Join our mailing list for latest news and information about Burma.
Media Advisory: Launch of briefing on abuses in Myanmar’s mining sector
By Amnesty International • February 4, 2015AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PRESS CONFERENCE INVITATION
Launch of briefing on abuses in Myanmar’s mining sector
Amnesty International is pleased to invite you to the launch of Open for Business? Corporate Crime and Abuses at Myanmar Copper Mine , at 11 a.m. onTuesday 10 February 2015, at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, in Bangkok, Thailand.
The report exposes how Canadian and Chinese mining interests have profited from, and in some cases colluded with the Myanmar authorities in serious human rights abuses and illegal activity around the Monywa copper mine complex, which includes the notorious Letpadaung mine.
Large-scaleforced evictions and serious pollution linked to the mine have destroyed livelihoods and exposed thousands of people to health risks, while peaceful protests have met a violent response by security forces.
What: Release of new Amnesty International report
Who: Richard Bennett, Asia Pacific Director, Amnesty International
MeghnaAbraham, Corporate CrimesResearcher, Amnesty International
When: Tuesday, 10 February 2015 11:00 – 13:00
Where: Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand
Penthouse, Maneeya Center, 518/5Ploenchit Road (connectedto the BTS Skytrain Chitlom station) Patumwan,Bangkok 10330
PleaseRSVP to Olof Blomqvist at: [email protected]
Advance copies of the report and AV material available. For more information:
Olof Blomqvist, Asia / Pacific Press Officer, [email protected], +66(0) 617 376 359, +44 (0) 7904 397956
Note to journalists: Copies of the reports will be available at the news conference.
This post is in: Uncategorized
Related PostsMyanmar: Why a UNGA resolution is still needed
Myanmar: Investigate death and alleged rape of Rohingya woman
Myanmar: Sulphuric Acid Factory behind Health Fears Must be Relocated
Oral statement by Amnesty International, the Women Peace Network-Arakan and The Arakan Project in light of the review of Myanmar’s fourth and fifth combined report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Open Letter on Amending the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Act in Line with International Human Rights Law and Standards
All posts