Burma Campaign UK
Statement By Members Of The European Burma Network Members of the European Burma Network welcome the decision of the European Union to continue with the annual United Nations General Assembly resolution on Burma. We are concerned that despite the fact that the government of Burma has not met a single one of the twenty …
This report by The Sentinel Project assesses the risk of genocide against Muslim minorities in Burma and has found the risk level to be high in light of intensified persecution. The purpose of the research was to explore the threat against the Rohingya and provide advanced warning in the event that genocide was found to …
A report by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) documenting the violence against Muslims throughout Burma, showing how the government has created a culture of impunity for the violators and has failed to protect the Muslim minority. The report details many of the violent events that have taken place over the last two years, which have …
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Today Burma’s President, former General Thein Sein, is making his first visit to London. He will be meeting Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague. To coincide with the visit, Burma Campaign UK is releasing a new briefing paper on Thein Sein. The briefing highlights his decades-long involvement in human rights abuses in …
Media Release from the All-Party Parliamentary Group For Democracy In Burma British Parliamentarians from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy in Burma are calling on Foreign Secretary William Hague to prioritise human rights when he meets Burmese President Thein Sein in London. The All-Party Parliamentary Group For Democracy in Burma has recently heard evidence on …
With Thein Sein, President of Burma, expected to visit the UK for the first time on Sunday 14th July, Burma Campaign UK today publishes a short briefing containing revealing quotes from the former general. Burma Briefing No 27: Thein Sein In His Own Words, is available here. There is a growing disparity between the words …
Burma Briefing No. 27 This briefing provides revealing quotes, past and present, from Burma’s President Thein Sein. There is a growing disparity between the words of Thein Sein, and the actions of his government. However, the policy of Britain, the EU, USA and many other countries appears to be based on his promises, not actual …
Just days before Burma’s President is due to visit the UK, Burma Campaign UK today releases a new briefing paper summarising some of the main human rights abuses which continue in Burma today. The briefing paper is available here. It is now more than two years since former General Thein Sein became President, yet Burma …
As former General Thein Sein, President of Burma, prepares to visit the UK later this week, Burma Campaign UK today launches a campaign calling on Foreign Secretary William Hague to stop taking a rose-tinted view of the situation in Burma, arguing that it undermines progress on improving human rights. Burma Campaign UK supporters are being …