Burma Campaign UK
The event celebrated the recent release from house arrest of pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi but also served as a crucial reminder that the campaign for democracy in Burma is at a critical stage, and your support is needed now more than ever. As Aung San Suu Kyi has …
Q: “It has been about six weeks since your release from house arrest, but talks between you and the military have not yet resumed. Why is that?” A: “I don’t think you can say that the talks between us and the military have not yet resumed. I think what you could say is that dialogue …
Campaigners from Friends of the Earth and The Burma Campaign UK went into today’s Premier Oil AGM to ask questions about the company’s collaboration with the Burmese military regime. But in what campaigners will cite as a clear indication of the company’s backwardness on corporate responsibility issues, regular shareholders complained about the number of questions …
Shareholders are to be given blood stained five-pound notes at AGM on Friday 10th May. The Burma Campaign UK is sending a strong message that there should be no let up of international pressure following the release of Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday. Premier Oil is the largest UK investor in Burma. “By investing …
The Burma Campaign UK welcomes the release from house arrest of Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The release of the Nobel laureate is a crucial step towards the political and economic revival of Burma. However, the process is likely to be long and difficult, and the international pressure which has been a major …
To coincide with protests at Amerada Hess’s AGM in the US, the Burma Campaign UK is today calling on supporters to send faxes to Chairman John Hess’s direct number, calling on him to sell Hess’s 25 percent stake in Premier Oil. “We can’t be there in person but we can make sure they get the …