Burma Campaign UK
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 …
A new campaign to persuade Amerada Hess to sell its 25 percent shareholding in Premier Oil is launched in London today. The new campaign is aimed at increasing pressure on Premier Oil to pull out of Burma. In the first stage campaigners will use the internet to flood Hess’s UK and US offices with emails …
In a powerful call to action, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace laureate and veteran of the Anti-Apartheid struggle is urging the UK to impose sanctions against Burma. The call comes in support of the Burma Sanctions Coalition which launches today. The Coalition, representing business, unions and campaign groups includes the Body Shop, the Co-operative Bank, …
In a significant victory for the Burma Campaign UK (BCUK), lingerie giant Triumph International announced today that the company will close down its Burma-based manufacturing site. The announcement comes only two months after BCUK launched a campaign against Triumph – using striking images of models in barbed wire bras – in protest at the company’s …
The Norwegian Olympic Team has just announced cancellation of it’s Triumph International sponsorship because of the company’s presence in Burma and the Burma Campaign UK’s (BCUK) high profile campaign against the company. The Norwegian Team had refused to wear the Triumph logo or products unless the company pulls out of Burma. As Triumph has so …
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s offer to meet with the Burmese regime. “The Burmese Generals need to realise that they and the people of Burma can win peace and freedom together” said John Jackson, Director of the Burma Campaign. “We hope the international stature of Archbishop Desmond Tutu can help them …
The Burmese Democratic Movement Association & The Burma Campaign UK INVITE YOU TO AN EVENING WITH MAUREEN LIPMAN MARK THOMAS & PRO-DEMOCRACY SINGER MUN AWNG 8th DECEMBER 2001, 7.30pm AT THE CANDID GALLERY, LONDON, N1 BURMESE FOOD WILL BE SERVED Tickets cost £12 each, including food For credit card bookings, call 020 7324 4710
On 8th December 2001 all living Nobel Peace Laureates will gather in Oslo to honour fellow Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, at an occasion which will mark the 10th anniversary of her own Peace award and the centennial anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize itself. Aung San Suu Kyi remains under house arrest in Burma. …
The Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) has welcomed an initiative, launched today by eight investment funds, which highlights Burma as a country posing unique problems for foreign investors. However, BCUK fears the initiative may fall short of achieving its objectives. The eight institutions, including Morley Fund Management, Henderson Global Investors and Friends Ivory and Sime, represent …
An initiative, launched today by eight investment funds, highlights Burma as a country posing unique problems for foreign companies. The eight institutions, including Morley Fund Management, Henderson Global Investors and Friends Ivory and Sime, represent £400 billion of investment. However, the UK’s Premier Oil, which has a controversial joint venture with Burma’s ruling junta, fails …
The Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) today launched a campaign targeting lingerie giant Triumph International, in protest at the company’s support for Burma’s ruling military junta. BCUK is calling for a boycott of all Triumph products until the company closes down its Burma-based manufacturing site. Burma is ruled by an illegitimate military dictatorship – a regime …
A new report published today by the Burma Campaign UK finds that companies investing in Burma expose themselves to economic and political risks that could damage their profitability. The report: Investing in Burma – A review of the risks for investors and companies, was commissioned by the Burma Campaign UK from former Goldman Sachs Executive …
03 Oct 2001 Share on facebook Share on twitter Burma is ruled by one of the most brutal dictatorships in the world. Millions of people have been forced into slave labour, and approximately 1,800 political prisoners languish in jail, many subject to torture. The Day of Prayer is part of an international series of events …
Premier Oil’s board was under fire today as it launched its social performance report at the company’s Annual General Meeting. The report is being attacked for not addressing fundamental concerns relating to Premier’s impact on communities along its Burmese gas pipeline, and crucially the support the company provides to Burma’s brutal military junta. “Inspector Clouseau …
The Burma Campaign UK are promising Directors of Premier Oil a rough ride at their AGM on Wednesday 16th May. Campaigners have purchased shares in Premier to enable them to attend the AGM and call for Premier Oil’s withdrawal from Burma. “Premier Oil might be a relatively small company but they are up there in …
The Burma Campaign UK today cautioned against undue optimism about the prospects for democracy in Burma following reports that the Burmese military dictatorship has entered into talks with National League for Democracy (NLD) leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. It is the first time the military dictatorship has entered into talks …
On Tuesday 12 September, 2000 between 12.30-2pm, the Burmese community and pro-democracy supporters will gather outside the Burmese Embassy, 19a Charles Street, off Berkeley Square, London in protest at the current political and human rights crisis in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi was forced to return to Rangoon after a nine day stand off with …
Amidst one of the most significant crackdowns against Burma’s pro-democracy movement the international community has failed to take any action against Burma’s ruling military. Aung San Suu Kyi was forced to return to Rangoon after a nine day stand off with the military just outside of Rangoon. She has not been seen or heard from …
On Friday May 26 The Burma Campaign UK and Tourism Concern launched a new arm of their existing campaign opposing tourism to Burma – calling for a boycott of all Lonely Planet publications (LP) until the company withdraws its Burma guide from the market. In anticipation of the boycott campaign launch outside Lonely Planet’’s London …
A two week poster campaign in support of Burma’s pro-democracy movement will be launched on Thursday 15 June on the London Underground. The posters comprise a large portrait of Burma’s pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, with the question: “Why are 400,000 men so afraid of one woman?”. For the answer to the question passengers …
The Burma Campaign UK (TBC) and Tourism Concern (TC) will launch a new arm of their existing campaign opposing tourism to Burma. The campaign groups are calling for a boycott of all Lonely Planet publications (LP) until the company withdraws its Burma guide from the market (new edition Jan 2000). TBC and TC representatives, and …
As Premier Oil prepares for its Annual General Meeting (AGM) a new report alleges that the Yetagun consortium which includes Premier Oil, was informed that increased numbers of Burmese troops, known for serious human rights violations, would be drafted into civilian areas to provide security for Premier’s gas pipeline. The pipeline supplying gas from Burma …
Today the European Union (EU) agreed three new measures to toughen its position against Burma’s military dictatorship. The EU agreed a ban on the export of equipment that might be used for internal repression or terrorism; the naming of individuals within the regime to whom the current EU visa ban applies; and the imposition of …
What leads young men and children to take such desperate action? As easy condemnation of ‘God’s Army’ mixes with a morbid celebration of the deaths of the youths who fought under its banner, we should at least have the humanity to ask why? It is absolutely clear that Burmese pro-democracy groups and ethnic nationality communities …