Rohingya Delegation Meets Deputy Foreign Minister of South Africa

A delegation of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) is visiting South Africa to raise awareness about the situation of the Rohingya and human rights in Burma. The delegation was invited by Burma Campaign South Africa and Protect the Rohingya Group […]

Another birthday, another empty chair for Suu Kyi

The Free Burma Campaign South Africa (FBCSA) is using Suu Kyi’s 65th birthday this weekend to launch a postcard campaign, calling on the SA government to reject the forthcoming elections in Burma, and appealing to them to join Australia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the UK in demanding that the military government be taken to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Dr Thein Win, FBCSA chairperson, urged those “who have empathy with the people of Burma” to participate in the campaign, titled “Yes to real elections! No to military selections!” and to send postcards to the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation in Pretoria. “South Africa has a moral responsibility to support the people of Burma,” Thein Win told M&G. “We request the SA government to denounce the 2010 election and to support the 1990 election result,” he added […]

FBCSA Statement on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Birthday

On the occasion of the 65th birthday, the 19th June 2010, of Burma’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi who is the world’s only imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate and Nelson Mandela’s fellow Elder, his younger Elder sister as such.

The Free Burma Campaign (South Africa)(FBC(SA)) would like to wish Aung San Suu Kyi a very happy birthday […]