August 2010

• Burmese Political Leader’s case taken to International Court

• Canada Must Support Burma Crimes Inquiry - Protest At Embassy In London

• New Zealand Asked To Support UN Inquiry Into War Crimes

• TUC calls for Barclays to come clean on Burma

• European MPs call on EU to support a UN Commission of Inquiry on Burma

• USA Backs UN Burma Crimes Inquiry – Now EU Must Support

• Barclays Must Disclose Business Dealings With Burma

• UN General Assembly Must Establish Burma Crimes Inquiry

• Canada Under Increased Pressure To Support UN Inquiry Into War Crimes

• One Year on from Suu Kyi Sentencing – A Year of Inaction by UN

• Burma Delegation Delivers 1,600 Letters to British Prime Minister

July 2010

• New Burma Army Attacks Target Civilians – Europe Must Support Commission of Inquiry

• Burma Regime Continues to Target Civilians, UK Tells UN Security Council

June 2010

• One Thousand Letters Call On European Commission To Fund Cross-Border Aid

• UN Must Act On G8 Call For Burma Dictatorship To Enter Into Dialogue

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

• Words Must Be Turned Into Action For Aung San Suu Kyi

• British MPs Call For UN Action On Burma

• Aung San Suu Kyi’s 65th Birthday Celebrated In Over 22 Cities Worldwide

• NLD Leader U Win Tin Video Message For Aung San Suu Kyi

• UN Declares Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s Detention Illegal;

• Exiles stage defiant protest at London embassy to mark Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday

• Protest against forced relocation and arbitrary arrests of youths in Kachin State

May 2010

• EU/ASEAN Burma Statement Effectively Amounts to Defence of the Dictatorship

• Little Daughter - A memoir of survival in Burma and the west- Released in paperback in UK

• European Parliament – EU Must Support Burma Crimes Investigation

• Burma Regime Receives Email Every 30 Seconds for Political Prisoner Ko Mya Aye

• Ban Ki-moon Fails to Act as National League for Democracy Banned by Burma Regime

• British Political Parties Policies on Burma

April 2010

• Burmese Political Prisoner Ko Mya Aye Denied Medical Treatment – Now On Death Row

• International Community Ignores Danger of Burma Sliding Into War

• Burma’s Generals Begin Transition to ‘Civilian’ Dictatorship

• European Union Extends Burma Sanctions and Calls on Regime to Stop Breaking International Law

• Czech Republic Backs Burma Commission of Inquiry – EU Should Officially Support

• NLD Statement: “A Message to the People of Burma”

March 2010

• NLD Reject Burma Elections – UN Must Restart Dialogue Efforts

• Burmese Army Shoots Five-Month Old Baby In Attack On Karen Village

• UK Government Supports Burma Regime Referral To International Criminal Court

• Nyi Nyi Aung Release – Generals Keep Playing Their Games

• British MPs Call on Thailand to Stop Threatened Deportations of Karen Refugees

• Australia supports UN Commission of Inquiry into Crimes in Burma

• Prime Minister Gordon Brown calls election terms in Burma “restrictive and unfair”

• Human Rights Council Burma Debate - Must Approve Commission of Inquiry - European Karen Network

• UN Burma Human Rights Expert Backs UN Commission of Inquiry Into Abuses

• Aung San Suu Kyi Election Ban Final Nail In Coffin For Burma ‘Elections’

• Zoya Phan Honoured As Young Global Leader By World Economic Forum

February 2010

• Aung San Suu Kyi Appeal Rejection Shows No Change In Burma

• 150,000 Back Aung San Suu Kyi on Facebook

• Pioneering women village heads targeted for systematic abuse by junta’s troops across Eastern

• Burmese Army Mortar-Bombs Schoolchildren

• UNISON Appeal For UN Commission Of Inquiry On Crimes Against The Burmese People

• UK Government: Burma Global Arms Embargo ‘Remains A Priority’

• U Tin Oo Release Welcome, But Not A Sign of Change In Burma

• UK Government: ‘Tangible Progress’ Needed Before EU Eases Burma Sanctions

• European Parliament Rejects Burma Election – Calls For End To Systematic Displacement

• Burmese Junta unjustly convicts American political prisoner Nyi Nyi Aung

• Thailand starts then halts deportation of Karen refugees to Burma

• Thailand Forced Deportation of Karen Refugees to Burma Starts 7am, Friday 5th February

• 3,000 Ethnic Karen Refugees at Risk of Deportation from Thailand to Burma

January 2010

• Opium cultivation surging under junta’s control in Burma

• Kachin farmer murdered by Burmese Army soldiers - authorities take no action

• More than 140 MPs call for investigation into crimes against humanity in Burma

December 2009

• Burma’s 2100 prisoners of conscience

• 442 Global Parliamentarians to UN Security Council on International Human Rights Day

• Collective Statement on 2010 Elections

• MPs call on British government to support Commission of Inquiry into crimes against humanity

• UN Burma Envoy Ibrahim Gambari Should Not Be Replaced

• British Parliament meeting on Crimes Against Humanity in Burma

November 2009

• UK MPs call for investigation into crimes against humanity in Burma

• New EU ‘Foreign Minister’ Must Support, Not Undermine, EU Foreign Policy

• UN General Assembly Calls On Burma To Stop Breaking International Law

• Political Prisoner Ma Ni Mo Hlaing in critical condition

October 2009

• Burma’s 2010 elections will bring more problems to region, says human rights group

• 115 Civil Society Groups Urge China to Suspend Disastrous Pipelines in Burma

• Aung San Suu Kyi Reaches 14 Years in Detention – 24th October

• Timor –Leste Backs Global Arms Embargo – First Asian Country To Support Embargo

• Switzerland Joins Call For Global Arms Embargo Against Burma

• Weak International Response Responsible For Suu Kyi Appeal Rejection

September 2009

• Obama Administration Supports Sanctions on Burma

• Serious Illness Hits Kachin and Karen Children

• Political prisoners’ group: prisoner releases “cynical ploy to ease international pressure”

• Statement from Burmese Monks and Students

• At least 126 political prisoners released

• New Report on the Continuing Food Crisis in Chin State, Burma

August 2009

• Massive Flight of Refugees from Burma

• 10,000 Shans uprooted, 500 houses burned in Burmese regime latest scorched earth campaign

• BCA celebrates Australian Government commitment to global arms embargo against Burma

• British Trade Unions call for global arms embargo

• EPCB condemns sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi and calls for UNSC Arms Embargo

• British Prime Minister calls for global arms embargo

• Suu Kyi Convicted – Time For Global Arms Embargo Against Burma

• Women’s Groups around the World Call on the UNSC to Prosecute Senior General Than Shwe

• Nuclear Burma? – Focus Must Remain On Removing The Regime

July 2009

• Suu Kyi Verdict Delayed, But Action Needed Now

• Archbishop Tutu Backs Global Arms Embargo on Burma

• Aung San Suu Kyi Trial Verdict Alone Should Not Dictate Burma Policy

• Karen Communities In Europe Form New European Karen Network (EKN)

• G8 Calls For Release Of All Burma’s Political Prisoners

• Aung San Suu Kyi in high profile London art project

• Security Council Must Respond to Regime’s Snub to Ban Ki Moon

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