Security Council Statement Welcome – Concrete Action Must Be Next Step
May 26, 2009
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the press statement on Burma issued by the United Nations Security Council on 22nd May, but called for concrete action if the dictatorship continues…
World’s Leading Jurists Call for Investigation into Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes
May 21, 2009
Press Release from The International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School’s Human Rights Program New report from Harvard Law School finds that UN documents on Burma provide grounds for…
Aung San Suu Kyi unwell: UN and ASEAN Should Send Envoys
May 11, 2009
The Burma Campaign UK today expressed deep concern about the health of Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is being denied proper medical treatment by Burma’s military dictatorship….
Prisoner Releases Do Not Signify Change
February 22, 2009
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the release of more than twenty political prisoners in Burma, but warned that the releases did not signify any significant change by the regime….
Two More UN Envoy Visits Fail to Secure Change
February 19, 2009
In the past two weeks two UN envoys, Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari, and Special Rapporteur Thomas Ojea Quintana, have visited Burma. As with the previous 37 visits by UN envoys,…
Over 200 Asian Legislators urge UN Sec-Gen to travel to Myanmar, secure release of all Political Prisoners
December 8, 2008
Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, New York; In what is believed to be the first time in history, a large group of parliamentarians from all over Asia have sent a public letter…
Letter from 112 Former Presidents and Prime Ministers to UN Secretary General
December 3, 2008
Press Release from: OSLO CENTER FOR PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM NOW DECEMBER 3, 2008 LETTER FROM 112 FORMER PRESIDENTS AND PRIME MINISTERS SENT TO UN SECRETARY-GENERAL URGING HIM…
Statement of the European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma Regarding Sentences of Burmese Democracy Act
November 13, 2008
Media Release from the European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma The European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma strongly condemns the harsh sentences given to more than sixty Burmese democracy activists this week….
More Burma Activists Sentenced – Sixty-One In Total Sentenced Yesterday
November 12, 2008
Fourteen more democracy activists were sentenced to between two and twenty-four years in jail late afternoon yesterday. It brings the total number of activists jailed yesterday to approximately sixty-one, including…
Burma Prison Sentences – Ban Ki-moon and Security Council Must Act
November 11, 2008
The Burma Campaign UK today called on the United Nations to take action following the jailing of 14 democracy activists in Burma. The 14 have been jailed for 65 years….