Recent Reports on Human Rights Violations – Summary Briefing Paper
December 4, 2014
Burma Campaign UK today published a new briefing paper, Recent Reports On Burma, which summarises key points from some of the most recent reports on Burma. In early November 2014...
Parliament Committee: Re-impose Burma Sanctions If No Improvement In Human Rights
November 27, 2014
The influential Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament has published a report today which calls on the British government to support the re-imposition of European Union sanctions on Burma...
Britain Must Support International Investigation into Rape and Sexual Violence in Burma
November 25, 2014
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, more than 2,000 campaign postcards are being delivered to the British Foreign Office calling on Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond...
Sexual Violence and Denial of Justice for Survivors Continue In Burma
November 25, 2014
Increased militarisation driving human rights abuses Press Release by Women’s League of Burma Burma Army soldiers continue to engage in acts of sexual violence on a widespread scale, and women...
British Government Still In Denial About Reality Of Burma Reforms
November 20, 2014
Following a debate on human rights in Burma in the British Parliament yesterday evening, Burma Campaign UK today accused the British government of being in denial about the reality of...
Senior Myanmar Officials Implicated in War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity
November 6, 2014
Press Release by the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School Myanmar must decide how to address legacy of abuses by military A four-year investigation by the International Human...
Bi Mon Te Nay Journalists Must Be Freed!
October 30, 2014
Burma Campaign UK today called for the immediate and unconditional release of the Bi Mon Te Nay journalists. Bi Mon Te Nay Journal's three journalists Kyaw Zaw Hein, Win Tin,...
Hugo Swire Impersonates Ostrich In British Parliament
October 29, 2014
Burma Campaign UK today accused Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire of sticking his head in the sand, trying not to see or talk about human rights problems in Burma which...
Finnwatch researcher Andy Hall trial in Thailand: Charge is dismissed due to unlawful interrogation process
October 29, 2014
The Prakanong Court in Bangkok dismissed defamation charge brought against Andy Hall by Natural Fruit Company Ltd, a pineapple export factory. Natural Fruit has launched multiple criminal and civil prosecution...
Burmese government urged to investigate the enforced disappearance of Sumlut Roi Ja
October 28, 2014
On the third anniversary of the abduction of Sumlut Roi Ja, an ethnic Kachin woman from Burma, we, the undersigned organizations, call on the Burmese government to thoroughly investigate her...