A security guard for the Canadian oil palm plantation company Feronia Inc was acquitted on 4 February 2020 for the murder of Joël Imbangola Lunea, an environmental activist and member of the organisation RIAO-RDC.
- RIAO-RDC
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12 February 2020
Un chef de sécurité de la société canadienne de plantation de palmiers à huile Feronia Inc a été acquitté le 4 février 2020 pour le meurtre de Joël Imbangola Lunea, un défenseur de l'environment et membre de l'organisation RIAO-RDC en RD Congo.
- RIAO-RDC
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12 February 2020
With the aim of improving its financial resources, management is in on-going discussions with its lenders and major shareholders and is reviewing various short and long term financial alternatives.
- Globe Newswire
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02 January 2020
Bien que HRW mette directement en cause la responsabilité des entreprises Feronia et PHC, ce sont bien les banques de développement européennes qui financent les entreprises qui sont principalement la cible de ce rapport.
The loan to the Canadian palm oil company operating in the DR Congo is provided by CDC Group plc, the UK Government’s development finance institution, and follows another $5 million facility announced on October 28, 2019
- Globe Newswire
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29 November 2019
Today’s Human Rights Watch report concerning our shared investment in PHC/Feronia highlights the need for further investment to improve environmental and working conditions
- CDC et al.
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25 November 2019
NGOs call on the CDC Group and all the development banks involved in the Feronia-PHC oil palm plantations to publicly issue a clear statement of support for the mediation process and to ensure the security of participating community members.
- RIAO et al.
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25 November 2019
The UK development bank has been accused of failing to protect workers from exposure to dangerous pesticides and paying “extreme poverty” wages on palm oil plantations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Guardian
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25 November 2019
The CDC Group says that it cannot release the findings of its investigation at this time but announces that the investigation found no evidence of a link between the homicide and Feronia.
- CDC Group
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22 November 2019
RIAO-RDC and its international partners demand the immediate and unconditional release of nine land defenders who are currently being held in Kisangani Central Prison under the direction of the Canadian plantation company PHC-Feronia.
Le RIAO-RDC et ses partenaires internationaux exigent la libération immédiate et sans conditions de leurs membres et leaders communautaires qui sont actuellement en détention à la prison centrale de Kisangani sous l'impulsion de la PHC-Feronia.
The Dutch newspaper Trouw identified at least seven projects that FMO funded in which the companies involved were connected to murder, intimidation, environmental damage, arbitrary arrests and land grabbing.
- Dutch News
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15 October 2019