Posted in Campaigns & posters on Feb 8th, 2011 No Comments »
8 February 2011
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) is deeply concerned about the ban on family visits for sick political prisoner Daw Htet Htet Oo Wai. She has been placed in solitary confinement and her family have not been allowed to visit her for three months. Daw Htet Htet Oo [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Feb 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
WLB Immediate Release – Woman and Children Injured by Mortar Shelling on Thai-Burma Border
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Woman and Children Injured by Mortar Shelling on Thai-Burma Border:
WLB Urges the Thai Government to Ensure the Protection of Civilians Fleeing Conflict
(Thai-Burma Border, Thailand – 1 February 2011) A mother and two young boys seeking refuge in Thailand have been [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Jan 27th, 2011 No Comments »
Burma Forum on the Universal Periodic Review (BF-UPR)
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners Burma (AAPP-B), Arakan Rivers Network (ARN), Burma Fund UN Office, Burma Lawyers’ Council (BLC), Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), Emergency Act Team vs Backpack Health Worker Team, Federation of Trade Unions of Burma (FTUB), Foundation for Education and [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Jan 27th, 2011 1 Comment »
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Jan 21st, 2011 No Comments »
For Immediate Release
21 January 2011
BURMA FACES FIRST-EVER REVIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD AT UN
Burma’s human rights record will come under scrutiny at the United Nations in the country’s first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on 27 January. Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) and representatives from the Burma Forum on the Universal Periodic Review [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Jan 20th, 2011 No Comments »
20jan11 UPR Burma Press Release 2011Jan20 FINAL
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Jan 19th, 2011 No Comments »
For Immediate Release
19 January 2011
CSW RENEWS CALL FOR UN INQUIRY INTO CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN BURMA FOLLOWING NEW EVIDENCE OF VIOLATIONS IN CHIN STATE
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) welcomes the release today of a major new report highlighting human rights violations against the Chin people in Burma, just over a week before [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Dec 14th, 2010 1 Comment »
Press release
December 14, 2010
New dam in China disrupts river trade at major Burma border crossing
A recently built hydropower dam on the Longjiang River in China’s Yunnan Province is causing severe disruption to thousands of villagers relying on cross-border trade in Burma’s northern Shan State, according to a [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Dec 11th, 2010 No Comments »
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Dec 10th, 2010 No Comments »
Burma: International Commission Needed to Address Impunity
CHIANG MAI/NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2010—A transition in Burma should entail a genuine effort to end impunity for human rights violations, including an international commission of inquiry into allegations of these crimes, said the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) on the 62nd anniversary of [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Dec 9th, 2010 No Comments »
Newsletter
HELP without FRONTIERS
A school year under the Christmas tree – despite the heavy fighting!
This was a very intense year. In spite of the elections and the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, there is still heavy fighting going on in Burma, thousands flee to Thailand in a mad rush. We are able to [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Dec 9th, 2010 No Comments »
09dec10 FCOB Appeal Letter 6 Dec 2010
09dec10 FCOB Urgent Action Proposal on Refugee Situation 6 Dec 2010
09dec10 FCOB Conflict Backgrounder 6 Dec 2010
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Dec 9th, 2010 No Comments »
For Immediate Release
9 December 2010
DEMONSTRATION AT CHINESE EMBASSY TO MARK INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) will join Burmese and North Korean exiled communities on 10 December in a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in London to mark International Human Rights Day.
Burma and North Korea have two of the [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Dec 4th, 2010 No Comments »
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Posted in Campaigns & posters on Dec 2nd, 2010 No Comments »
Christmas is a time when families reunite, to share meals together and enjoy their holiday.
But in Burma, many families have lost their homes and livelihoods in cyclone Giri. On October 22, 2010, cyclone Giri hit Arakan (Rakhine) state in Western Burma (Myanmar). More than 20,000 homes were completely destroyed, affecting over 260,000 [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Dec 1st, 2010 No Comments »
For Immediate Release
1 December 2010
BURMESE REGIME CONTINUES BRUTAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST ETHNIC CIVILIANS
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is concerned by reports that despite the welcome release of Burma’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and a high-level visit by UN Burma envoy Vijay Nambiar, the regime continues to perpetrate grave violations of [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Nov 26th, 2010 No Comments »
Dear Friends,
Altsean-Burma has released a briefer titled “Burma 2010 election recap.”
26nov10 Election Recap
Widespread evidence of electoral fraud, irregularities, threats, harassment, and lack of independent monitoring characterized Election Day and the days leading up to it.
The election process was met by widespread condemnation inside and outside Burma, with the significant exception [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Nov 13th, 2010 No Comments »
Background Paper
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi:
22 years of peaceful resistance in the face of a brutal military regime
“Whatever they do to me, that’s between them and me; I can take it. What’s more important is what they are doing to the country,” Daw Aung Suu Kyi, 1994
Election year under house arrest
On 1 February [...]