Burma Campaign UK
Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are once again living in fear that they will be forced to return to Burma despite the Burmese government having taken no genuine steps to ensure safe return. “The international community keep saying that there must be safe, voluntary and dignified return, but are …
Nearly 40 international firms including US tech giants Google and Apple, as well as Britain’s Peel Group, China’s Huawei and Japanese financial services company JCB have been added to Burma Campaign UK’s “Dirty List” for doing business with the military, reports the Irrawaddy. Burma Campaign UK’s Director Mark Farmaner said, “When an international company does …
Burma Campaign UK today publishes an updated version of its ‘Dirty List’, adding 38 companies to the list of companies linked to Burma’s military, or to projects linked to human rights violations and environmental destruction in Burma. The ‘Dirty List’ is available here. Companies added include: American technology giant Google, which hosts apps for the …
A Belgian company has become the first to announce it is cutting ties with the Burmese military after a United Nations fact-finding mission called on businesses to sever all financial links to the country’s generals. Satellite communications firm Newtec said it would “follow the recommendations by the UN and stop commercial ties with Mytel,” a local …
The most recent UN report outlines how European companies have helped fund military operations in Burma by entering into business ventures with firms controlled by key members of the military. The UN is now urging the international community to sever all ties to these companies and implement a global arms embargo. Mark Farmaner, director of …
Media Release from The Karen Peace Support Network The Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN), welcomes the report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar, on the Myanmar military’s economic interests, published on 5th August 2019. The Fact Finding Mission was established to look into who is responsible for violations of international law …