Published On:Wednesday 24 September 2014
Posted by Celebrate Life Style information Blog
Cameron urged to intervene for ‘forgotten’ NHS monk trapped in Burmese legal limbo land
The prime minister has been urged to intervene with the Burmese government to secure the release of a Buddhist working at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital (GSTT) and four other monks.
U Uttara, the Buddhist chaplain and multi-faith joint lead at a hospital in London and four other monks, including U Panasara, who has leave to remain in the UK, have been caught in a legal limbo since June when they were arrested on ‘baseless’ charges.
U Uttara, a British citizen, is a member of the College of Health Care Chaplains (CHCC), a professional health section of Unite, the country’s largest union. The union believes that the monks are victims of religious in-fighting between rival monks in the volatile country, only recently emerging from decades of military dictatorship.
The president of the CHCC, Revd Mark Burleigh has now written to David Cameron asking him intervene saying : “U Uttara had been invited and funded by the Burmese government to set up multi-faith hospital and prison chaplaincy services in Rangoon and Mandalay. He had been granted a career break from GSTT to do this work. Read Full History Here...!
U Uttara, the Buddhist chaplain and multi-faith joint lead at a hospital in London and four other monks, including U Panasara, who has leave to remain in the UK, have been caught in a legal limbo since June when they were arrested on ‘baseless’ charges.
U Uttara, a British citizen, is a member of the College of Health Care Chaplains (CHCC), a professional health section of Unite, the country’s largest union. The union believes that the monks are victims of religious in-fighting between rival monks in the volatile country, only recently emerging from decades of military dictatorship.
The president of the CHCC, Revd Mark Burleigh has now written to David Cameron asking him intervene saying : “U Uttara had been invited and funded by the Burmese government to set up multi-faith hospital and prison chaplaincy services in Rangoon and Mandalay. He had been granted a career break from GSTT to do this work. Read Full History Here...!
