Luxembourg

Socfin/Cambodge : Les terres rouges des Bunongs perdues à jamais ?
- Médor
- 06 Mar 2019
Enquête de Cédric Vallet sur une concession litigieuse sur laquelle flottent des soupçons de corruption.
ING arrête les frais avec Socfin
- Metro
- 06 Mar 2019
ING a décidé d’arrêter momentanément ses crédits au groupe luxembourgeois Socfin du Belge Hubert Fabri, tant que toutes ses plantations d’huile de palme ne seront pas certifiées RSPO
Conflit Bunong : Socfin-KCD répond aux accusations
- Cambodgemag
- 05 Mar 2019
Dans un communiqué diffusé aux medias locaux en février 2019, Socfin-KCD donne sa version de l’affaire
Letter to Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone
- ESCR-Net
- 04 Mar 2019
ESCR-Net has written to President Bio about the human rights violations against members of the Malen Affected Landowners and Users Association in connection with industrial scale palm oil operations by Société Financière des caoutchoucs (Socfin Group).
Malen women cry for help
- Culture Radio
- 27 February 2019
The women of Malen, Sierra Leone are demanding that the lands taken from them by SOCFIN be returned to them so they can go back to their farms for their own agricultural activities and be able to take care of their families.
SOCFIN under scrutiny over alleged abuses and malpractices in Africa despite pledges to clean up its act
- IDM
- 22 February 2019
Recent reports have shed light on land rights violations and other abuses allegedly committed by SOCFIN oil palm and rubber plantations against local communities in Africa.
Sexual violence & threats documented at Liberia Agricultural Company
- FPA
- 22 February 2019
New report alleges that residents of Grand Bassa, Margibi and Bong Counties are being harmed by activities of Salala Rubber Corporation and Liberia Agricultural Company.
Land grabbing for palm oil in Sierra Leone
- FIAN Belgium
- 21 February 2019
FIAN Belgium publishes a new report "Land Grabbing for Palm Oil in Sierra Leone : Analysis of the SOCFIN Case from a Human Rights Perspective".
Rubber group ousts farmers in Liberia
- Bread for All
- 20 February 2019
Land rights violations, expulsions, violence: According to a report by the development organization Bread for all, the Luxembourg-based Socfin plantation group and its Swiss subsidiaries are involved in serious human rights violations in Liberia.
Un exploitant de caoutchouc déloge des fermiers libériens
- PPP
- 20 February 2019
Infractions au droit foncier, expulsions, violences: Le groupe luxembourgeois Socfin, exploitant des plantations, et ses filiales sont impliqués dans des violations graves des droits humains au Libéria, selon un rapport de l’organisation de développement Pain pour le prochain.
Sierra Leone: turning towards agri-business
- BBC
- 19 February 2019
The BBC's Hassan Arouni speaks to Sierra Leone's foreign minister Dr. Alie Kabba about the violent crackdown in Pujehun district against people protesting the unjust seizure of their land for large-scale agribusiness
Sierra Leone: Aftermath of Malen killing - rights groups exonerate Hon. Sama, others
- Concord Times
- 07 February 2019
Report calls on SOCFIN to comply with the request by affected communities and MALOA for a fair, transparent, effective and independent conflict resolution mechanism to review the land lease agreements and find a long-term resolution to the land conflict.