Momentum Grows Behind Calls for a UN Commission of Inquiry to Investigate Burma’s Crimes Against Humanity

International support is growing for the establishment of a United Nations Commission of Inquiry to investigate crimes against humanity in Burma. In recent days France, Canada, the Netherlands and New Zealand have added their support, and a total of ten governments are now calling for an inquiry. The United States, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Australia and Hungary have already expressed their support.

CSW Welcomes One-Day Ceasefire in Burma by Karen National Union

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) today welcomed the decision by the Karen National Union (KNU) to observe a unilateral one-day ceasefire on 21 September, the International Day of Peace. CSW calls on Burma’s military regime, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), to declare a permanent nationwide ceasefire and end its military offensives against civilians in the ethnic states […]

CSW Welcomes US Support for Commission of Inquiry on Burma and Urges EU Action

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) today welcomed the decision by the United States to support the establishment of a United Nations Commission of Inquiry to investigate crimes against humanity in Burma. CSW is calling on members of the European Union to pledge their support at the UN […]

CSW Urges International Community to Reject Burma’s Sham Elections

CSW is urging the international community to reject Burma’s upcoming election, which the military regime announced today would be held on 7 November. Election laws issued earlier this year and Burma’s new constitution both make any hope of a free and fair election impossible. With imprisoned democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi excluded, the election constitutes a whitewash for the ruling military junta […]

CSW Renews Calls for Burma’s Crimes Against Humanity to be Investigated as Over 900 Karen Civilians Flee Attacks by Burmese Army

Soldiers from the Burmese Army attacked Tha Dah Der village in Karen State, Eastern Burma on 23 July, burning 50 homes, a school and a church. Over 600 villagers fled as the army advanced, joining 300 more from neighbouring areas whose villages have not yet been attacked, but who have abandoned their homes in fear to seek refuge in the jungle […]

First-Ever Biography of Burmese Dictator Than Shwe Launched by CSW’s Burma Specialist

The first ever biography of Burma’s dictator Senior General Than Shwe will be launched on 1 July at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) in Bangkok, and on 14 July at the House of Commons in London.

Than Shwe: Unmasking Burma’s Tyrant is authored by Benedict Rogers, East Asia Team Leader at Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) […]

CSW Renews Calls for UN Inquiry into Burma’s Crimes Against Humanity on Aung San Suu Kyi’s 65th Birthday

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is marking the 65th birthday of Burma’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi by renewing its call for the establishment of a United Nations Commission of Inquiry, to investigate crimes against humanity and war crimes in Burma. CSW is also calling for a universal arms embargo on the regime […]

CSW Calls for Urgent Action to Provide Medical Treatment for Burmese Political Prisoner Ko Mya Aye

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) today called on the military regime in Burma to provide proper medical treatment to political prisoners, including Ko Mya Aye, one of the leaders of 88 Generation Students Group, who led protests in 1988 and again in 2007. CSW has also urgedthe international community to intervene in his case […]

CSW Welcomes UK Government Support for a UN Inquiry into Burma’s Crimes Against Humanity

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) warmly welcomes the decision by the British Government to support the establishment of a UN Commission of Inquiry to investigate crimes against humanity and war crimes perpetrated by the Burmese regime.

Britain’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Mark Lyell Grant, said yesterday that Britain would support the referral of a case to the International Criminal Court (ICC) […]

CSW & Burma Info return from Thailand-Burma border with fresh evidence of crimes against humanity

A Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) and BurmaInfo (Japan) team returned from a fact-finding visit to the Thai-Burmese border last week with fresh evidence of gross human rights violations in eastern Burma that amount to “crimes against humanity”.The delegation, which included CSW’s East Asia Team Leader, Benedict Rogers, and the Director of BurmaInfo, Yuki Akimoto, interviewed new refugees in camps along the Thai-Burma border, and heard first-hand accounts of forced labour, torture and murder. […]