UK must take lead to secure UN Commission of Inquiry on Burma, says TUC
August 2, 2011
Media Release from the TUC The TUC is today calling on the UK Government to take the lead in securing consensus for a UN Commission of Inquiry into war crimes...
Growing Crisis In Burma – Ban Ki-moon Must Take The Lead
July 29, 2011
Burma Campaign UK today renewed its call for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to take the lead in international efforts to free political prisoners in Burma, and persuade the dictatorship...
EU Must Back Burma Crimes Inquiry At UN General Assembly
July 25, 2011
Burma Campaign UK today publishes an updated and expanded Briefing Paper – UN General Assembly and Crimes in Burma – highlighting how the UN General Assembly has failed to establish...
Burma Army gives rapists free rein in northern Shan State offensive
July 14, 2011
Media release from Shan Human Rights Foundation and Shan Women’s Action Network The Burma Army is clearly authorizing rape as a terror tactic in its offensive against the Shan State...
Burma Regime’s Threats to Suu Kyi a Sign of Ban’s Failure
June 29, 2011
Burma Campaign UK today condemned threats made by Burma’s dictatorship against Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), and called on UN Secretary General...
Aung San Suu Kyi Reith Lectures
June 28, 2011
Aung San Suu Kyi is giving two of the 2011 Reith Lectures on the subject of ‘Securing Freedom’. Her lectures, which were recorded in Burma and smuggled out of the...
Kachin women demand immediate end to Burmese regime’s use of rape as a weapon of war
June 21, 2011
Press release from Kachin Women’s Association Thailand Kachin women demand immediate end to Burmese regime’s use of rape as a weapon of war in northern Burma offensive The Kachin Women’s...
Aung San Suu Kyi 66th Birthday – New Briefing – Ban Ki-moon Must Act
June 19, 2011
As Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma’s democracy movement, celebrates her 66th birthday today, Burma Campaign UK calls for a revived UN effort to secure dialogue to solve the...
UK Minister – Government of Burma should ‘reinstate ceasefire agreements’
June 15, 2011
Jeremy Browne MP, Minister of State at the Foreign Office with responsibility for Burma, has written to Burma Campaign UK stating that the government of Burma should ‘reinstate ceasefire agreements...
Hydropower Dams Fuelling Conflict in Burma
June 15, 2011
Press release from Burma Rivers Network Recent fighting near the Dapein and Shweli hydropower dams in northern Burma shows how the buildup of Burma Army troops to secure deeply unpopular...