Camp in rumbles after junta’s airstrike on September 5, 2024.Photo credit: Karenni Human Rights Group.
The monthly average of Myanmar military airstrikes now exceeds 100, and this trend is expected to rise. The impact of airstrikes has been devastating, terrorising civilians by targeting schools, hospitals, religious buildings, and camps for internally displaced persons.
Weak enforcement of international sanctions has allowed the junta to continue sourcing aviation fuel, despite a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution in April urging Member States to prevent the export, sale, or transfer of jet fuel to the Myanmar military.
The junta continues to evade restrictions through networks of intermediaries, trading companies, and fuel terminals aided by companies in Vietnam, Singapore, and China.
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Superfunds must divest from aviation companies supplying the junta
New investigations by Justice For Myanmar and Info Birmanie (Belgian Myanmar campaign organisation) reveal that French aerospace giant Airbus is an investor and partner of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).
AVIC is a key supplier of military aircraft, arms, and critical aviation maintenance to Myanmar’s military.
Despite AVIC’s role in arming the junta, Airbus has maintained and expanded its investment in AVIC-controlled companies.
Justice For Myanmar and Info Birmanie demand that Airbus leverage its position to press AVIC to halt its arms transfers to Myanmar or responsibly divest from AVIC-controlled entities if AVIC fails to comply.
Australian superannuation funds have a responsibility to uphold ethical investment standards, yet Australian funds have holdings in both Airbus and AVIC-controlled companies.
Myanmar Campaign Network calls on these funds to review all holdings and divest from AVIC-controlled companies and entities supplying or supporting Myanmar’s military junta. Funds holding shares in Airbus must engage with Airbus over AVIC and its arms sales to Myanmar.