According to Mizzima News, several Burma campaign groups from 13 European countries have urged the EU to strengthen its policy of sanctions on Burma and to pressure the military junta to release all political prisoners.
Zoya Phan, International Coordinator of Burma Campaign UK, who attended a Burma Campaign Meeting in Barcelona over the weekend, said the group has called on the EU to strengthen its policies on Burma. “We will call on the EU to impose sanctions against the regime by initiating a global arms embargo, financial transaction and in gas and oil sectors,” Zoya Phan said on Monday.
The campaigners also urged the EU to exert more pressure on the Burmese military junta to release political prisoners including Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and to expedite political reforms and to improve the human rights situation in the country.
Back in January, the group urged the British government to investigate UK registered insurance companies to check whether they have committed financial crimes by bribing the Burmese military junta. Financial companies cited were Lloyd’s of London companies, QBE, Hannover Re, Sompo Japan, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, ACE Group, Labuan Re, OCBC Bank, Pana Harrison, Target Insurance Brokers and Al Wasl.
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