Human Rights Defenders face arrest for speaking out about Letpadaung Emergency Law
June 20, 2013
Statement from Three Human Rights Defenders on Their Arrest Warrants for Speaking Out about Letpadaung Emergency Law By Moe Thway, Wai Lu and Wai Hmuu Thwin We would like to...
Rushanara Ali MP: End discrimination against Rohingya and find urgent resolution to citizenship
June 17, 2013
Press Release by Rushanara Ali MP Rushanara Ali MP calls on the UK Government to exert pressure on Burma to end discrimination against the Rohingya and find an urgent resolution...
Federalism is key to genuine peace – Statement by 60 organisations
June 7, 2013
60 Kachin community organisations and Burma campaign groups worldwide in 21 countries will take part in a Global Day of Action today to mark the 2nd anniversary of military attacks...
UK Says Investigation Required Into Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya
June 6, 2013
Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a statement by Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi, that ‘independent investigative work’ is required ‘for an informed assessment as to whether ethnic cleansing and crimes...
No Political Prisoner Left Behind – Free Aung Ko Latt!
May 31, 2013
Burma Campaign UK today called for the immediate unconditional release of Aung Ko Latt. Aung Ko Latt is a 36-year-old activist who campaigns for genuine democracy and freedom in Burma....
Parliamentarians call on ASEAN to back OIC Human Rights Council resolution on anti-Muslim violence
May 22, 2013
Press Statement by the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) BANGKOK – The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) today backed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and its bid to raise...
Rushanara Ali MP reports back on her visit to Burma with Refugees International
May 21, 2013
Press Release by Rushanara Ali MP Following the violence that erupted between Muslim and Buddhist communities in Rakhine State in June and October 2012, Shadow Minister for International Development, Rushanara...
Burma’s Forgotten Political Prisoners – New Briefing Paper
May 21, 2013
Burma Campaign UK today publishes Burma Briefing No.25: Burma's Forgotten Political Prisoners. The briefing contains case studies of 6 political prisoners who were arbitrarily arrested by the military-backed government in...
Thein Sein Again Uses Political Prisoners As PR Tools
May 17, 2013
Following reports that 23 prisoners, 19 of whom are political prisoners, are being released today, just hours before Thein Sein leaves for a trip to the USA where he is...
Action Needed On Humanitarian Aid Restrictions In Burma
May 15, 2013
As Cyclone Mahasen threatens millions of people in Bangladesh and Burma, including tens of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Rakhine State, Burma Campaign UK today called on the...