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December 6, 2004

US GROUP SLAMS BURMA’S REGIME FOR CREATING “DARFUR OF THE EAST” ( For Immediate Release: December 6th, 2004 Contact: Jeremy Woodrum at (202) 246-7924 or Aung Din at (301) 602 0077 NEW ATTACKS AS US STATE DEPARTMENT SUGGESTS BOYCOTT OF REGIONAL SUMMIT (Washington, DC) The US Campaign for Burma today strongly criticized Burma’s military regime for “terrorizing” ethnic people after the regime’s troops drove over 7,500 people into the jungle while burning down villages and destroying [...] )

October 15, 2004

“FOR THE LADY” BANNED IN BURMA ( For Immediate Release: October 15th, 2004 Contact: Carla Sacks or Mary Moyer at Sacks & Co., (212)741.1000, carla@sacksco.com or mary@sacksco.com, or Jeremy Woodrum or Aung Din at US Campaign for Burma, (202) 223-0300. TWO-CD SET FEATURING U2, R.E.M., PAUL McCARTNEY, ERIC CLAPTON, STING, PETER GABRIEL AND OTHERS BANNED BY BURMAÃS MILITARY REGIME AFTER ARTISTS UNITE TO FREE THE WORLDÃS ONLY IMPRISONED NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RECIPIENT, [...] )

September 20, 2004

“FOR THE LADY” BENEFIT ALBUM TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 26TH ON RHINO RECORDS ( For Immediate Release: September 20th, 2004 Contact: Carla Sacks or Mary Moyer at Sacks & Co., (212)741.1000, carla@sacksco.com or mary@sacksco.com, or Jeremy Woodrum or Aung Din at US Campaign for Burma, (202) 223-0300. ARTISTS INCLUDING U2, NATALIE MERCHANT, R.E.M., PAUL McCARTNEY, ERIC CLAPTON, STING, PEARL JAM, PETER GABRIEL, DAMIEN RICE, ANI DIFRANCO AND OTHERS JOIN TOGETHER TO TAKE ON MILITARY REGIME AND FREE THE WORLD’S ONLY [...] )

August 31, 2004

THREE MAJOR TOURS TO BURMA CANCELLED ( For Immediate Release: August 31st, 2004 Contact: (202) 223-0300 BURMA DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST PRAISE “PRINCIPLED” DECISION-MAKING (Washington, DC) - The US Campaign for Burma today welcomed the cancellation of three major tours to Burma by the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), Smithsonian Institution (Smithsonian Journeys), and Asia Society. Burma’s democracy movement, led by the world’s only incarcerated Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi, has called [...] )

June 30, 2004

RARE PHOTOS DOCUMENT BURMA REGIME’S ABUSES ( For Immediate Release: June 30th, 2004 Contact: (202) 223-0300 ON EVE OF ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM AND TRAVEL BY POWELL AND ANNAN, DAMAGING PHOTOS REVEAL JUNTA’S ABUSES (Washington, DC) Today, the US Campaign for Burma released a set of extremely rare photos (embedded on this page) taken inside Burma on June 28th that document an estimated 230 Burmese men, women, and children–including infants–fleeing from troops of the [...] )

June 14, 2004

US HOUSE OF REPS. EXTENDS BURMA SANCTIONS IN LANDSLIDE ( For Immediate Release: June 14th, 2004 Contact: (202) 223-0300 ACTIVISTS PRAISE “STALWART” SUPPORT FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RECIPIENT, DEMOCRACY STRUGGLE (Washington, DC) The United States Campaign for Burma today praised Congressional leaders for continuing their tough stance against Burma’s ruling military regime. In a landslide vote of 373-2, the US House of Representatives passed a resolution renewing a one-year ban on all imports from the Southeast [...] )

January 6, 2004

BURMA DEMOCRACY GROUPS CRITICIZE KOFI ANNAN’S SUPPORT FOR JUNTA’S NATIONAL CONVENTION ( For Immediate Release: January 6th, 2004 Contact: (202) 223-0300 CALL FOR UN SECRETARY GENERAL TO TERMINATE SPECIAL ENVOY TO BURMA (Washington, DC) The International Campaign for Democracy in Burma (ICDB), a working committee of Burmese pro-democracy organizations, today sent a letter to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan criticizing his public support for a handpicked “national convention” that Burma’s military regime says will lead to democracy in the [...] )

October 13, 2003

STOP CRACKDOWN ON SUU KYI SUPPORTERS, THAI GOVT. URGED ( For Immediate Release: October 13th, 2003 Contact: (202) 543-8753 (Washington, DC) A leading US activist group today urged the Royal Government of Thailand to halt a massive crackdown on Thai-based supporters of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and the movement for human rights and democracy in Burma. The move comes just days after 35 US Senators, including powerful Senate Majority Whip Mitch [...] )

September 16, 2003

U.S. CONGRESS TO HOLD HEARING ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURMA ( For Immediate Release: September 16th, 2003 Contact: USCB at (202) 543-8753 NOTE: THIS HEARING HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO HURRICANE ISABEL. CHECK BACK LATER FOR INFO. (Washington, DC) On September 18th, the anniversary of a brutal military coup that vaulted Burma’s military regime to power in 1988, two subcommittees in the U.S. House International Relations Committee will hold a joint hearing on horrific human rights [...] )

September 13, 2003

CONGRESSMAN CROWLEY HONORED FOR WORK ON BURMA, HUMAN RIGHTS ( For Immediate Release: September 13th, 2003 New York Press Contact: (646) 643-8689 (Washington, DC and New York) The United States Campaign for Burma announces a celebratory dinner on September 14th, 2003 to thank Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-Queens/Bronx) for his support for freedom and democracy in Burma. The dinner is hosted by the New York Coalition for a Democratic Burma (NYCDB). Says Moe Chan, a [...] )