Burma Campaign UK
The Tatmadaw has acquired civilian aircraft made by European companies despite a tightening of the arms embargo in response to alleged atrocities in Rakhine State, reports Frontier Myanmar. The aircraft were produced by France’s Airbus and Italy’s Leonardo. Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, said that European countries had previously adopted different stances on …
Burma Campaign UK published its ‘Dirty List’ in early December 2018, slamming 49 international companies accused of “operating in Myanmar in such a way that contributes to human rights violations and environmental destruction.” Mark Farmaner, the Director of Burma Campaign UK, argues “companies which supply equipment to the military or do business with the military, …
Burma Campaign UK named Facebook as one of 49 companies on a ‘dirty list’, for allowing the incitement of hatred and violence of minorities, in particular the Rohingya Muslim minority and Muslims in general, reports the American business magazine Forbes. “Although it has belatedly closed down accounts run by the Burmese military, it continues to …
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 both Myanmar and in refugee camps in Bangladesh, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) said …
Burma Campaign UK has published a ‘dirty list’ of companies continuing to do business with the military in Burma, reports the Organization for World Peace. Facebook, Toshiba, and VISA are amongst the 49 international companies that are ‘named and shamed’ for links to the Burmese military’s human rights abuses of Burma’s Rohingya Muslim population. Burma …
Chinese companies make up the bulk of a “dirty list” of corporations accused of involvement in human rights and environmental violations in Burma, or of doing business with the country’s military, reports the South China Morning Post. 16 Chinese companies supply the military with equipment and energy, and Chinese companies are involved in at least six controversial dam projects in conflict …