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January 31, 2022
Investors engage state-owned companies on Myanmar human rights issues
The increasing investor focus on companies operating in Myanmar is extending to state and majority-state owned companies, RI understands, amid signs that investors are increasingly starting to engage on human rights issues with state-owned companies, tackle the issue in their sovereign portfolios and ramp up policy advocacy.

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January 31, 2022
Australia’s Future Fund has invested over $90m in weapons manufacturer Raytheon
FoI requests reveal sovereign wealth fund also has investments in arms companies linked to Myanmar military

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January 30, 2022
Uplynulý rok byl pro Barmu devastující. Už to není puč, ale válka, říká lidskoprávní aktivista Blaževič
Od vojenského převratu v Barmě uplynul rok, podle lidskoprávního aktivisty Igora Blaževiče ale junta stále nemá situaci pod kontrolou.

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January 29, 2022
EU tarries on Myanmar oil and gas sanctions
The European Union is in a state of flux over its planned fourth round of sanctions on Myanmar’s military junta, with sources saying the targeted measures that were supposed to be announced next Tuesday (February 1) could be delayed until later in February.

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January 28, 2022
Military disinformation moves offline amid internet restrictions
The military and its allies are turning to pamphlets and newspapers to spread hate speech and disinformation, targeting areas that have been under an internet blackout for months.

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January 28, 2022
Junta cyber bill has Myanmar business up in arms
Myanmar’s military junta has been criticized by business groups and foreign investors for resurrecting a proposed law that seeks to shut down social media platforms and undermine internet privacy.

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January 28, 2022
အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်တပ်ကို အရေးပေါ်ဒဏ်ခတ်ပိတ်ဆို့ရေး ကမ္ဘာ့နိုင်ငံအစိုးရများကို JFM တောင်းဆို
မြန်မာစစ်တပ်၏ ရက်စက်ကြမ်းကြုတ်သည့်ရာဇဝတ်မှုများကို ရပ်တန့်ရေး ကမ္ဘာ့နိုင်ငံအစိုးရများက အရေးပေါ်တိုးမြှင့်လုပ်ဆောင်ရမည်ဟု Justice for Myanmar က ယနေ့(ဇန်နဝါရီ ၂၈ ရက်) တိုက်တွန်းထုတ်ပြန်သည်။

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January 28, 2022
Targeted sanctions one year after attempted coup in Myanmar
Justice For Myanmar has published comparative data on targeted sanctions imposed on the Myanmar military junta, their businesses and associates since the illegal attempted coup on February 1, 2021.

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January 27, 2022
中国市场催生血汗产业 国际组织呼吁抵制缅甸玉石
国际组织认为,庞大的中国消费市场和缅甸军政府的巧取豪夺,使得缅甸采玉业成为血汗产业。与此同时,缅甸人权团体呼吁禁止销售缅甸玉石,并呼吁国际玉石消费者抵制产自缅甸的玉石。

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January 27, 2022
미얀마 민주세력 “군부 무기 수입 협조한 민간기업 9곳과 거래 금지”
미얀마 민주세력의 중심축인 국민통합정부(NUG)가 쿠데타 군부의 무기 거래를 도운 자국 기업 명단을 공개했다. 음지에서 진행되는 군부의 무력 강화 시도에 저항하고 친군부 기업에 대한 국제사회 제재 확대를 요구하기 위해서다.