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The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed an announcement by Italian sportswear giant Lotto that it is to stop sourcing clothes from Burma. Clothing exports are an important source of income for Burma’s brutal military dictatorship. The Burma Campaign UK is…

MEDIA ADVISORY – PHOTO OPPORTUNITY ON FRIDAY THE 8th AUGUST – THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEMOCRACY UPRISING IN BURMA – BURMESE EXILES WILL PROTEST IN PARLIAMENT SQ RELEASE OF BALLOONS 12noon. 8.8.88 was a momentous day in Burmese history. It…

NEW BURMA ‘DIRTY LIST’ PUBLISHED AUGUST 20TH 2003 ON AUGUST 2OTH 2003 THE BURMA CAMPAIGN UK WILL BE PUBLISHING AN UPDATED VERSION OF ITS ‘DIRTY LIST’ OF COMPANIES HELPING TO FINANCE BURMA’S MILITARY DICTATORSHIP. “The Dirty List exposes companies who…

The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed news that luxury travel firm Abercrombie & Kent is to stop operating tours to Burma at the end of this year. The company has been on a ‘dirty list’ of companies in Burma published…

The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed news that the Royal Society for Asian Affairs is cancelling a planned tourist trip to Burma. The Burma Campaign UK has been lobbying for the Society to call off the trip. Democracy leader Aung…

The Burma Campaign UK today accused Germany of protecting Burma’s brutal military dictatorship. European Union foreign ministers meeting today were expected to discuss what action they would take against the dictatorship in Burma. However, Germany’s refusal to consider economic sanctions…

The Burma Campaign UK today described Mondays meeting of European Union Foreign Ministers as crucial in deciding whether the EU will ever be able to agree tough action on Burma. At last month’s meeting Foreign Ministers failed to agree tough…

The British government has announced it will be writing to all travel organisations with links to Burma asking them to end their involvement in tourism to the country. Foreign Office minister Mike O’Brien made the announcement in a debate on…

A Dutch campaign against British American Tobacco (BAT) was started today because of BAT’s investments in junta-controlled Burma. Some 30 campaigners from Burma Center Netherlands and Burmese refugees in Holland conducted campaigning activities at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport, near the main…

The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed British government calls for British American Tobacco (BAT) to pull out of Burma. Foreign Office Minister, Mike O’Brien in a meeting today with Martin Broughton, Chairman of British American Tobacco, asked BAT to withdraw…