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Alert: Call or Email EU Ambassador Today for Justice in Burma
Right now, the EU is drafting a resolution on Burma that it will introduce at the UN General Assembly meeting (UNGA) which will begin on the 3rd week of September. We need your help to make sure this resolution calls for an establishment of a Commission of Inquiry into Crimes Against Humanity in Burma. The EU, a major sponsor of the draft resolution on Burma, must include the call for the Commission of Inquiry in the upcoming UNGA resolution. *Click here to take action*

Alert: Call or Email EU Ambassador Today for Justice in Burma

Right now, the EU is drafting a resolution on Burma that it will introduce at the UN General Assembly meeting (UNGA) which will begin on the 3rd week of September. We need your help to make sure this resolution calls for an establishment of a Commission of Inquiry into Crimes Against Humanity in Burma. The EU, a major sponsor of the draft resolution on Burma, must include the call for the Commission of Inquiry in the upcoming UNGA resolution.

Click here to take action

Current: Oppose Burma’s Sham Elections
To mark the 22nd anniversary of the 1988 student uprising in Burma, the U.S. Campaign for Burma has launched Oppose Burma’s Sham Elections, a campaign to press U.S. and world leaders to take a firmer line and not recognize the upcoming sham elections or its undemocratic results in the country of Burma. We are asking the international community not to recognize this 2010 sham elections in Burma. But we cannot do this without your help! Here’s what you do: Record a brief video to President Obama and/or UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon telling them not to support this sham election and this criminal regime. Click here for instructions on how to make your video.

Current: Oppose Burma’s Sham Elections

To mark the 22nd anniversary of the 1988 student uprising in Burma, the U.S. Campaign for Burma has launched Oppose Burma’s Sham Elections, a campaign to press U.S. and world leaders to take a firmer line and not recognize the upcoming sham elections or its undemocratic results in the country of Burma.

We are asking the international community not to recognize this 2010 sham elections in Burma. But we cannot do this without your help! Here’s what you do: Record a brief video to President Obama and/or UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon telling them not to support this sham election and this criminal regime.

Click here for instructions on how to make your video.

Success! 32 Senators Signed Onto the Dear Colleague Letter to Secretary Clinton on Burma
We had only two weeks, and we got 32 Senators! Thank you to everyone who made persistence phone calls to Senators to urge them to sign onto the Dear Colleague Letter addressed to Secretary Clinton. This letter urges the U.S government to support a UN-led Commission of Inquiry to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. This is one of the first steps towards holding Burma’s military generals accountable for their war crimes and crimes against humanity. Let’s keep the momentum going! Click here to read the Dear Colleague Letter.

Success! 32 Senators Signed Onto the Dear Colleague Letter to Secretary Clinton on Burma

We had only two weeks, and we got 32 Senators! Thank you to everyone who made persistence phone calls to Senators to urge them to sign onto the Dear Colleague Letter addressed to Secretary Clinton. This letter urges the U.S government to support a UN-led Commission of Inquiry to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma.

This is one of the first steps towards holding Burma’s military generals accountable for their war crimes and crimes against humanity. Let’s keep the momentum going!

Click here to read the Dear Colleague Letter.

Campaign Success: President Obama Endorses UN-led Commission of Inquiry on Crimes in Burma
The U.S. government joined the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Slovakia to support a UN-led Commission of Inquiry to investigate crimes against humanity and war crimes in Burma. This is a major milestone towards holding the Burmese generals accountable for their heinous crimes. Read more >>

Campaign Success: President Obama Endorses UN-led Commission of Inquiry on Crimes in Burma

The U.S. government joined the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Slovakia to support a UN-led Commission of Inquiry to investigate crimes against humanity and war crimes in Burma. This is a major milestone towards holding the Burmese generals accountable for their heinous crimes.

Arrest Yourself 2010 Party
Join us in this year’s Arrest Yourself global campaign. Give up 24 hours of our time to raise awareness for and show our solidarity with Aung San Suu Kyi and 2,200 political prisoners in Burma. Stay home under self-imposed “house arrest” and invite friends and family to your Arrest Yourself party. Chit-chat, cook delicious Burmese food, watch films about Burma, and have a blast while raising awareness for Burma. Sign up today to host an Arrest Yourself event for a free Burma.

Arrest Yourself 2010 Party

Join us in this year’s Arrest Yourself global campaign. Give up 24 hours of our time to raise awareness for and show our solidarity with Aung San Suu Kyi and 2,200 political prisoners in Burma.

Stay home under self-imposed “house arrest” and invite friends and family to your Arrest Yourself party. Chit-chat, cook delicious Burmese food, watch films about Burma, and have a blast while raising awareness for Burma.

Sign up today to host an Arrest Yourself event for a free Burma.

House Resolution 898
Right now, the Burmese Army has destroyed over 3,500 villages and conscripted 90,000 child soldiers into the army. Thousands of women have become victims of rape used systematically by the Burmese Army as a weapon of war to shame and break the moral and conscience of communities. House Resolution 898 calls for: - UN Security Council Commission of Inquiry to investigate crimes against humanity and war crimes in Burma - hold Burmese military dictators accountable for human rights abuses -a global arms embargo against Burma Email your Representative today to cosponsor House Resolution 898 >>

House Resolution 898

Right now, the Burmese Army has destroyed over 3,500 villages and conscripted 90,000 child soldiers into the army. Thousands of women have become victims of rape used systematically by the Burmese Army as a weapon of war to shame and break the moral and conscience of communities.

House Resolution 898 calls for:
- UN Security Council Commission of Inquiry to investigate crimes against humanity and war crimes in Burma
- hold Burmese military dictators accountable for human rights abuses
-a global arms embargo against Burma

Email your Representative today to cosponsor House Resolution 898 >>

Are you a student? Start a Student Chapter at your school
Become a student activist. Get your campus involved with the Burma movement: - raise awareness about Burma through film screenings, holding panel discussions, bringing in prominent figures in the Burma movement to speak on campus - celebrate Burmese cultural events - get a Burma resolution passed at your school (to make sure the dollars you give to your school are not financing Burma’s military regime) Get started right here, right now >>

Are you a student? Start a Student Chapter at your school

Become a student activist. Get your campus involved with the Burma movement:
- raise awareness about Burma through film screenings, holding panel discussions, bringing in prominent figures in the Burma movement to speak on campus
- celebrate Burmese cultural events
- get a Burma resolution passed at your school (to make sure the dollars you give to your school are not financing Burma’s military regime)

Get started right here, right now >>