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Den danske tøjgigant Bestseller har hidtil hævdet, at virksomheden efter egne og grundige undersøgelser ikke har fundet oplysninger, der indikerer, at fabrikker i Myanmar, som Bestseller samarbejder med, har forbindelser til landets brutale militær.

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La giunta vive grazie a 28 miliardi di dollari l’anno in valuta estera fornita dalle multinazionali operative nel paese. Come Eni e Total. Ma se la prima ha subito precisato di non avere attività operative nel paese, la seconda ha un problema: centinaia di milioni di dollari di royalty dirottati ai militari.

မုတ္တမကမ်းလွန်သဘာဝဓါတ်ငွေ့လုပ်ကွက်တွေကနေ ခိုင်မာသေ ချာတဲ့ အကျိုးအမြတ် အတွက်ရင်းနှီးမြုပ်နှံသူ နိုင်ငံတကာ စွမ်းအင်ကုမ္ပဏီကြီးတွေရဲ့ လက်ရှိအနေအထားကို သတင်းမှတ်တမ်းအဖြစ် ထုတ်ပြန်တာ ဖတ်ရပါတယ်။

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Since Myanmar’s military ordered telecoms operators to shut their networks in an effort to end protests against its February coup, Telenor’s business there has been in limbo.

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On 1 February 2021, under the command of General Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s military initiated a coup, apparently drawing to a close Myanmar’s ten-year experiment with democratic rule.

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6일 G7 장관회의는 공동성명을 통해 미얀마 군부 주도의 정권에 대한 무기 공급 중단과 원조 중단 등 움직임에 국제사회의 동참을 요청했다. 미얀마 군부에 직접적 지원뿐 아니라 자금이 될 수 있는 연결고리 자체를 끊어야 한다는 것.

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With pressure mounting on international institutions to cut all ties to Myanmar’s junta, the World Bank Group has refused to say if it is considering moving out of the office it rents in a complex on military-owned land.

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Advocacy group Justice for Myanmar has started a petition calling on the tertiary institution Yale-NUS to remove its Governing Board Director, Kay Kuok Oon Kwong, over alleged business ties to the Myanmar junta.

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Justice For Myanmar has published details of 61 publicly listed companies that are in business with Myanmar’s illegitimate military junta and its conglomerates, complicit in the junta’s campaign of terror against Myanmar people. We demand urgent investor action.

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A recent report by Independent Economists for Myanmar (IEM) says that targeting the junta’s sources of foreign currency could force the regime to spend less on military expenses and instead prioritize the public’s needs.

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