The Dirty List

The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed news that AIR MILES will no longer offer Orient Express’s Road to Mandalay tours in return for AIR MILES points. The Burma Campaign UK had contacted AIR MILES asking them to withdraw the promotion – which had featured on their website. “This puts even more pressure on Orient Express,” …

The Burma Campaign UK is celebrating today after WPP confirmed it is to close its office in Burma. WPP acquired a subsidiary in Burma – Bates Myanmar – when it won its takeover battle for Cordiant Communications. As a result WPP had been added to a ‘Dirty List’ of companies supporting the regime in Burma …

The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed news that Intrepid Travel is suspending trips to Burma. Intrepid Travel, an Australian travel company with offices in the UK, USA and Canada, had been boycotting Burma since 1999 but in March announced it was returning to Burma, citing improvements in human rights in the country. Intrepid Travel’s decision …

The Burma Campaign UK today publishes an updated version of its ‘Dirty List’ of companies whose operations are directly or indirectly helping to finance the military dictatorship in Burma. Advertising giant WPP, Ernst & Young, P&O Cruises, Deutsche Post, and Hutchison Whampoa subsidiaries Superdrug and 3 Mobile have all been added to the Burma Campaign’s …

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 …

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 British government has announced it will be writing to all travel organisations with links to Burma asking them to end their involvement in tourism to the country. Foreign Office minister Mike O’Brien made the announcement in a debate on Burma in the House of Commons just before calling on British American Tobacco to close …

A Dutch campaign against British American Tobacco (BAT) was started today because of BAT’s investments in junta-controlled Burma. Some 30 campaigners from Burma Center Netherlands and Burmese refugees in Holland conducted campaigning activities at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport, near the main office of BAT in The Netherlands. The campaigners had made a 2 by 2 by …

The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed British government calls for British American Tobacco (BAT) to pull out of Burma. Foreign Office Minister, Mike O’Brien in a meeting today with Martin Broughton, Chairman of British American Tobacco, asked BAT to withdraw their investment from Burma. Mr Broughton agreed to consider the request and to give a …

The Burma Campaign UK today announced it would be stepping up its campaign against tourism to Burma following a brutal crackdown on the democracy movement in that country. On Friday 30th May a pro-government militia ambushed a convoy carrying pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters. The attack turned into a massacre, with …

The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed an announcement by clothing retailer Bonmarché that it has stopped sourcing clothes from Burma. The Burma Campaign UK is in the process of contacting all major clothing retailers as it compiles a ‘dirty list’ of those sourcing from Burma. Bonmarché made its decision after being contacted by the Burma …

The Burma Campaign UK today condemned British American Tobacco (BAT) for giving out misleading information that exaggerated the level of the poverty wages paid to its factory workers in Burma by 86 percent. When challenged by the Burma Campaign UK to verify the wages paid, BAT issued figures claiming that its lowest paid workers could …

Europe’s sixth largest travel company, Kuoni Travel, today announced that it would pull out Burma and that it will not return until democracy is restored. The move follows pressure from The Burma Campaign UK and Friends of the Earth and increases pressure on those UK companies still collaborating with the military regime, such as Orient …

Kuoni – Europe’s sixth largest travel company – has announced it will stop operating in 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. Sue Biggs, Managing Director of Kuoni, told the Burma Campaign UK: “As a result of …

A coalition of organisations in 13 countries have joined forces to launch a new campaign to stop Austrian Airlines subsidiary Lauda Air flying to Burma. Burma, ruled by one of the most brutal military dictatorships in the world, is the subject of a tourist boycott following calls by Aung San Su Kyi, leader of Burma’s …

At today’s AGM the board of British American Tobacco faced a barrage of questions over its joint venture factory with Burma’s military dictatorship. Fifty protesters from Burma Campaign UK and Friends of the Earth greeted shareholders as they arrived for the AGM. Campaigners had also bought shares so they could attend the meeting. Deputy Chairman …

BAT’s social and environmental performance attacked at AGMBritish American Tobacco (BAT) AGM, The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London (tube: Moorgate) 11am: protest outside AGM. 11.30am: start of AGM. Friends of the Earth and the Burma Campaign will challenge British American Tobacco’s social and environmental record at the company’s AGM in London on Tuesday 15 April. Campaigners, …

11.15am – 15 April 2003 The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London EC1 British American Tobacco (BAT) shareholders arriving for their AGM tomorrow morning will be greeted by protesters wearing Burmese military uniforms and toting Rothmans cigarettes. Supporters of Burma Campaign UK and Friends of the Earth are calling on BAT to close its factory in Burma, …

In a major embarrassment for British American Tobacco (BAT) on the eve of its AGM, 77 MPs have signed an Early Day Motion calling on the company to close the factory it owns jointly with the military dictatorship in Burma. Activists from Burma Campaign UK and Friends of the Earth will hold a protest outside …

The Burma Campaign UK today strongly condemned Intrepid Travel for its decision to return to Burma. Intrepid Travel, an Australian travel company with offices in the UK, USA and Canada, pulled out of Burma in 1999 saying it was concerned that its presence was not only benefiting Burma’s dictatorship financially, but also amounted to a …

Protesters, wearing face masks of British American Tobacco Deputy Chairman Ken Clarke MP, will be demonstrating at BAT’s London HQ, calling on BAT to close the factory it jointly owns with Burma’s military dictatorship. Protesters will also carry placards shaped as speech bubbles quoting a letter from Ken Clarke to a constituent in which he …