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Weekly Highlight: UN-Mandated Fact-Finding Mission a Historic Opportunity for...
UN-Mandated Fact-Finding Mission a Historic Opportunity for Human Rights Progress in MyanmarThe investigators must provide a full report by next year Photo credit: Soe Zeya Tun/ Reuters In a...
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FBR: Flight of the Jungle Chicken: Spring 2017
www.freeburmarangers.orgFlight of the Jungle Chicken: Spring 2017 Dear friends,"As He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free". Thank you for helping us be Jesus’ ambassadors for all in...
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Weekly Highlights: Donor Support for IDP and Refugee Camps Must Continue...
Donor Support for IDP and Refugee Camps Must Continue Until Durable Return and Sustainable Peace Can be Achieved State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi visits Maina IDP camp in Waingmaw Township...
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Update: Aung San Suu Kyi interview, plus UN orders Rohingya investigation
Burma Campaign UK News Update Dear friend UN orders Rohingya investigation Earlier this year we stepped up our campaign for a UN Commission of Inquiry into the Rohingya crisis in Burma. We called on...
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FBR: Kachin and Northern Shan Update: Civilians Caught in the Middle
www.freeburmarangers.orgKachin and Northern Shan Update: Civilians Caught in the Middle3 April 2017In Kachin and northern Shan states, checkpoints are a routine part of life. Along roadways, civilians...
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Join ‘Blue Shirt Day’ for political prisoners on Friday 21st April
Will you wear a blue shirt for Burma's political prisoners? Dear friend Around 178 people in Burma are in jail for political reasons. Some are in jail for protesting for their rights, some for...
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FBR: Rangers Rescue War-Battered Saluki Dog in Iraq
www.freeburmarangers.orgThis article originally appeared in the ENTERPRISE-JOURNAL, McCOMB, MISSISSIPPI, Sunday 9 April, 2017 — www.enterprise-journal.com (PDF version) Rangers Rescue War-Battered...
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US drops Mother of All Bombs on Afghanistan--
U.S. Drops ‘Mother of All Bombs’ on ISIS Caves in Afghanistan https://nyti.ms/2pbwhc5speechless, see Karzai's Twitter responseT evaded direct questions as to whether he authorized the hit--see embedded...
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Will You Wear A Blue Shirt for Burma’s Political Prisoners?
Dear friendFriday 21st April is the third anniversary of the death of U Win Tin who is a former political prisoner and founding member of the National League for Democracy. He was also a hero of...
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Joint Statement: Establish an Independent Prisoner Review Mechanism to End...
Press ReleaseBurma/Myanmar: Establish an independent prisoner review mechanism to end politically motivated imprisonment 20 April, 2017 On the occasion of the third anniversary of the death of U...
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TAKE ACTION: Join ‘Blue Shirt Day’ for Political Prisoners on Friday 21st April
TAKE ACTIONJoin 'Blue Shirt Day' for political prisoners on Friday 21st April20 April, 2017 Dear friends, Around 178 people in Burma are in jail for political reasons.Some are in jail for protesting...
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Sad news from DC SE
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/local/2017/04/20/tyshaun/?utm_term=.ca980dae9aa2I had not even heard of Congress Heights and have never been E of the Anacostia River.Even going to the National...
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Urgent action: Head of Burmese Army gets red carpet treatment in Germany and...
Dear friendWhy are Austria and Germany giving special treatment to a war criminal?Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese Army, is visiting Germany and Austria this week. Earlier this year, the United...
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Weekly Highlights: Freedom of Expression, Not Suppression Needed in Appeals...
Freedom of Expression, Not Suppression Needed in Appeals for Legal Reform Photo credit: The Irrawaddy On the third year anniversary of the death of prominent journalist, co-founder and patron of...
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Do you know what happened on May 2nd 1840?
Dear friend It was on this day that the first ever stamped letter was posted, and we are asking you to mark the anniversary by sending a letter or postcard to a political prisoner in Burma. Last week...
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FBR: Iraq Reflections 2017; Why We are Here
www.freeburmarangers.orgIraq Reflections 2017; Why We Are Here27 April, 2017 IraqDear friends,I was asked to write up some reflections on our time in Iraq. The main purpose of this is to give our...
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Article 24
Wednesday, March 08, 2017To fund border wall, Trump admin weighs cuts to Coast Guard, airport security http://wapo.st/2myKLB7?tid=ss_tw-bottommost stupid thing possible stop orangeHe probably wants for...
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Weekly Highlights: Governments, including Myanmar, Must Take Responsibility...
Governments, Including Myanmar, Must Take Responsibility for Fact-Finding Mission A border guard policeman stands in front of people at Buthidaung's Tinn May village Photo credit: Htet Naing Zaw /...
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What have a Burmese Python, a silent donkey and Anna Roberts got in common?
Dear friend On 20th May they will all be in London's Royal Parks! Anna, along with fellow Burma Campaign UK staff members Karin Valtersson and Doug Janke, will be taking part in a 10 kilometre...
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New Republic article on Trump firing of Comey--USA may soon be Burma
Trump’s Firing of FBI Director James Comey Is a Moment of Truth for U.S. Democracy https://newrepublic.com/article/142614/trumps-firing-fbi-director-james-comey-moment-truth-us-democracyHighly...
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