Burma – time for sanctions
June 2, 2003
In the wake of the arrest of Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burma Sanctions Coalition today called for Britain and the EU to immediately impose investment sanctions...
Bonmarché pull out of Burma
May 16, 2003
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...
BAT vastly exaggerates Burma wages
May 8, 2003
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...
Friends of the Earth Kuoni Press Release
April 30, 2003
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...
Kuoni To Pull Out Of Burma
April 30, 2003
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’...
Fears For Life Of Burmese Political Prisoner On Hunger Strike
April 29, 2003
Burma Campaign UK today called for the immediate release of Dr Salai Tun Than, a political prisoner on hunger strike in Burma. In March 2002 Dr Salai Tun Than, a...
Austrian Airlines/Lauda Air Hit By Europewide Boycott
April 29, 2003
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...
BAT AGM Dominated by Burma
April 15, 2003
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 BAT AGM press release
April 15, 2003
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...
BAT shareholders to be greeted by Burmese soldiers
April 14, 2003
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...