Burma Campaign UK
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 campaigning to clean the high street of clothing sourced from Burma as part of its …
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 was the day a mass uprising for democracy began. The uprising was brutally put down …
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 are directly or indirectly helping to finance one of the most brutal regimes in the …
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 by the Burma Campaign UK. “This is excellent news,” said Anna Roberts, Campaigns Officer at …
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 San Suu Kyi, who is currently under arrest in an unknown location, has called for …
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 meant that Burma had to be dropped from the agenda. “Than Shwe, the dictator of …