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Press Advisory: May 19-20 Protests Against Burma’s President Thein Sein’s Visit to Washington, DC
2013-05-17(Washington DC, May 17, 2013) - On Sunday, May 19, and Monday, May 20, activists will gather to protest President Obama’s decision to welcome Burma’s President Thein Sein to Washington, DC. President Thein Sein’s trip follows a troubling downward trend in his administration: hundreds of new political prisoners, ongoing war against the Kachin, breakdown of several ceasefires, ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya, escalating anti-Muslim violence,...
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President Obama to Welcome Burma’s President Thein Sein to White House, Ignores Plight of Ethnic, Religious Minorities
2013-05-15(Washington DC, May 15, 2013) – Today the U.S. Campaign for Burma (USCB) expresses its dismay over President Obama’s decision to welcome Burma’s President Thein Sein to the White House on Monday, May 20, 2013, just days after President Thein Sein failed to effectively manage the multiple dangers Rohingya internally displaced persons (IDPs) face from the oncoming cyclones and security forces, ignoring months of warnings about the danger they...
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Press Release Archive - 2003-Present
2012-01-01Click "here" for the press release archive - Our press release archive dates from early 2003 to the present day. Press releases are statements created and made public explicitly by U.S. Campaign for Burma.















