Burma Campaign UK
Burma Briefing No. 31 This briefing analyses the many problems surrounding the upcoming census in Burma and calls for the census to be postponed. Burma is due to hold its first census in 30 years from 30th March to 10th April. The census has only been made possible with international expertise and finance, including £10 …
Burma Briefing No. 30 As the British government faces a growing number of questions about Burma in the British Parliament, including relating to controversial policy decisions, the government is increasingly resorting to avoiding giving a straight and clear answer to questions, probably in order to avoid proper scrutiny of its policies. Analysis of the 62 …
As the British government faces a growing number of questions about Burma in the British Parliament, including relating to controversial policy decisions, the government is increasingly resorting to avoiding giving a straight and clear answer to questions, probably in order to avoid proper scrutiny of its policies. Burma Campaign UK is today publishing a new …
Statement by Members of the European Burma Network Members of the European Burma Network today call on the Government of Burma to ensure the protection and promotion of the universal human right of freedom of religion or belief, as set out in Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, for all the peoples …
Burma Campaign UK today repeated its call for an international investigation into human rights abuses in Rakhine State, following the United Nations confirming that at least 48 Rohingya, including women and children, and one police sergeant, have been killed in recent attacks. The United Nations has called on the government of Burma to carry out …
Kyaw Hla Aung is a human rights defender and Rohingya community leader. He is on trial after his arrest in July 2013 on politically motivated charges.
Statement by Members of the European Burma Network Members of the European Burma Network today call for the establishment of a permanent independent review mechanism to address the ongoing problem of political prisoners in Burma. The release of hundreds of political prisoners in the past three years has been long overdue and is very welcome. …
Kyaw Hla Aung is a human rights defender and a Rohingya community leader from Rakhine State who promotes minority rights in the country. On 15th July 2013, he was taken from his home in Sittwe. After his arrest, he was charged with three different counts, and transferred to Sittwe Prison. When his trial began on …
Press Release from the US Campaign for Burma (Washington, DC, December 19, 2013) – Today, the U.S. Campaign for Burma (USCB), along with 41 other human rights organizations, expressed concern that the Burmese government is continuing to arrest political prisoners/prisoners of conscience at alarmingly high rates. These arrests blatantly discredit the Burmese government’s claim that …
Aung San Suu Kyi and EU Parliament urged to place human rights, anti-Muslim violence at the top of the agenda of European visit BANGKOK – Legislators from across Southeast Asia today called on Aung San Suu Kyi and European Parliamentarians and leaders to use the National League for Democracy (NLD) leader’s visit to Europe …