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Dear John
Facebook Remove Military Company Pages
This morning Facebook announced they will be removing the Facebook Pages on Burmese military-owned companies. These companies help fund the human rights violations by the military and it is outrageous that Facebook allowed the military to use their website to raise funds.
More than 50,000 people signed our petition calling on Facebook to remove military company pages. Thank you to everyone who supported the campaign. It worked!
You can read our media release about the Facebook announcement here.
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Wai Hnin Pwint Thon speech at the Oslo Freedom Forum
Wai Hnin, our Senior Advocacy Officer, recently spoke at the prestigious Oslo Freedom Forum in Miami, Florida, as part of an advocacy trip to the USA. She also met with the US government and members of the US Senate lobbying for more targeted economic sanctions against the Burmese military.
Her inspiring speech is now online and available here.
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Facebook sued by Rohingya for role in genocide
Facebook is facing a $150bn lawsuit in the UK and USA for its role in facilitating genocide of the Rohingya. Burma Campaign UK is supporting the case.
Mark Farmaner, Director, Burma Campaign UK, commented: "These cases are important not just to compensate Rohingya genocide survivors, but also to force Facebook to face up to the role it played in facilitating genocide and change the way it operates. Even today Facebook still allows the military to use Facebook to raise funds and spread propaganda."
You can read the full media release about the case here.
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Donate to support our work
Burma Campaign UK is successfully working to cut revenue to the military, hold them to account for their crimes, and lobbying governments around the world to take stronger action against the military. We don’t receive any government grants, we depend on donations from individuals.
Please support our work with a donation today.
Thank you for all your support.
Anna Roberts
Burma Campaign UK
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