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Burma Campaign UK

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About Me

Welcome to the official MySpace site for Burma Campaign UK.
The Burma Campaign UK campaigns for human rights and democracy in Burma. We work for the freedom of all the peoples of Burma regardless of race, ethnicity, gender or age. We provide analysis to the media and government, and we lobby and campaign to improve government and commercial policy on Burma.
The Burma Campaign UK is the only national organisation in the UK dedicated to campaigning for human rights and democracy in Burma
We've been helping to organise lots of protests recently. We've made some slideshows below with some of the best photos, don't forget to check out the videos too.
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Watch our music and video dedications here :
KT Tunstall dedicates "Suddenly I See" to Aung Sang Suu Kyi at Leeds University on October 24th
The Black Eyed Peas dedicate "Where is the Love" to Aung Sang Suu Kyi
Michael Stipe of R.E.M. on Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma
Damien Rice sings Unplayed Piano his song dedicated to Aung Sang Suu Kyi.
U2 Sing Walk on their song dedicated to Aung Sang Suu Kyi.
Watch all the music videos combined into a playlist, we can give you the code to embed this on your site too, just get in touch
We've been helping to organise lots of campaigns recently, check some of them out below:
October 6th - Global day of action for Burma

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October 24th - Aung Sang Suu Kyi day - 12 people protested in 12 cities worldwide on the day that Aung Sang Suu Kyi, the democratically elected leader of Burma had been under house arrest for 12 years.
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My Interests

The Burma Campaign UK aims to achieve the restoration of human rights and democracy in Burma through;
- The discouragement of trade, investment and tourism (including pressure for sanctions)
- The raising of public awareness of issues relating to Burma
- International pressure on the UK government, on the European Union (EU), the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United Nations (UN).
Activities of Burma Campaign UK
- Direct lobbying of the UK government and EU
- Campaigning
- Public education
- Lobbying businesses
- Research

Movies:

Here is a great documentry about Burma. It's called Burma's Secret War and was made by Channel 4's Disapaches program:

Television:

For a short introduction to Burma have a look at this playlist it features a few short videos and an amazing
documentry.

Here is a speech by the Burma Activist Zoya Phan, made at this years Conservative Party conference
And a video highlighting what protests around the world on October 6th 2007 - the global day of action for Burma A video by US Campaign for Burma. Shocking but essential viewing
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Books:

All our favourite books are listed on the link below. If you buy books (or anything) through Amazon you can help support the Burma Campaign by clicking on this link and then clicking any link to Amazon. We'll get a percentage of your purchase from Amazon and you don't pay anymore! http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/merchandise.html