Press Releases
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 BURMAÃÂS
MILITARY REGIME AFTER ARTISTS UNITE TO FREE
THE WORLDÃÂS 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 [...] )