UK ignores EU Burma Sanctions
February 25, 2004
The UK and other European Union members are not fully implementing the EU asset freeze on the Burmese regime. As a result total frozen assets could be a meagre £57....
Orient Express Expand Burma Interests
February 2, 2004
Orient Express challenge British government policy on Burma The Burma Campaign UK condemned today’s news that Orient Express has invested in Hosia Company of Hong Kong. Hosia owns the Pansea...
Clothing Retailers told to Come Clean on Burma
December 16, 2003
Companies refusing to disclose if they source clothes from Burma are today named and shamed by the Burma Campaign UK. Click here to read the report 41 clothing retailers have...
High Street shuns Burma
December 2, 2003
A new report by the Burma Campaign UK reveals most major high street retailers are now boycotting Burma. The report – Coming Clean, British Clothing Retailers and Burma – names ninety-nine major...
MTV launches campaign calling for release of Aung San Suu Kyi
December 1, 2003
MTV Networks Europe is set to launch a powerful continuation of it’s on air campaign urging the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the Burmese Democratic Movement. Following...
Railway Touring Co. Drops Burma
November 28, 2003
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed news that the Railway Touring Company will no longer operate tours to Burma. The company had featured on a ‘Dirty List’ published by the...
PricewaterhouseCoopers Pull Out Of Burma
November 27, 2003
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed confirmation from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) that it has pulled out of Burma. PwC had featured on a ‘Dirty List’ of companies directly or indirectly funding...
VICTORY! – BAT PULL OUT OF BURMA
November 6, 2003
CAMPAIGN SUCCESS IN LESS THAN 1 YEAR The Burma Campaign UK and Federation of Trade Unions (Burma) are celebrating today’s news that British American Tobacco (BAT) is to pull out...
Kappa pull out of Burma
October 10, 2003
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed news that Italian sportswear giant Kappa have stopped sourcing clothes from Burma. Kappa – makers of the Tottenham Hotspur and Welsh national football team...
BAT face DTI Investigation into Burma Factory
October 1, 2003
Unions make formal complaint that BAT’s Burma factory breaches OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. The International Union of Foodworkers (IUF), supported by Amicus MSF, which represents BAT’s workers in the...