Burma Campaign UK at NASUWT conference
Thank you NASUWT for the great support at your teachers conference this weekend. Anna Roberts, Burma campaign UK’s Executive Director, at the NASUWT conference.
Thank you NASUWT for the great support at your teachers conference this weekend. Anna Roberts, Burma campaign UK’s Executive Director, at the NASUWT conference.
On 6th April the U.S. House of Representatives finally passed the BURMA Act (H.R.5497), which calls for action on justice and accountability, increased aid to IDPs, activists and others, and more sanctions to target revenue to the military. The BURMA Act received bipartisan support. The passing of the BURMA Act came after significant lobbying by …
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Sir Martin Broughton, who has put in a bid for Chelsea FC, was criticized by Burma Campaign UK head Mark Farmaner, for his involvement in the British American Tobacco Company and the company’s alleged links with the military. The report comes from ChinaCSR.com, which provides news and information on corporate social responsibility and sustainability in …
Former British Airways and Liverpool FC chairman Martin Broughton has been criticized on Twitter by director Mark Farmaner of Burma Campaign UK for collaborating with the Burmese military, which ruled Myanmar for several decades, with the company British American Tobacco. Read TV2 report (in Norwegian)