Groups issue petition calling for the immediate release of 5 villagers in the DR Congo imprisoned for over 5 months on false charges related to a land conflict with the Canadian oil palm plantation company Feronia Inc.
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.
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.
5 voisins de Yalifombo (Basoko) comparaît devant le tribunal de Yangambi après avoir été enfermés pendant 5 mois, accusés par Feronia de destruction méchante d’un véhicule de la société, vol de 300 kg de noix de palme, menace de mort contre des agents de la société, coups et blessures volontaires et participation criminel ou association de malfaiteurs.
Serbia has neither clear rules of the game nor a development strategy for the agricultural sector, which is why the government confuses itself with Gulf State investors in secret meetings and makes real deals under the grain.
À l’occasion de la foire agricole de la Semaine verte à Berlin, les ONG veulent accroître la pression sur le gouvernement fédéral pour obliger légalement les entreprises agricoles à fournir davantage de protection des droits de l’homme.
The land defenders were arrested for defending over 3000 people from being violently evicted by local businessman George Kaweesi, many of whom were previously evicted by Kaweeri Coffee Plantation limited in the early 2000s.
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.
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.
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Feronia, a company 38% owned by the UK government’s development bank, has been accused of a series of environmental and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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
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.
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