World Leaders Ask For UN Help In Burma

World Leaders Ask For UN Help In Burma Dec 5, 2008

A massive group of former world leaders, presidents, and prime ministers – including Mikhail Gorbachev, Jimmy Carter, Tony Blair, and George Bush Sr – have written to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to ask him to secure the release of all political prisoners in Burma by the end of this year. More
Will Ferrell Launches Human Rights Awareness Month

Will Ferrell Launches Human Rights Awareness Month Dec 3, 2008

Funnyman Will Ferrell launched Human Rights Awareness Month earlier this week with a passionate plea to help Burma. More
Mia Farrow To Discuss Political Rights Of Women

Mia Farrow To Discuss Political Rights Of Women Jul 17, 2008

Actress Mia Farrow is to attend a special seminar next week to discuss the political-rights crises faced by women in Thailand and Burma. More
Aung San Suu Kyi - Birthday Wishes That Can't Be Heard

Aung San Suu Kyi - Birthday Wishes That Can't Be Heard Jun 18, 2008

On June 19, Burma’s Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi will spend her 63rd birthday as a political prisoner in Burma (Myanmar). And to mark the occasion, the US Campaign for Burma have organized over 200 events to help Americans learn more about her and the struggle for human rights and democracy in her military-led country. More
Time's 100 - Peter Gabriel By Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu

Time's 100 - Peter Gabriel By Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu May 16, 2008

Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu wrote about Peter Gabriel’s contributions to humanity for this year’s Time 100 list: More
Celebrities Raising Voices For Burma

Celebrities Raising Voices For Burma May 7, 2008

Will Ferrell and Jennifer Aniston have joined the US Campaign for Burma, and are asking others to do the same for the Burma: It Can’t Wait Campaign. Stars are on a mission to raise one million voices in 30 days against the human rights atrocities occurring in the Southeast Asian country. More