Political Prisoners in Burma – A Crime Against Humanity – Briefing and Protests
March 10, 2011
Burma Campaign UK today publishes a new briefing, ‘Political Prisoners in Burma – A Crime Against Humanity’. The briefing finds, based on international law, that the detention and treatment of…
EBN Statement on the current situation in Burma and recommendations to European governments
February 15, 2011
European Burma Network Statement on the current situation in Burma and recommendations to European governments Members of the European Burma Network (EBN) met in Prague, Czech Republic, on 12th and…
United Nations Court Condemns Burma’s Regime For Policy Of Arbitrary Detentions
January 31, 2011
Media Release From Burma Justice Committee As Burma’s new Parliament convenes for its first session, today sees the publication of a judgment from a United Nations court in which the…
Burmese Political Prisoner In Election Protest Hunger Strike
November 9, 2010
Kyaw Kyaw Naing, a jailed member of the National League for Democracy, has gone on hunger strike to protest against sham elections being held today in Burma, according to Burma…
Wai Hnin Wins Standing Ovation at Labour Party Conference
September 27, 2010
Wai Hnin Pwint Thon, Campaigns Officer at Burma Campaign UK, won a standing ovation today for her speech on the main stage of the Labour Party Annual Conference. The Labour…
Burmese Political Leader’s case taken to International Court
August 30, 2010
Media Release From Burma Justice Committee The case of Ko Mya Aye, a leading pro-democracy leader incarcerated in Burma, now calling itself Myanmar, has been taken to court at the…
Exiles stage defiant protest at London embassy to mark Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday
June 18, 2010
Five Burmese exiled dissidents staged a defiant protest at the country’s London embassy earlier this morning to mark the 65th birthday of Burma’s iconic leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Aung…
EU/ASEAN Burma Statement Effectively Amounts to Defence of the Dictatorship
May 27, 2010
The Burma Campaign UK today condemned as ‘pathetic’ and ‘irresponsible’ a joint statement on Burma issued by the EU and ASEAN on 26th May. The statement goes so far in…
Burma Regime Receives Email Every 30 Seconds for Political Prisoner Ko Mya Aye
May 18, 2010
Activists worldwide are bombarding Burmese embassies with emails demanding Burma’s dictatorship allow medical access for Ko Mya Aye, a leading democracy activist in Burma. Ko Mya Aye, currently serving a…
Burmese Political Prisoner Ko Mya Aye Denied Medical Treatment – Now On Death Row
April 29, 2010
Ko Mya Aye, one of the leaders of 88 Generation Students Group, which led protests in 1988 and again in 2007, is being denied access to proper medical treatment he…