Burma Campaign UK
Facebook is among the 49 corporations named on Burma Campaign UK’s “Dirty List”, reports the Bangladesh-based Daily Star. “The Dirty List” names international companies doing business with the military, or involved in projects where there are human rights violations or environmental destruction. Read Daily Star report See BCUK’s Dirty List
Several companies from the U.S., U.K., France, Switzerland, and China have been added to a “dirty list” of corporations accused of human rights or environmental violations in Myanmar, and companies allegedly involved with the country’s military, reports the Inquisitr. Burma Campaign UK names Facebook on the list as it “consistently allowed its platform to be …
About the company Cloudflare Cloudflare is an internet services company which provides website services for the military-controlled Burmese police force, which since the coup on 1st February 2021 has arrested thousands of peaceful protesters, shot and killed protesters including children, and been involved in the torture of people who have been detained. They also support …
About the company HR Wallingford HR Wallingford is a civil engineering organisation. It is involved in the construction of Bhasan Char, an island in the Bay of Bengal where the government of Bangladesh plans to force up to 100,000 Rohingya to live. Bhasan Char is not suitable for permanent human habitation. It floods during the monsoon, is extremely …
About the company Facebook/Meta Meta is an American company which earns revenue from advertising on social media websites and apps which it operates. Its most popular social media brand is Facebook. For the past decade Facebook has failed to take action to stop its platform being used to incite hatred and violence of minorities in …
About the company Sinohydro Corporation Sinohyrdo is a Chinese state-owned construction and hydropower company. It is involved in the construction of dams in Shan State, including the Yeywa dams and Dee Doke dam. In Karen State it is involved in the Hatgyi dam, linked to conflict and human rights violations. In Chin State, it is involved …
Humanitarian organisations have hit back at accusations that they are blocking the repatriation of Rohingya refugees living in crowded camps in Bangladesh. Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, described as nonsense the Burmese government’s accusation that NGOs are trying to prevent refugees from returning to Myanmar because they are making money. He said refugees …
53 civil society organisations from around the world, including Burma Campaign UK and most of the large international human rights and press freedom organisations, have signed a joint letter to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi calling for the release of the two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. CSO letter for Wa Lone …
By Mark Farmaner The EU is considering sanctioning garment workers but has rejected sanctions against Min Aung Hlaing When the United Nations Fact Finding Mission published its report into human rights violations in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan States, it was quite clear who bore primary responsibility for violations of international law, including genocide – the …
The Financial Times reports on the message to the European Union from human rights campaigners, including Burma Campaign UK, that cutting off trade preferences for Burma would do little if nothing to sanction military leaders, while further inflaming societal tensions. “If broad-based sanctions harmed average citizens, which is likely, then domestic anti-Rohingya sentiment would escalate,” …