Justice For Myanmar

Euromoney gives excellence award to Myanmar military linked United Amara Bank

August 16, 2022

Dear all, Euromoney has awarded the military linked United Amara Bank (UAB) as “Best Bank” in Myanmar, despite EU sanctions on the linked crony conglomerate,...

EXPOSED: 116 companies that have brokered arms & equipment for the Myanmar military

August 11, 2022

Dear all, We have published details of 116 Myanmar and Singapore companies with 262 directors and shareholders that have brokered the supply of weapons and...

Money laundering risk in Myanmar crony airline MAI’s transaction with Australian mining company

August 3, 2022

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar has issued a press release on the money laundering risk in Myanmar Airways International's (MAI) transaction with the...

Australian Embassy spent US$525,000+ at Myanmar military linked LOTTE Hotel since coup attempt

July 20, 2022

Dear all, An Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade freedom of information disclosure to Justice For Myanmar has revealed that the Australian...

India supplying fuzes to Myanmar military, supporting indiscriminate attacks

July 15, 2022

Dear all, Indian firm Sandeep Metalcraft Private Limited is supplying fuzes to the Myanmar military, directly supporting its attacks against the people of...

Justice For Myanmar welcomes blocking of MRTV’s access to Dacast livestream software

July 6, 2022

Dear all, The Myanmar military has been blocked from livestreaming MRTV broadcasts by Dacast, a live streaming and video hosting company, based in...

Kirin Holdings’ irresponsible exit will continue its complicity in Myanmar military’s atrocity crimes

June 30, 2022

Dear all, Kirin Holdings has announced a share buyback with their joint ventures, Myanmar Brewery and the smaller Mandalay Brewery, which will see the...

Petronas, PTTEP, ENEOS, Mitsubishi Corp & Japan Gov irresponsibly exiting Yetagun gas project

June 28, 2022

Dear all, The Myanmar military junta has appointed Gulf Petroleum Myanmar (GPM) as operator of the Yetagun gas project. The irresponsible divestment of...

Justice For Myanmar welcomes further UK sanctions on arms dealers

June 16, 2022

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar welcomes the UK’s second round of sanctions targeting arms dealers. We call for urgent and coordinated international action...

Investigation: Through Mytel, Min Aung Hlaing is leaking state secrets for profit

June 14, 2022

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar has released a new investigation into how Mytel has aggressively recruited members of the Myanmar military through the “Banner...

Letter sent to 101 Investors to Urge Engagement with Tokyo Tatemono and Daiwa House Industry Regarding the Y Complex Project in Myanmar

May 26, 2022

Dear all, Eight civil society organisations have sent a letter to 101 corporate investors holding shares in Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. or Daiwa House Industry...

Japan-Trained Officer Among Abusive Forces

May 23, 2022

Dear all, A Myanmar air force lieutenant colonel who received military training in Japan is deployed with forces that have been implicated in serious abuses...

Military-linked company Shwe Byain Phyu has taken control of Telenor Myanmar

May 16, 2022

Dear all, Lebanon’s M1 Group has transferred control of Telenor Myanmar to the Myanmar military-linked Shwe Byain Phyu conglomerate on Thursday, May 12,...

မြန်မာစစ်တပ်၏ ရက်စက်ကြမ်းကြုတ်သည့်ရာဇဝတ်မှုများတွင် အာဆီယံက ကြံရာပါအားပေးနေမှုများကို ထုတ်ဖော်

May 12, 2022

ချစ်ခင်လေးစားရတဲ့ မိတ်ဆွေတို့Justice For Myanmar သည် အကြမ်းဖက်မြန်မာစစ်တပ်နှင့် အာဆီယံတို့၏ ကာကွယ်ရေး ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်မှုဆိုင်ရာ စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးမှု တစ်ရပ်ကို...

ASEAN’s complicity in the Myanmar military’s atrocity crimes exposed

May 10, 2022

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar has published an investigation into ASEAN's defence cooperation with the Myanmar military. It has found that ASEAN is likely...

US tech firms enabling Myanmar junta propaganda! Min Aung Hlaing launches US-built Apple and Google apps

May 5, 2022

Dear all, Min Aung Hlaing has launched Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) propaganda apps on Apple’s App Store and Alphabet’s Google Play Store, built by a...

FoE Japan, Mekong Watch and JFM cautiously welcome ENEOS' withdrawal from Myanmar; call for responsible disengagement and decommissioning of Yetagun gas project

May 4, 2022

Dear all, Japan's ENEOS Holdings has announced their withdrawal from the Yetagun gas project in Myanmar. We have released a joint press release with Friends...

Russian truck giant Kamaz in talks to open plant with terrorist junta

May 2, 2022

Dear all, The head of Russian truck giant Kamaz visited Myanmar last week for talks with the terrorist Myanmar military junta to produce trucks in Myanmar,...

Cracks in the cartel: The second year of Justice For Myanmar

April 28, 2022

Dear all, JFM has released a statement to mark two years since our launch. Read it in English and Burmese online, and English below. Regards, Justice For...

Star Sapphire Group’s military links exposed

April 26, 2022

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar has published an investigation into Star Sapphire Group of Companies, a crony conglomerate linked to the family of junta leader...

Finland’s Wärtsilä Corporation seeking profit from military junta | Concern Expressed Over Japanese Companies Continuing Business in Myanmar

April 20, 2022

Dear all, Finnish technology giant Wärtsilä Corporation has won bids for two tenders from the illegitimate military-controlled Electric Power Generation...

Justice For Myanmar calls for sanctions on 19 Russian suppliers of arms and related equipment to the Myanmar military

March 27, 2022

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar has documented 19 Russian companies that have supplied arms and dual use goods to the Myanmar military since 2018, for...

Justice For Myanmar welcomes Canadian, UK and US Armed Forces Day sanctions | Joint Press Release: Civil society groups reiterate call on Japanese investors in Myanmar's Yetagun gas project to responsibly disengage

March 26, 2022

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar welcomes the latest coordinated sanctions as the illegal Myanmar military junta prepares to celebrate Armed Forces Day, a year...

Telenor Group is aiding and abetting M1 Group to violate Myanmar sanctions

March 22, 2022

Dear all, M1 Group is set to violate sanctions on Myanmar through their acquisition, activation and transfer of a German lawful interception gateway as part...

Myanmar military brokers procuring from EU, despite arms embargo

March 14, 2022

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar has published an investigation into the Myanmar military arms broker, Miya Win International, which has procured equipment from...

Telenor Group violating sanctions through installation and imminent transfer of German Lawful Intercept Gateway

March 5, 2022

Dear all, Telenor Group has been violating EU and Norwegian sanctions through the installation, support and imminent transfer of a Lawful Intercept Gateway...

Arms broker with links to Belarus, Russia and Germany supplied Myanmar junta since coup attempt

March 1, 2022

Dear all, A major Myanmar military arms trader, Dynasty International, also known as Dynasty Group of Companies, has procured equipment for the Myanmar...

JFM welcomes EU sanctions, including on Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise

February 21, 2022

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar welcomes the latest round of EU sanctions. See our press release online here and below. Regards, Justice For Myanmar JFM...

Mekong Watch, FoE-J and JFM cautiously welcome Mitsubishi Corporation’s withdrawal from the Yetagun project and call for responsible disengagement

February 18, 2022

Dear all, Mekong Watch, Friends of the Earth Japan (FoE Japan) and Justice For Myanmar (JFM) cautiously welcome media reports about Mitsubishi Corporation’s...

ASEAN governments and companies financing and arming the Myanmar military

February 17, 2022

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar has released a new section of the Cartel Finance Map, focussing on Southeast Asian governments and businesses that have...

Justice For Myanmar welcomes Kirin’s withdrawal from joint venture with Myanmar military

February 14, 2022

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar welcomes Kirin Holdings' announcement to withdraw from their joint venture with Myanma Economic Holdings Limited. Our press...

New evidence of deep and continuing military links to Telenor Myanmar buyer Shwe Byain Phyu group

February 13, 2022

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar has published a web feature with new evidence of Shwe Byain Phyu's links to the Myanmar military and to sanctioned entities and...

Leaked documents reveal military-linked companies procured USD millions in arms and equipment

February 7, 2022

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar has published an investigation into International Gateways Group, Myanmar Consultancy Company and their subsidiaries, which are...

Norwegian government must urgently stop Telenor Myanmar sale or it will be complicit with terrorist junta

February 5, 2022

Dear all, Evidence suggests Telenor Group is involved in a cover-up with the Myanmar military junta, knowingly selling to a military-linked company, while...

Targeted sanctions one year after attempted coup in Myanmar: Governments must urgently do more to stop the military’s atrocity crimes

January 28, 2022

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar has published comparative data on targeted sanctions imposed on the Myanmar military junta, their businesses and associates...

Justice For Myanmar welcomes TotalEnergies withdrawal from Myanmar

January 21, 2022

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar has published a response to TotalEnergies' decision to withdraw from Myanmar, online here and below. TotalEnergies' statement...

Letter Sent to 125 Investors to Urge Japanese Companies Continuing Business in Myanmar to Stop Funding the Military

January 21, 2022

Dear all, 6 civil society organisations including Justice For Myanmar have sent letters to 125 investors of Japanese companies that are continuing to invest...

JFM calls on international audit institutions to end all engagement with the military junta’s auditor general

January 19, 2022

Dear all, The illegal Myanmar military junta is being awarded legitimacy and support from regional and international organisations of supreme audit...

US sanctions failing to prevent timber trade with Myanmar since attempted coup: JFM calls for ban on Myanmar timber imports

January 11, 2022

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar has released an investigation into Myanmar teak exports to the US. Almost 1,600 metric tonnes of Myanmar teak have been shipped...

Crony conglomerates KT Group and Ky-Tha Group must be sanctioned for significant support to the Myanmar military

December 24, 2021

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar has published details of KT Group and Ky-Tha Group business links to the illegal Myanmar military junta, including arms sales...

Major Japanese banks linked to Myanmar military cartel

December 21, 2021

Dear all, New research conducted by BankTrack and Justice For Myanmar finds that major Japanese banks Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Mitsubishi UFJ...

International businesses linked to the Myanmar Army's Quartermaster General

December 20, 2021

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar has published a feature on international businesses linked to the Office of the Quartermaster General through real estate...

UN Security Council members complicit in arms sales to terrorist Myanmar military junta

December 17, 2021

Dear all, UN Security Council permanent members are complicit in arms sales to the Myanmar military junta. Justice For Myanmar calls for investigation and a...

Leaked documents show gas revenue is crucial for the junta’s terror campaign and demonstrate urgent need for sanctions

December 16, 2021

Dear all, Recently leaked documents provide conclusive evidence that Senior General Min Aung Hlaing is personally concerned that Myanmar’s oil and gas...

Justice For Myanmar welcomes Canadian, UK & US sanctions on Myanmar military entities and military junta members

December 11, 2021

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar welcomes the latest round of targeted sanctions imposed on the Myanmar military junta on Human Rights Day by Canada, the UK and...

Civil society calls on Thales to put an end to suspected indirect support to the Myanmar junta

November 30, 2021

Dear all, Info Birmanie, Justice For Myanmar, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Sherpa denounce exports of military technology carried out by Thales to...

မြန်မာပြည်သူများ၏ဘဝနှင့် အနာဂတ်ကို ဖျက်ဆီးနေသည့် ကုမ္ပဏီများတွင် ဩစတြေးလျ အနာဂတ်ရံပုံငွေ(Future Fund)က ရင်နှီးမြှုပ်နှံနေ

November 28, 2021

သို့မိတ်ဆွေများဩစတြေးလျနိုင်ငံတော်ပိုင်ဓနရံပုံငွေတစ်ရပ်ဖြစ်တဲ့ အနာဂတ်ရံပုံငွေ (Future Fund)က စစ်လက်နက် ရောင်းချတဲ့ စီးပွားရေးအပါအဝင် မြန်မာစစ်တပ်ရဲ့...

Australia’s Future Fund is invested in companies destroying lives and future of Myanmar people

November 28, 2021

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar has published a brief which reveals that Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, invests over AUD$157 million in...

Justice For Myanmar welcomes Vaibhav Global’s removal of listings and investigation into Myanmar gems

November 25, 2021

Dear all, Indian publicly listed jewellery company Vaibhav Global Limited has announced that they have removed all listings that include Myanmar gems while...

Indian firm Vaibhav Global Limited selling Myanmar gems in US, despite sanctions

November 24, 2021

Dear all, Justice For Myanmar has published a feature on the Indian publicly listed company Vaibhav Global Limited, which is continuing to source gems from...