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Burma Campaign UK today called on Western Union to stop doing business with the military in Burma. Western Union is one of the world’s biggest money transfer companies. They have more than half a million agents around the world where…
Read More...Burma Campaign UK today welcomed news from Visa that it has ended its promotion of the military-owned Okkala Golf Resort in Burma. Visa in Singapore had hired golf promotions company ‘Green Golf’ for a tailored golf promotion scheme for visa…
Read More...Burma Campaign UK today called on the European Union to stop training Burma’s military-controlled police force. On Tuesday 12th February the military-controlled Burmese police force opened fire on protesters with rubber bullets and tear gas, injuring more than 20 people….
Read More...89 organizations worldwide ask Thai Prime Minister to address judicial harassment Thai authorities and controversial poultry firm Thammakaset Company Limited should drop spurious complaints against workers and human rights defenders who raised alarm about labor rights abuses, said Fortify Rights and…
Read More...Press release by Action for Shan State Rivers Local Shans welcome Engie’s withdrawal from Upper Yeywa dam, urge other companies to follow suit Local communities in northern Shan State are greatly encouraged that French company Engie has pulled out of…
Read More...Burma Campaign UK today described the UN Special Envoy’s support for the National Verification Card (NVC) process being imposed on Rohingya in Burma as “appalling” and urged her to reconsider her position on the process. In a statement on January…
Read More...French multinational energy company Engie has informed Burma Campaign UK that it is pulling out of the Upper Yeywa dam project in Shan State Burma, after being placed on a ‘Dirty List’ by Burma Campaign UK in December 2018. Engie…
Read More...PRESS RELEASE FROM BURMESE ROHINGYA ORGANISATION UK (BROUK) ROHINGYA DENIED ACCESS TO EDUCATION IN MYANMAR AND BANGLADESH A whole generation of Rohingya children are being denied the opportunity to shape their own future as they face extremely limited access to education in…
Read More...Burma Campaign UK today condemned the sentencing of three Kachin activists to six months in prison and a 500,000 Kyat fine (£250) each, and called for their immediate release. Nang Pu, Lum Zawng and Zau Jat were jailed for organising…
Read More...Burma Campaign UK today publishes its new ‘Dirty List’ of international companies linked to the military in Burma, or companies whose operations are linked to human rights violations or environmental destruction. Companies named and shamed on the list include Western…
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