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The international oil giants Total and Chevron have suspended some cash dividends to Myanmar’s state-owned oil and gas company MOGE, amid increasing pressure for Western oil and gas firms to cut their ties with the military government.

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Advocacy groups have called on French fossil fuel giant Total and US company Chevron to further cut ties with Myanmar’s military, after announcing they would suspend dividend payments to the junta from a large gas project in the wake of February’s coup.

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Dans un rapport publié ce jeudi par BankTrack et Justice for Myanmar, neuf groupes bancaires, dont BNP Paribas et La Banque postale, sont alertés sur leurs investissements dans des sociétés qui risquent de se rendre complice de crimes.

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Las ONG Justice for Myanmar y BankTrack pidieron este jueves a más de una treintena de bancos internacionales, incluidos los españoles Santander y CaixaBank, que cancelen o suspendan sus inversiones en empresas que tengan alguna vinculación con la junta militar en Birmania (Myanmar).

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Många internationella banker har kvar stora investeringar i bolag med nära koppling till militären i Myanmar. Bland dem finns tre svenska storbanker.

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French oil and gas group Total and U.S. energy company Chevron have suspended some payments from a gas joint venture that would have reached Myanmar's junta, earning praise from pro-democracy activists for taking an important first step.

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Total and Chevron have suspended dividend payments to a Myanmar company linked to the military, but will continue to operate the giant Yadana gas field that activists say is a major source of revenue for the junta.

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Tenants of a high-end office block in Yangon that the United Nations said was built on military-owned land have moved out or are reviewing their leases.

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Myanmar’s junta could lose tens of millions of dollars after French oil giant, Total announced yesterday that a hugely profitable gas pipeline company it owns with the Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE ) has suspended dividend payments.

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คณะทำงานติดตามความรับผิดชอบของการลงทุนข้ามพรมแดน (ETOs Watch Coalition) ยื่นจดหมายเปิดผนึกส่งถึง ปตท. และ ปตท.สผ. ในฐานะผู้ลงทุนและผู้รับซื้อก๊าซธรรมชาติจากพม่ารายสำคัญ  เพื่อให้ระงับและงดส่งจ่ายเงินค่าก๊าซธรรมชาติให้กับรัฐวิสาหกิจที่ควบคุมโดยกองทัพเมียนมา หวั่นช่วยสนับสนุนการละเมิดสิทธิมนุษยชน

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