Nonviolence International Wishes Daw Aung San Suu Kyi a Bittersweet Birthday

Burmese opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 65th birthday under house arrest this past Saturday, but her supporters celebrated worldwide. Our own Michael Beer sang “Bittersweet Birthday” to the democratic leader on Capitol Hill during one such celebration.[…]

New Report On Crimes Against Humanity Against Rohingyas Strengthens Case For UN Inquiry

The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a new report – Crimes against Humanity in Western Burma: The Situation of the Rohingyas – published by the Irish Centre for Human Rights […]

VIC ALP calls for sanctions on Burma

Burma activists are urging the Australian Government to listen to the Victorian branch of Australian Labor Party (ALP) who has called for trade and investment sanctions to be imposed on Burma.

On Saturday, Burma’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s 65th birthday, the Victorian Branch of the Australian Labor Party passed a motion calling on the Australia Government to impose targeted trade and investment sanctions on Burma at their state conference […]

Message from the headquarters of the Karenni National Progressive Party on the occasion of the 135 Anniversary of the Karenni National Day

We wish all our beloved Karenni brothers and sisters dwelling within and outside the state, good health and hearts filled with glory on this special day.[…]

Ireland’s leading musicians honour Burma’s Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi

Tomorrow, Saturday 19 June marks the 65th birthday of Burma’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, adding yet another day to the almost 15 years that she has spent under house arrest. To honour Daw Suu Kyi, some of Ireland’s leading entertainers including Christy Moore, broadcaster Eamon Dunphy and author Deirdre Purcell will perform music and readings at Dublin’s National Concert Hall on Saturday 19 June at 8pm, in a special tribute concert hosted by Marian Finucane […]

Indian Parliamentarians Call for the Release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

On the 65th Birth anniversary of the Burmese democratic leader and Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, Indian Parliamentarian’s Forum for Democracy in Burma (IPFDB) urged the Group of Friends on Myanmar and UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon to take effective action to secure the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi and over 2,000 political prisoners in Burma […]

Words Must Be Turned Into Action For Aung San Suu Kyi

Burma Campaign today warmly welcomed British Prime Minister David Cameron’s letter of support for Aung San Suu Kyi on her 65th birthday, and asked him to take the lead in supporting UN led efforts to secure negotiations between the dictatorship and Burma’s democracy movement […]

Statement on the Birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi

Today is the 65th birthday of our sister Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, democratically elected leader of Burma. Once again, she observes her birthday under house arrest, denied the company of friends or family […]

Aung San Suu Kyi: a fragile heroine and a great symbol

On Friday 18th June 2010 several dozens of supporters of the Burmese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi gathered in the center of Prague to commemorate her birthday and to condemn her house arrest lasting for the past fifteen years. The organizers of the event, People in Need organization, created a graffiti picture of Suu Kyi on a wall in the city center and invited the public to come and leave a birthday message on the wall […]

British MPs Call For UN Action On Burma

Ninety British MPs so far have signed a Motion in the British Parliament calling on the British government to support a UN led effort to secure dialogue in Burma.

The Motion, timed for Aung San Suu Kyi’s 65th birthday, rejects elections due in Burma later this year, condemns the new constitution, and calls on the UN to work for negotiations to solve the problems in Burma […]