Burma Campaign UK
The Burma Campaign UK today strongly condemned Intrepid Travel for its decision to return to Burma. Intrepid Travel, an Australian travel company with offices in the UK, USA and Canada, pulled out of Burma in 1999 saying it was concerned that its presence was not only benefiting Burma’s dictatorship financially, but also amounted to a …
Protesters, wearing face masks of British American Tobacco Deputy Chairman Ken Clarke MP, will be demonstrating at BAT’s London HQ, calling on BAT to close the factory it jointly owns with Burma’s military dictatorship. Protesters will also carry placards shaped as speech bubbles quoting a letter from Ken Clarke to a constituent in which he …
As British American Tobacco (BAT) reports pre-tax profits of £2.11 billion the Burma Campaign UK today called on investors to put pressure on the company to close its factory in Burma. BAT are the target of a global campaign over their close links with the dictatorship in Burma. “Shareholders should remember that part of the …
The Burma Campaign UK is planning mass protests at British American Tobacco’s AGM over its factory in Burma, which is a joint venture with the brutal military regime. As well as protests outside the AGM, campaigners have purchased BAT shares so they can attend the AGM and question BAT’s board. The Burma Campaign UK launched …