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Article

13 Sep 2011

Author:
Rebecca Martin, The Local [Sweden]

Journalists 'probing Lundin Oil': report [Ethiopia]

...[T]wo Swedish reporters jailed in Ethiopia were in the country investigating Lundin Petroleum...at the time of their arrest, according to reports in the Swedish media...Martin Schibbye, who has been held in Ethiopian prison with his colleague Johan Persson since the beginning of July, sent a letter dated mid-August to his old classmates...”To understand what we were trying to achieve – read Kerstin Lundell's book that was published by Ordfront last year,” the letter read, according to Swedish newspaper ETC...Kerstin Lundell's book...(Business in blood and oil. Lundin Petroleum in Africa), describes how the company has contributed to the encroachment of the civilian population while extracting natural gas in the Ogaden province of Ethiopia...Following the publication of [a] report [by the European Coalition on Oil in Sudan in 2010]...Carl Bildt [a member of Lundin Board of Directors] defended Lundin...insisting the company's actions in Sudan had "opened the way for a peace deal" in the area. [also refers to Petronas, OMV]

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