This is the latest update from The Burma Campaign UK.

Now that Burma is out of the news, I fear that humanitarian crimes will just continue unopposed.

Please take time to write to your MP and click on some of the links below.
Life in Burma is horrendous and nothing will happen to change that unless there is continued and strong international pressure to have a level of justice.
It’s frustrating that after 38 UN visits still nothing has changed. There are still over 2000 political prisoners. Aung San Suu Kyi is in her 13th year of house arrest for the crime of winning an election!

Please do something so that Burma fades into the mist of yesterdays news

Dear Friends,

A United Nations envoy has just returned from Burma and has yet again failed to secure the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma’s 2,130 other political prisoners. UN envoys have now made 38 visits to Burma and have consistently failed to achieve any progress towards democracy and human rights.

Stronger action is needed. These prisoners have done nothing wrong. They have been imprisoned for calling for freedom and human rights. The United Nations Security Council must bring in a binding resolution to ensure that Burma’s political prisoners are released. We need your help to make this happen.

TAKE ACTION – IF YOU LIVE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Take 2 minutes now and write to your MP and urge them to support Aung San Suu Kyi by signing Early Day Motion 343* (Early Day Motions are similar to a parliamentary petitions – read more below**).

EDM 343 calls for all the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all Burma’s 2,130 political prisoners. The EDM demands that the British government uses its position on the UN Security Council to get the Security Council to take action.

We’ve made it really easy for you. Just go to this page and click “Take Action, Click Here”. Then all you do is put in your details (so we can find your MP for you) and personalise the message we’ve drafted for you. We take care of the rest!

TAKE ACTION – IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE THE UK
Take 2 minutes now and email UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon and the UN Security Council from this website and urge him to make it his top priority to secure the release of all Burma’s political prisoners.

An update from inside Burma
This week Burma’s imprisoned democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was allowed out of her house arrest for a few short minutes to meet with the UN Envoy to Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, and the Central Executive Committee of her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD).

Suu Kyi called on the UN to prioritise the release of all 2,100 political prisoners in Burma.
She once more bravely stated that she is willing to talk to the Burmese regime at any time, but the regime is refusing to come to the negotiating table.

Aung San Suu Kyi is only kept safe because of her high international profile. You, as one of her supporters are helping to keep her safe.

Thank you

Johnny Chatterton
Campaigns Officer
Burma Campaign UK
http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk

P.S. You can find out more about Aung San Suu Kyi here
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* What is Early Day Motion 343? EDM 343 is available to read here.

**What is an Early Day Motion? Early day motions are a bit like petitions that are exclusively available to MP’s. They allow MP’s to raise issues that are important to them and are a record of what the British Parliament are concerned about. You can read more on Parliament’s EDM page or on Wikipedia.

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