Burma Campaign UK
Indonesia’s Republika reports that Burma Campaign UK has asked Facebook to prevent the Burmese army from using this platform to recruit members, promote their companies’ products and improve their business. Read Republika report (in Bahasa Indonesia)
Japanese beer corporation Kirin has said that an assessment of its ties with the Myanmar military was “inconclusive” as to the company’s role in human rights abuses and military operations. Burma Campaign UK and other rights groups have expressed disappointment in Kirin’s announcement. “Kirin are making themselves look ridiculous trying to claim they can’t find …
The Turkish Anadolu Agency and SonDakika report on Burma Campaign UK’s call for Facebook to stop the Burmese military from using its platform to recruit members and from promoting its businesses on the site. “Donald Trump has been suspended for inciting violence, but the Burmese military commit violence against civilians every day and are free …
After Facebook suspended US President Donald Trump for inciting violence, Burma Campaign UK has repeated its call to Facebook to stop the military using Facebook to recruit members and promote its businesses. The Dhaka Tribune and Bangladesh’s Financial Express quote Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK: “Facebook appears to have double standards. If you …
In the week Facebook has suspended US President Donald Trump for inciting violence, Burma Campaign UK repeats its call to Facebook to stop the Burmese military using Facebook to recruit members, and to stop the Burmese military promoting its businesses on Facebook, profits from which help fund genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. “Donald …
Japanese beer giant Kirin said an investigation into whether money from its joint ventures with the Burmese military had funded rights abuses was “inconclusive”. Burma Campaign UK, which has placed Kirin on its “Dirty List” of international companies doing business with the military, denounced the findings of Kirin’s report as “farcical”. “Kirin are making themselves …