March 2010

• 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

• Women Protest At Aung San Suu Kyi’s Detention As UN Secretary-General Arrives In Burma

• U2 urge fans to campaign for release of Aung San Suu Kyi as their 360° Tour opens

June 2009

• Ban Ki Moon’s Burma Visit Welcome – But Must Deliver Concrete Results

• Aung San Suu Kyi reaches 5,000 days in detention on 5th July.

• Suu Kyi Support Explodes Online As Regime’s Cyber Crackdown Fails

• Global Day of Action for Freedom Fighters On Trial in India

• European MPs call for a global arms embargo to release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

• Thailand Forcing Karen Refugees Back to Burma

• Cyberattack on 64forSuu.org

• U2, Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono 64 word messages for Aung San Suu Kyi

• Governments must turn words into action for Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma

• 2000 UNISON ACTIVISTS IN AUNG SAN SUU KYI MASK PROTEST

• Teenage Karen Women Raped and Murdered By Burmese Army – Security Council Must Take Action

• Burma protests across the world mark Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday

• Kachin Schoolchildren Beaten And Hospitalised By Burmese Army

• Former political prisoners call for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release

• Political Prisoners Punished in Insein Prison

• Burma Campaign UK Welcomes EU Statement on Attacks on Karen

• Statements from United Nations On New Military Offensive Against Karen

• Burma’s Political Prisoners’ Lives At Risk From Appalling Conditions

• Mortar Bombs Hit Ler Per Her IDP Camp – Up To 200 Used As Slave Labour

• Thousands Fleeing Burmese Army in Karen State – UK Government Must Act

• Celebrities Back 64ForSuu.org on Twitter

May 2009

• Burma Must Face Serious Consequences If Suu Kyi Kept in Detention

• 64ForSuu.org: Global Campaign To Free Aung San Suu Kyi launched today

• Accept Nothing Less Than The Release Of Burma’s Political Prisoners: 600,000 Global Citizens Urge UN

• Security Council Statement Welcome – Concrete Action Must Be Next Step

• British Parliament Congratulates Political Prisoners Signature Campaign

• World’s Leading Jurists Call for Investigation into Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes

• Global Statements Calling For The Release Of Aung San Suu Kyi

• EPCB calls for UNSG to release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners in Burma

• MP Calls For Support Of Real Burmese Leader

• Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Open Letter to Aung San Suu Kyi

• 200 Join Aung San Suu Kyi Protest in London

• New EU Burma Sanctions Should Be Targeted and Strategic

• ABMA, 88 Generation Students & ABFSU condemn Burma’s military for imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi

• Forty-Thousand Back Aung San Suu Kyi on Facebook

• Appeal to Take Action on Prosecution of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Under the Rome Statute of the ICC

• Global Day of Action for Aung San Suu Kyi – Monday 18th May

• Defence lawyer’s licence revoked in Daw Aung San Suu Kyi case

• Leading Voices—Bono, Clooney, Madonna, McCain, Tutu—Call for Release of Aung San Suu Kyi

• English Barristers barred from attending Aung San Suu Kyi trial

• Actors, Writers, and Designers Call For Release of Aung San Suu Kyi

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