Reports
ON THE ROAD TO DEMOCRACY?
April 30, 2004A report by ALTSEAN On 30 August 2003, in the wake of intensified international pressure against the Burmese military regime, newly appointed Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt unveiled a 7-point ‘road map’ to democracy. According to Khin Nyunt, the SPDC…
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COMING CLEAN BRITISH CLOTHING RETAILERS AND BURMA
December 16, 2003This report examines high street retailers’ and manufacturers’ response to the campaign to boycott clothing from Burma. Foreign investment and trade has played a vital role in funding Burma’s dictatorship, enabling it to double the size of the military while…
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BAT: in Business with Burma’s Generals
November 30, 2002BAT is one of the most important UK investors in Burma. Its Burmese subsidiary – Rothmans of Pall Mall Myanmar – is a joint venture with Burma’s military regime; a regime described by the US State Department as brutal, repressive,…
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Licence to Rape
May 1, 2002A report released by the Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) and the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) on the systematic use of rape by the Burmese military. It details 173 incidents of rape and other forms of sexual violence, involving…
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Triumph International Supports Burma’s dictatorship
November 30, 2001Triumph International is a Swiss-based German multinational company owned by the Spiesshofer and Braun families. The company is one of Europe’s main retailers of lingerie. The company has an annual turnover of US$ 1.6 billion and employs more than 30,000…
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