Burma Delegation Delivers 1,600 Letters to British Prime Minister
August 4, 2010
1,600 Call On Prime Minister David Cameron to Take the Lead on Burma Staff and volunteers at Burma Campaign UK today deliver 1,657 letters to 10 Downing Street, residence of…
One Thousand Letters Call On European Commission To Fund Cross-Border Aid
June 28, 2010
More than 1,000 supporters of Burma Campaign UK have written letters to Kristalina Georgieva, the European Commissioner responsible for European Union aid, calling on the Commission to review its policy…
Burmese Army Mortar-Bombs Schoolchildren
February 24, 2010
One schoolboy has been killed and two more injured when the Burmese Army fired a mortar bomb at a school in Northern Karen State. The attack took place at 9am…
Serious Illness Hits Kachin and Karen Children
September 23, 2009
The Burma Campaign UK is deeply concerned by reports it has received from Kachin and Karen State of a serious unknown disease which is particularly affecting children. Almost 2,000 people…
New Report on the Continuing Food Crisis in Chin State, Burma
September 17, 2009
Press release from Chin Human Rights Organization UPDATED CHRO REPORT ON FOOD CRISIS IN CHIN STATE, BURMA SHOWS FOOD SHORTAGES AND HUNGER CONTINUES Ottawa, Canada: The Chin Human Rights Organization…
Report Calls For Burma’s Leaders to be Investigated for Human Rights Abuses Over Nargis Response
February 27, 2009
Joint Press Release By the Emergency Relief Team (Burma) and the Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Download the report here: http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/pm/reports.php Burma’s…
Burma Aid Deal – Hopeful But Sceptical – Burma Campaign UK
May 23, 2008
The Burma Campaign today said it was hopeful but sceptical following reports that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon had secured agreement from Burma’s generals for aid workers to be allowed…
Concern Growing That Regime Is Blocking Cyclone Aid To Ethnic Karen
May 22, 2008
The Burma Campaign UK today called on United Nations, and development agencies operating in Burma, to investigate whether cyclone aid is being blocked to ethnic Karen. The Burma Campaign UK…
Rambo Draws World’s Attention to Forgotten Crisis in Burma
February 12, 2008
As Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo premiers in London tonight, the Burma Campaign UK welcomed the attention it is bringing to one of the worst human rights and humanitarian crises in the…
Burma is increasing the numbers of child soldiers on frontline
January 30, 2008
UN must not be duped yet again The Burma Campaign UK today dismissed as total nonsense claims by the regime ruling Burma that it is taking action on child soldiers….