UK Advocacy Group Accuses 49 International Companies Of Supporting Military Abuses in Burma

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Burma Campaign UK Revives ‘Dirty List’ Following Recent Atrocities

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"This is the first time Burma Campaign UK has published a ‘Dirty List’ since the country purportedly began its democratic transition in 2011. It comes in response to sustained human rights abuses perpetrated by Burma’s military (the Tatmadaw), which is currently under investigation by the International Criminal Court for ethnic cleansing committed against the Rohingya population in Rakhine State. These atrocities have continued unabated despite the landslide election of Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD in 2015. Mark Farmaner, the Director of Burma Campaign UK, argues “companies which supply equipment to the military or do business with the military, are complicit in the human rights violations committed by them..."

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Karen News

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Kane News

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2018-12-28

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2019-01-14

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Myanmar

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English

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Article

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