Community Based Organizations Welcoming the Release By The International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School of, “War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Eastern Myanmar” It’s...