The Burma Campaign UK is planning mass protests at British American Tobacco’s AGM over its factory in Burma, which is a joint venture with the brutal military regime.
As well as protests outside the AGM, campaigners have purchased BAT shares so they can attend the AGM and question BAT’s board. The Burma Campaign UK launched a global campaign against BAT in November last year. Deputy Chairman Kenneth Clarke MP faced embarrassing questions over a letter he had written to a constituent in which he criticised companies ‘collaborating’ with the regime.
“BAT’s business partners in Burma are rapists, murderers and torturers”, says John Jackson, Director of Burma Campaign UK. “We want to make BAT Directors explain to shareholders why they fund this brutal military dictatorship.”
BAT’s AGM will take place on 15 April at 11.30am at:
The Brewery
Chiswell Street
London
The protests will begin at 11am. Nearest Tube: Moorgate