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October 20, 2006

New United Nations Report Slams Attacks on Civilians by Burma’s Junta and Suggests UN Security Council Action ( For First Time, UN Official Acknowledges General Assembly and Human Rights Commission’ Recommendations “Disregarded” by Military Junta For Immediate Release: October 20th, 2006 Contact: Jeremy Woodrum: (202) 234-8022 (Washington, DC) Human rights activists in the United States welcomed a damning report delivered today by a top United Nations official that harshly condemned Burma’s ruling military junta for [...] )

October 9, 2006

“Meaningless and Undemocratic Exercise” in Burma that will “Not Work on Mars” an Affront to United Nations, Burmese People ( The Burmese people want real democracy, not a wolf in sheep’s clothing. For Immediate Release: October 9th, 2006 Contact: Jeremy Woodrum: (202) 234-8022 (Washington, DC) Tomorrow, a “National Convention” re-starts in the Southeast Asian country of Burma that is widely expected to enshrine military rule under the guise of a new constitution. It is comprised almost entirely of [...] )

October 2, 2006

Activists Condemn Arrest of 6 Prominent Democracy Activists, Including Min Ko Naing, in Burma ( Leaders In “Serious Risk of Torture” as UN Security Council Weights Action For Immediate Release: October 2nd, 2006 Contact: Jeremy Woodrum: (202) 223-0300 (Washington, DC) The US Campaign for Burma today condemned the arrest of 6 leading pro-democracy activists in the Southeast Asian country of Burma over the past week, including the country’s second most prominent leader, Min [...] )

September 15, 2006

U.S. Campaign for Burma Welcomes Groundbreaking, First-Ever UN Security Council Debate on Burma, and Calls for Binding Resolution ( Move comes after 28 consecutive resolutions at UN General Assembly and UN Commission on Human Rights failed to produce any changes in Burma For Immediate Release: September 15th, 2006 Contact: Jeremy Woodrum: (202) 223-0300 (Washington, DC) The U.S. Campaign for Burma today welcomes the decision of the United Nations Security Council to place Burma on its formal agenda [...] )

July 26, 2006

U.S. Senate Approves Three Year-Extension of Sanctions on Burmese Military Regime While ASEAN Parliamentarians Call for the UN Security Council Action on Burma ( For Immediate Release: July 26th, 2006 Contact: Jeremy Woodrum: (202) 223-0300 (Washington, DC) The U.S. Campaign for Burma today welcomed the decision of the United States Senate to extend import restriction imposed on Burma’s military junta in the Southeast Asian country of Burma. Senate Joint Resolution 38 (S.J. Res. 38), a resolution to extend the import restrictions [...] )

June 28, 2006

Humanitarian, Human Rights Organizations Call for Urgent UN Security Council Action on Burma ( NGOs from 20 Countries Ask UN Security Council to Take Action on Burma Press Release: June 28th, 2006 Contact: Erol Kekic, Church World Service: Jeremy Woodrum, U.S. Campaign for Burma: 202-223-0300 (Washington, DC) Over thirty non-governmental organizations from twenty countries today sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and members of the United Nations Security Council, calling for a peaceful, binding resolution on the Southeast [...] )

June 27, 2006

Guest Press Release: 503 Parliamentarians From 34 Countries Demand Security Council Action on Burma ( For Immediate Release: June 27th, 2006 Contact: AIPMC Secretariat: info@aseanmp.org or at +6012-3750974 (Roshan Jason, AIPMC Executive Secretary). AIPMC website: www.aseanmp.org (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) An unprecedented 503 MPs from 34 countries have today written to members of the United Nations Security Council, and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, calling for a binding resolution to address the [...] )

June 17, 2006

Activists to Rally for World’s Most Prominent Political Prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi On 61st Birthday ( UN Security Council May Act on Burma for First Time in History For Immediate Release: June 17th, 2006 Contact: Jeremy Woodrum (202) 223-0300 (Washington, DC) Activists in over 270 locations throughout the United States and in 13 countries are taking action to demand the release of the world’s most prominent political prisoner, Aung San Suu Kyi on [...] )

May 31, 2006

As Military Regime Launches New Attacks on Minorities in Burma, Activists Welcome Second Discussion by UN Security Council and Call for Action ( For Immediate Release: May 31st, 2006 Contact: Jeremy Woodrum and Cristina Moon, (202) 223-0300 (office) or (202) 246 7924 (New York and Washington, DC) The U.S. Campaign for Burma today praised members of the UN Security Council for holding a discussion on Burma. This is only the second briefing on Burma in history by the Council, and comes six months after the previous [...] )

May 27, 2006

World’s Most Prominent Political Prisoner’s Detention Extended, Again ( Time for Action at the UN Security Council, Say Activists For Immediate Release: May 27th, 2006 Contact: Jeremy Woodrum and Cristina Moon, (202) 223-0300 (office) or (202) 246 7924 (Washington, DC) In defiance of numerous and repeated requests by world leaders, including United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, his deputy Ibrahim Gambari, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in [...] )

March 26, 2006

Legendary Musician and Activist Peter Gabriel to visit Washington, DC to Urge UN Security Council Resolution, End to Human Rights Abuses in Burma ( For Immediate Release: March 26th, 2006 Contact: Jeremy Woodrum and Aung Din (202) 223-0300 (office) or (202) 246 7924 (New York/Washington, D.C.)—Legendary musician and activist Peter Gabriel will visit the U.S. Senate on April 4th to host a film screening and discussion on the need for continued support in ending egregious human rights abuses in the Southeast Asian country of Burma, where more [...] )

March 23, 2006

Legendary Musician and Activist Peter Gabriel to visit Washington, DC to Urge UN Security Council Resolution, End to Human Rights Abuses in Burma ( For Immediate Release: March 23rd, 2006 Contact: Jeremy Woodrum, (202) 223-0300 or Matisee Bustos (718) 783-2000 ext. 306 (New York and Washington, DC) — Legendary musician and activist Peter Gabriel will visit the U.S. Senate on April 4th to host a film screening and discussion on the need for continued support in ending egregious human rights abuses in [...] )

December 1, 2005

Guest Press Release: AAPPB Releases Landmark Torture Report ( Senator John McCain (R-AZ) says report shows torture in Southeast Asian country is “state policy of Burma’s junta.&quot For Immediate Release: December 1, 2005 Contacts: Thailand: Ko Tate (66) 1 287-8751, Bo Kyi (66) 1 324-8935 Tokyo: Phone Myint Htun (81) 90 4221 1988 Washington, DC: Aung Din (202) 223-0300 (December 1st, 2005; Bangkok, Tokyo, and Washington, DC) An Asian-based human rights group today released an [...] )

June 16, 2005

GLOBAL DAYS OF ACTIONS FOR AUNG SAN SUU KYI’S 60TH BIRTHDAY, JUNE 19, 2005 ( Campaign Update : June 16th, 2005 “We all admire the courageous Aung San Suu Kyi, who believes in democracy and peacefully speaks out against its violent suppression.” – Vaclav Havel, Former President of the Czech Republic in his lecture “The Emperor Has No Dress” on May 24, 2005 at the Library of Congress “We join people around the world in protesting the house arrest of Aung [...] )
GLOBAL DAYS OF ACTIONS FOR AUNG SAN SUU KYI’S 60TH BIRTHDAY, JUNE 19, 2005 ( Campaign Update : June 16th, 2005 “We all admire the courageous Aung San Suu Kyi, who believes in democracy and peacefully speaks out against its violent suppression.” – Vaclav Havel, Former President of the Czech Republic in his lecture “The Emperor Has No Dress” on May 24, 2005 at the Library of Congress “We join people around the world in protesting the house arrest of Aung [...] )

June 15, 2005

R.E.M. TO BROADCAST SONG FROM JUNE 19TH CONCERT INTO AUTHORITARIAN COUNTRY OF BURMA ( New Technology Allows Modern “Berlin Wall” Concerts Aimed At Supporting Human Rights For Immediate Release: June 15th, 2005 Contact: Jeremy Woodrum at (202) 223-0300 (Washington, Athens, Dublin) Popular music artists R.E.M. will dedicate a song at its June 19th concert in Dublin, Ireland to the world’s only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Aung San Suu Kyi. The song will be broadcast via satellite television inside [...] )

June 14, 2005

Leading Member of Congress to Lead Protest at Embassy of Burma ( For Immediate Release: June 14th, 2005 Contact: Lynne Weil, (202) 225-6735 Office of Congressman Tom Lantos or Jeremy Woodrum (202) 246-7924 US Campaign for Burma Tom Lantos, Top Democrat on International Relations Committee, To Deliver 6,000 Birthday Cards Demanding Release of World’s Only Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Aung San Suu Kyi (Washington, DC) Tom Lantos (D-CA), the ranking member on the House International Relations Committee, [...] )

May 31, 2005

GLOBAL DAYS OF ACTIONS FOR AUNG SAN SUU KYI’S 60TH BIRTHDAY, JUNE 19, 2005 ( For Immediate Release: May 31st, 2005 “We call on individuals and governments, to support publicly Aung San Suu Kyi on her birthday, June 19th. I support activities that call for her immediate and unconditional release; I applaud all human rights campaigners who are working on her behalf, and that of her countrymen and women. As long as she remains under arrest, none of [...] )

May 16, 2005

Protests to Condemn France’s Protection of Total Oil Deal with Burma’s Dictator ( For Immediate Release: May 16th, 2005 As Total Shareholders Meet In Paris, Rallies At French Missions Across USA Decry Chirac’s “Blood for Gas” Policy (Washington, DC; New York; San Francisco; Chicago; Los Angeles; Boston) While shareholders meet in Paris, France at the annual meeting of the world’s fourth-largest oil company, hundreds of protestors will rally in front of the embassy of France and five French consulates [...] )

April 20, 2005

60 DAYS TO 60TH BIRTHDAY OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI ( Campaigners Organize Global Days of Action to Free World’s Only Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Recipient On Her 60th Birthday “As long as she remains under arrest, none of us is truly free,” says South Africa’s Desmond Tutu For Immediate Release: April 20th, 2005 Jointly Issued by the US Campaign for Burma, Burma Campaign UK, and Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma For More Information: United States (US Campaign [...] )

March 21, 2005

Locked Up Forever?: Burma Campaigners Seek Ruling from United Nations on Ten Imprisoned Dissidents ( For Immediate Release: March 21st, 2005 USCB, Jeremy Woodrum 202-223-0300 AAPP, Bo Kyi 66-1-324 8935 Ko Tate 66-1-287-8751 Political Prisoner Myat San, held since 1991 for organizing a demonstration to honor Aung San Suu Kyi’s Nobel Peace Prize. (Washington, DC and Bangkok, Thailand) Today, two human rights organizations–the United States Campaign for Burma and Thailand-based Assistance Association for Political Prisoners–asked [...] )

March 8, 2005

TIFFANY’S SAYS NO TO BURMA’S BLOOD GEMS ( Activists Hail “Principled Position” of World’s Most Famous Jeweler, Call for Americans to Boycott Companies Selling Burmese Gems For Immediate Release: March 8th, 2005 Contact: Jeremy Woodrum at 202-223-0300 (office), 202-246-7924 (cell) (Washington, DC) Washington, DC) The US Campaign for Burma (USCB) today hailed a decision by leading jeweler Tiffany’s to refuse to sell jewels mined in the Southeast Asian country of Burma. The move comes just [...] )

January 7, 2005

BURMA ACTIVISTS ORGANIZE 10 FUNDRAISERS THIS WEEKEND TO BENEFIT TSUNAMI VICTIMS ( For Immediate Release: January 7th, 2005 Contact: Jeremy Woodrum and Aung Din at 202-223-0300, 202-246-7924, and 301-602-0077 PUBLIC CALL FOR DONATIONS AND SUPPORT (Washington, DC) The United States Campaign for Burma (USCB) today issued a public request to friends of Burma around the world to help Burmese tsunami victims in Thailand. Many Burmese migrants in Thailand are ineligible for much of the official aid due to [...] )

December 14, 2004

US CAMPAIGN FOR BURMA DENOUNCES THAILAND’S PRIME MINISTER FOR ACCEPTING IMPRISONMENT OF NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RECIPIENT ( For Immediate Release: December 14th, 2004 Contact: Jeremy Woodrum at 202-223-0300 (Washington, DC) The United States Campaign for Burma today condemned Thailand’s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for labeling the incarceration of 1991 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi “reasonable” and claiming her release could lead to the disintegration of Burma. After returning from a half day trip to Burma, during which he met [...] )

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 [...] )