Malaysia: Over 100 organizations demand timber giant withdraw SLAPP suit against Sarawak NGO
摘要
日期: 2021年10月4日
地点: 马来西亚
企业
Samling受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
环境关注组: ( 数字未知 - 马来西亚 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported )议题
土著人 , 诉讼：SLAPPs , 人权捍卫者 , 自由、事先与知情同意 , 土地权 , 影响评估 , Clean, Healthy & Sustainable Environment , Certification回应
已邀请回应：是，由NGOs
信息来源: Open letter
'Sign-on letter to Samling: #StopTheSlapp', September 2021
[Over 100] organisations ask that Samling withdraw its legal suit against SAVE Rivers and its board members, and provide the communities of Samling’s Gerenai and Ravenscourt concessions in Sarawak with all of the environmental and social impact assessments conducted for the certification, including the High Conservation Value assessment.
The suit claims SAVE Rivers made defamatory statements about the company in several press releases throughout 2020 and 2021. We believe this suit is strategic litigation against public participation (SLAPP), and is part of a growing international trend of silencing human rights and environmental defenders...
[The organisations] urge Samling to drop the SLAPP suit against SAVE Rivers and its directors, to release all relevant project documentation, and to engage in meaningful consultations with local communities about their lands.
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