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Ondanks het wapenembargo komt het regime in Myanmar makkelijk aan wapens. Ook via Europese en Amerikaanse bedrijven.

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세계시민선언은 6일 성명서를 내고 “포스코는 하루빨리 미얀마포스코C&C와 미얀마 군부기업 MEHL(미얀마이코노믹홀딩스)의 결탁관계를 종료하기를 요구한다”고 밝혔다.

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3月27日是緬甸的「軍人節」，軍方在首都舉行盛大閱兵儀式，部隊、戰車、飛彈森然羅列，總司令敏昂萊高調發表演說。緬甸軍方今年2月1日發動政變奪權之後，面對國際社會譴責制裁，大閱兵是他們的回應。當天，8個國家──俄羅斯、中國、印度、巴基斯坦、孟加拉、越南、寮國、泰國──大使館武官以貴賓身分觀禮，俄羅斯國防部副部長更親自出席。

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Det indiske selskapet Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited samarbeider med det militæreide forretnings-konglomeratet Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC) om å bygge en ny konteinerhavn i Yangon, ifølge en fersk rapport fra ACIJ og JFM.

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As any PR person will tell you, governments that slaughter their own citizens will struggle when it comes to doing business. Very few companies will tolerate being linked to gross human rights abuses, and that appears to be the case with the Tatmadaw – as the notorious Myanmar military is known.

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Verleden week bleek dat ABP en PFZW beleggen in 36 bedrijven die betrokken zijn bij schendingen van de mensenrechten. Conclusie: de pensioenfondsen hebben nog steeds hun beleid niet op orde.

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미얀마 군부의 민간인 학살이 계속되는 상황에서 한국 기업, 포스코가 국제 사회의 비난을 받고 있습니다. 포스코가 하고 있는 미얀마 가스 전 사업이 군부의 돈줄로 의심받고 있는 건데요.

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En Birmanie, les manifestations contre la junte qui a renversé le gouvernement civil d'Aung San Suu Kyi, et la répression de la contestation se poursuivent. Selon l'Association d'assistance aux prisonniers politiques, plus de 550 civils ont été tués depuis le putsch.

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Investors are urging South Korean industrial group Posco to exit a steel joint venture with a Myanmar military-controlled conglomerate as pressure builds on multinationals to cut financial links with the country’s junta.

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Activists have accused energy companies of complicity in the Myanmar junta’s murder of protesters, after Total, the French giant, said that it would continue to pay taxes to the regime.

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