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		August 2008 XL, Chubb Pull Out Of Burma – Pressure mounts on Lloyd’s Prisoner Release Must Be Priority For Gambari 15 Year-Old Schoolgirl Gang-Raped And Mutilated by Burmese Soldiers 200 Join Protest At Burmese Embassy, London Protestors Demand Release of Political Prisoners on 20th Anniversary of Uprising Democracy in Burma 20 years on: We won’t forget, we won’t give up July 2008 UN Has Known About Burma Exchange Rate Fraud For Years New Report Exposes Insurance Industry Burma Links June 2008 ‘The Real Disaster in Burma’ – new animated film narrated by Ricky Gervais Save The Children Give British Aid to Burma Regime European MPs Form New Parliamentary Caucus On Burma International Community Should Do More About Burma - Prime Minister Gordon Brown Glenys Kinnock Issues Birthday Call For Action To Free Suu Kyi Gordon Brown To Meet Delegation Of Women From Burma Press release by the Kayan Women’s Union: New hydropower dam for Burma’s military capital to displace thousands UK Parliamentary Meeting and Petition For Aung San Suu Kyi Nang Seng – New Campaigns Officer Joins Burma Campaign UK New Burma ‘Dirty List’ - Companies Named and Shamed May 2008 Requests For Aid to Burma ‘Junk Mail’ Says China Attacks On Burma’s Ethnic Karen Continue Despite Cyclone World Leaders’ Silence Betrays Aung San Suu Kyi Burma Aid Deal - Hopeful But Sceptical – Burma Campaign UK European Parliament: Prosecute Burma Regime For Blocking Aid BCUK condolences on the loss of Padoh Saw Ba Thein Sein Aung San Suu Kyi’s Detention About To Expire Concern Growing That Regime Is Blocking Cyclone Aid To Ethnic Karen ASEAN Burma Aid Deal a Delaying Tactic That Will Cost Lives TOTAL Annual General Meeting Disrupted by Burma Activists Global Day Of Action For Cyclone Victims – Saturday 17th May Total Oil Faces Burma Protests At AGM China Blocking UN Responsibility To Protect Action For Burma Burma Campaign UK Welcomes Royal Navy Aid Ship For Cyclone Victims Public Must Not Be Put Off Donating For Cyclone Victims Burma Regime Must Be Forced to Allow In Aid 2,000 villages, 1.7 million people flooded by Cyclone Nargis Burma Regime Spending Just £2.5m On Disaster Relief New UNOSAT Maps Show Scale of Flooding in Burma Burma Campaign Welcomes UK's £5m Aid Pledge for Burma UK Must Provide Additional Aid For Cyclone Victims Burma Regime Failing To Help Cyclone Victims April 2008 Burma Regime Receiving An Email Every Minute for Min Ko Naing European Union Backs Global Arms Embargo on Burma Campaigners Demand Regime Allow Medical Access To Min Ko Naing European Parliament Calls for Global Arms Embargo Against Burma Burma Activists To Hold Olympic Torch Protest. March 2008 UK Government Backs UN Arms Embargo on Burma 'Wake Up' by Lo-Star - Benefit single for Burma Campaign released 35th UN Envoy Visit Fails - Now Ban Ki-moon Must Go To Burma Thai companies will be named and shamed on Burma ‘Dirty List’ Gambari Must Meet with Burma’s Ethnic Leaders Willis pulls out of Burma Gambari Visit Last Chance For UN Envoy to Make Progress in Burma February 2008 Nobel Peace Prize recipients call for Arms Embargo and Targeted Banking Sanctions on Burma Statement from the children of Padoh Mahn Sha Lah Phan Rambo Draws World’s Attention to Forgotten Crisis in Burma Burma Regime Defies UN with Sham Referendum and Election January 2008 Burma is increasing the numbers of child soldiers on frontline December 2007 London protest calls for UN Security Council action on Burma November 2007 Totally Immoral: Day of Action against Total Oil over Burma links New EU sanctions welcome, more must follow if regime continues to delay talks Burma Justice Committee presents petitions to the United Nations dontforgetburma.org Launched Today Security Council must force Burma regime to enter into talks Burma Campaign UK welcomes DFID’s decision to double aid to Burma October 2007 Britain’s politicians unite in calling for democracy in Burma KT Tunstall Sings for Burma Campaigners mark 12 years of detention for Aung San Suu Kyi Letter from Aung San Suu Kyi's 6 Fellow Women Nobel Peace Laureates China holds key to Burma’s freedom, says MEP DFID Defies MPs on Burma Aid – No Support for Democracy or Cross-Border Aid NCGUB Welcomes EU Resolutons UK Must Double Aid to Burma Facebook Support the Monks in Burma Group passes 400,000 members Burma Campaign UK Hails EU Sanctions Breakthrough Burma Campaign Welcomes Prime Minister’s Call for Tough EU Sanctions The Women’s League of Burma call for EU to strengthen sanctions Federation of Trade Unions – Burma: Sanctions - Now! Forum for Democracy in Burma calls the EU for more pressure on the military government ASEAN activists urge tougher EU sanctions on Burma SWAN urges EU to impose stronger sanctions Security Council Burma Statement is Progress, But Not Enough Rolls-Royce Pull Out of Burma EU must stand firm on Burma - Glenys Kinnock MEP Burmese trade unions call for sanctions Will the EU keep its word on Burma sanctions? Burma Campaign UK applauds British government action on Burma Global protests call for UN Security Council action on Burma: Thousands expected on streets of London Damien Rice performs tribute to Aung San Suu Kyi at concert tonight Burma Regime wants surrender, not talks Peter Gabriel calls on China to use influence on Burma – Protest in London. Facebook Support the Monks In Burma Reaches Over 300,000. Yoko Ono sends message of support. Global Day of Action for Burma: Saturday October 6th 2007 The Lady of Burma Play to be Performed in London this Friday Burma Activist Gets Standing Ovation at Conservative Conference Timber firm D.A Watts & Sons to stop selling Burma teak Article 19: UN Human Rights Council Must Act Congressman Pitts Calls on all EU Countries to Support Sanctions against the Dictatorship in Burma Burma Campaign's Zoya Phan to speak at Conservative Conference Annie Lennox and Faithless on the crisis in Burma September 2007 3,000 join Burma protest in London Will Germany Block EU Burma Sanctions? UK Timber firms start to pull out of Burma Gordon Brown Pledges to Push for Tougher EU Sanctions Burma regime planning to infiltrate demonstrations to spark violence China – protecting and funding dictatorship in Burma – Day of action EU leaders must back Brown on Burma - Kinnock Activists in 21 Countries Join 24hr Hunger Strike for Burma National Convention Ends – Regime’s Roadmap to Instability Burma Campaign UK Welcomes Gordon Brown’s Support for Security Council Discussions August 2007 60 Join Protest at Portuguese Embassy in London – 15 Countries Join Day of Action Europe-wide Day of Action on Burma – EU Urged to Act Hollywood Actor Jim Carrey Releases Appeal for Aung San Suu Kyi 80 Join Protest at British Foreign Office – UK Must Take Action UK Government’s Shameful Failure to Take Action John Bercow MP calls on UK to push for UN and EU action on Burma Regime Builds up Military in Rangoon as Protests Continue Demonstration at Burmese Embassy in London Following Arrests in Burma Regime launches new crackdown on democracy activists 88 Generation Students 19th Anniversary Statement Rock to Remember – Benefit Gig on Uprising Anniversary UK MPs demand release of MPs imprisoned in Burma ‘The Lady of Burma’ Play at Edinburgh Fringe Festival July 2007 Burma Campaign UK welcomes MPs’ call for more aid to Burma EU-Made Rockets, Guns And Engines Risk Undermining Myanmar Arms Embargo June 2007 60 UK MPs to attend Reception for Aung San Suu Kyi in UK Parliament Theatres across the world unite for Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi to spend 62nd Birthday under house arrest UN Declares Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s Detention Illegal May 2007 Aung San Suu Kyi’s Detention Extended Again 59 Former Heads of State Call For Burma to Release World's Only Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Burma's Salween dams threaten over half a million lives downstream March 2007 Chin women reveal further evidence of state-sanctioned rape in Burma India Faces Global Protests Over Burma Policy MK ONE Stop Sourcing From Burma MK ONE faces Boycott over Burma Links February 2007 Women directly targeted in Burmese regime’s terror campaign in Karen State January 2007 China and Russia veto UNSC resolution Burma Student Democracy Leaders Released World’s largest tiger reserve being ravaged by Burmese junta’s greed for gold December 2006 129 Companies Shamed on New Burma ‘Dirty List’ DFID Failing to Support Democracy in Burma – New Report European Parliament calls for Security Council Burma Resolution November 2006 Security Council Burma Briefing – Time for Action 'Dignity in the Shadow of Oppression' - New Report from Karen Human Rights Group The Lady of Burma, Annie Lennox & Tutu’s pin up October 2006 Alternative Human Rights Report Slams UK Foreign Policy Aung San Suu Kyi reaches 4,000 days in detention - 9th October Post a Pineapple to the Foreign Secretary Aung San Suu Kyi – The Play Tories Give Burmese Democracy Activist Standing Ovation TOTAL Oil invested in Burma via UK September 2006 More Dissidents Arrested in Burma First UN Burma Discussion A Significant Step Forward Pro-Democracy Leaders Arrested in Burma Campaigners Welcome UN Security Council Burma Vote Kinnock hits out as EU leaders mingle with military dictatorship Prescott & EU to Dine with Dictatorship at ASEM New report confirms: Eastern Burma is now one of the world’s worst health disasters July 2006 Aid to Burma – Position Paper Released New report: Burma’s military dictatorship to gain over US$12 billion in profits from western Burma gas finds June 2006 503 Parliamentarians From 34 Countries Demand Security Council Action on Burma Aung San Suu Kyi’s 61st Birthday – Global Protests Aung San Suu Kyi’s Case is the First Filed Before New UN Human Rights Council Palaung women reveal harsh costs of failed drug policies in Burma Security Council Briefing Welcome, But Not Enough May 2006 The USDA set to become the New Face of Burma's Dictatorship Aung San Suu Kyi Detention Extended – UN must act UN Falling for Regime Spin? New Report Details Deaths of 127 Burmese Democracy Activists in Custody Global Protests against Burma’s Attacks on Civilians Chavez UK visit: MPs, Unions & Ken must raise Burma TOTAL Oil faces AGM Burma Protests MPs Demand Action on Crisis in Burma DHL to pull out of Burma April 2006 Statement by the National League for Democracy March 2006 Dammed by Burma's Generals - New Report on Salween Dam Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to Receive Freedom of the City of Sheffield February 2006 Special Declaration by the National League for Democracy Burma's Exiled Government praises TOTAL protests TOTAL Oil Face Worldwide Burma Protests January 2006 Stand Up for Burma December 2005 Havel & Tutu Praise Historic UNSC Debate First UN Security Council Debate on Burma Vera Baird QC MP welcomes UNSC Debate New Burma ‘Dirty List’ - Companies Named and Shamed Gill Clothing Pull Out of Burma Travel Companies Quit Burma UN Security Council Agrees Burma Discussion New Report Exposes Torture in Burma’s Prisons November 2005 UN Security Council to Debate Burma Crisis TOTAL Climbdown on Burma Court Case Aung San Suu Kyi Detention Extended MEPs Demand Security Council Intervention in Burma October 2005 Honorary degree for Suu Kyi on 10-year anniversary MPs tell TOTAL to get out of Burma Aung San Suu Kyi Reaches 10 Years in Detention on October 24th PHOTO OPPORTUNITY - Aung San Suu Kyi Reaches 10 Years in Detention on October 24th UK Failing Burma’s Democrats Statement on UNSC from European Burma Network (EBN) Meeting September 2005 President Vaclav Havel and Bishop Desmond M. Tutu call on UN Security Council to intervene immediately in Burma July 2005 The Burmese community in London hold prayers for victims of London bomb blasts. 134 MPs Demand Total Oil Withdraw From Burma Burmese Exiles Protest over France's Collaboration with Dictatorship Aung San Suu Kyi to reach 10 years in detention on 24th October June 2005 John Jackson Leaves Burma Campaign UK Suu Kyi Presented with Freedom of the City, Edinburgh Aung San Suu Kyi 60th Birthday – Embassy Demonstration Commons Debate on Human Rights in Burma R.E.M. to Broadcast Concert into Burma Nobel Peace Laureates' Open Letter for Aung San Suu Kyi's 60th Birthday Letter to Tony Blair to mark Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday Blair to Meet Aung San Suu Kyi Delegation May 2005 Aung San Suu Kyi 60th Birthday – 19th June 2005 Burma to Dominate TOTAL Oil AGM Damien Rice releases new single in support of Aung San Suu Kyi April 2005 Political Parties' Policy on Burma - May 2005 Election Free Aung San Suu Kyi 60th Birthday Campaign 289 MPs call for UN action on Burma ChevronTexaco face Burma protests EU Burma meeting a sham March 2005 Aon Corporation pull out of Burma The European Union and Burma as the Chair of the ASEAN February 2005 TOTAL Oil & Burma – New Report & Campaign Prime Minister Tony Blair's statement on tourism to Burma Tony Blair & 70 Celebrities Boycott Burma January 2005 Tsunami - Did Burma escape the consequences? December 2004 Suu Kyi’s Safety – UN must act before it’s too late November 2004 No prospect of release for Suu Kyi Royal Scotsman tainted by Orient Express Burma link Burma Tourism Delegation coming to UK October 2004 Tutu calls for action on Burma Aung San Suu Kyi to Begin Tenth Year of Arrest New Burma Protest at Austrian Airlines Comic Relief's Burma Shame September 2004 Deutsche Post targeted over Burma link Burma Campaign UK launches new website EU lets Burma into ASEM August 2004 New Burma ‘Dirty List’ Companies Named and Shamed Insurance Companies on New Burma ‘Dirty List’ Timber Companies on New Burma ‘Dirty List’ Travel Companies on New Burma ‘Dirty List’ More Travel Firms Quit Burma July 2004 Razali & Burma Abandoned by United Nations Sergio Tacchini Pull Out of Burma Burma Freedom Climb of Mont Blanc June 2004 New Burma ‘Dirty List’ Published August 24th 2004 JJB withdraw Sergio Tacchini Burma stock Wimbledon faces Burma Protests May 2004 Time for promised EU Burma sanctions April 2004 Kuoni go back to Burma Junta's roadmap paved with blood March 2004 EU Bolstering Burmese Regime - New Report February 2004 Tories welcome BAT withdrawal from Burma STA Travel hit by nation-wide student protests over Burma links UK ignores EU Burma Sanctions Orient Express Expand Burma Interests December 2003 Clothing Retailers told to Come Clean on Burma High Street shuns Burma MTV launches campaign calling for release of Aung San Suu Kyi November 2003 Railway Touring Co. Drops Burma PricewaterhouseCoopers Pull Out Of Burma VICTORY! – BAT PULL OUT OF BURMA October 2003 Kappa pull out of Burma BAT face DTI Investigation into Burma Factory September 2003 JJB Sports Withdraw Burma Stock Groundhog Day for Suu Kyi JJB Sports and Kappa face Boycott over Burma Links Something Fishy at British American Tobacco (BAT) AIR MILES drops Orient Express Burma Tours Suu Kyi hunger strike - will the UN ever act? August 2003 Burma Timewarp MTV and The Burma Campaign UK launch campaign to free Aung San Suu Kyi WPP Pull Out Of Burma Germany is protecting Burma’s dictatorship says new Europe-wide campaign Intrepid Travel Do Burma Hokey Cokey ‘Dirty List’ Exposes Companies Supporting Regime In Burma Lotto Sportswear Pull Out of Burma Burmes Exiles Protest in Parliament Square New Burma ‘Dirty List’ Published July 2003 Abercrombie and Kent drop Burma tours Royal Society cancels trip to Burma Germany blocks EU sanctions on Burma EU decision day for action on Burma Government to tell travel firms to end Burma tourism Dutch campaign against BAT started today British Government tell BAT - 'Get out of Burma' June 2003 Aung San Suu Kyi in Insein Prison Aung San Suu Kyi Could Face Five Years Detention Parliamentarians across the World Demand UN Action on Burma Free Aung San Suu Kyi Protest Outside Parliament New EU Burma Sanctions - Why Did They Bother? Glenys Kinnock MEP to Join Protest at Burmese Embassy Today Burma Tourism Boycott to escalate following Crackdown UN Security Council must impose sanctions on Burma Burma Crackdown - What really happened on 30th May Burma Crackdown - BAT must get out now EU Response to Burma Crackdown 'pathetic' Burma - time for sanctions May 2003 Bonmarché pull out of Burma BAT vastly exaggerates Burma wages April 2003 Kuoni To Pull Out Of Burma Friends of the Earth Kuoni Press Release Austrian Airlines/Lauda Air Hit By Europewide Boycott Fears For Life Of Burmese Political Prisoner On Hunger Strike BAT AGM Dominated by Burma Friends of the Earth BAT AGM press release BAT shareholders to be greeted by Burmese soldiers 77 MPs tell BAT to get out of Burma Ethical Corporation? My Ase! March 2003* NLD Press Statement Intrepid Travel targeted over return to Burma 50 Ken Clarkes in Burma protest at BAT HQ February 2003 BAT profits from dictatorship in Burma BAT to face AGM protest over Burma factory December 2002 Dirty List’ Exposes Companies Supporting Regime In Burma November 2002 Lonely Planet Targeted over New Burma Guide Campaigners Target BAT Over Burma Factory September 2002 Campaigners Celebrate as Premier Oil pulls out of Burma Clothing Retailers Targeted Over Burma Factories August 2002 Thailand plans widespread crackdown on Burmese pro-democracy groups June 2002 BCUK Interview with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi May 2002 Premier Oil shareholders complain about “peripheral questions” at AGM Premier Oil shareholders to be given blood money BCUK welcomes release for Aung San Suu Kyi but urges no easing of pressure UK campaigners back US action at Amerada Hess AGM over Premier Oil investment March 2002 Amerada Hess targeted by new campaign over Premier Oil investment Archbishop Tutu urges UK sanctions against Burma January 2002 Campaigners force Triumph International's withdrawal from Burma December 2001 Defeating Triumph Burma Campaign UK welcomes Tutu offer to meet regime All Living Nobel Peace Laureates gather to honour Aung San Suu Kyi Investment funds' initiative on Burma won't end boycotts Premier Oil fails Investment Funds' Guidelines on Burma November 2001 Support Breasts – Not Dictators Investment in Burma - Risks outweigh benefits October 2001 Churches asked to join Day of Prayer for Burma May 2001 Premier Oil Accused of Corporate Spin Premier Oil to Face Shareholder Action over Burma Investment January 2001 Burma Campaign Warns Against Optimism on New Burma Talks September 2000 Burma in crisis – Democracy campaigners stage protest Burma’s military gets away with a telling off June 2000 Lonely Planet's attempt to offset criticism of its Burma guide backfires The Co-operative Bank and The Burma Campaign UK launch new underground campaign May 2000 Boycott Lonely Planet New report suggests Premier Oil knew of Burma abuses April 2000 EU freeze on funds of Burmese junta January 2000 God's Army - God's children December 1999 High Court paves way for sanctions against Burma September 1999 Robin Cook accused of misleading 'Today Progamme' on Burma policy Robin Cook's ethical foreign policy put under legal microscope Burma Freedom Ride 9.9.99 March 1999 Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi criticises ‘patronising ’and ‘racist’ tour operators November 1998 New member of Burmese dictatorship holds celebration in London September 1998 Ericsson cuts trade links with Burma Misleading reports on UK Burma sanctions August 1998 UN agency charges Burmese military with crime against humanity April 1998 Speech by Thaung Htun, UN representative for the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB) March 1998 Burmese pro-democracy leader slams UK oil company and questions UK foreign policy July 1997 Labour one step closer to economic sanctions as Burton Group pull out of Burma June 1997 Britain embargoes Burma trade promotion European Parliament gives unanimous support to American Burma Law February 1997 International Burma groups call for immediate protection of Karen refugees January 1997 Pepsi ends Burma Business British Burma campaign gathers momentum October 1996 Bhs No Longer Sourcing In Burma August 1996 Statement on the 8th annniversary of 8/8/1988 Forced Labour outside the Orient Express July 1996 European Burma groups call for sanctions March 1996 DON'T Visit Burma Year 1996 July 1995 VICTORY FOR INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN - Aung San Suu Kyi released March 1995 BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO RANGOON ENCOURAGES TRADE AS BURMESE JUNTA CONTINUES TO ATTACK REFUGEES February 1994 HUMANITARIAN DISASTER LOOMS AS BURMESE ARMY CONTINUES ITS OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE KAREN ETHNIC GROUP February 1993 Forced Repatriation of Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh To Burma (Myanmar) Nobel Peace Prize Laureates on Mission to Free Fellow Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi