Defamatory vs defamation
    Over the past few years, civil society groups have been drawn into a serious of legal actions to defend the rights of people to talk about what they see and experience as land grabbing and other abuses committed not only by multinational corporations in the agribusiness arena, but government authorities and local elites as well.
    • GRAIN
    • 06 Mar 2019
    Diffamatoire ou diffamation ?
    Au cours des dernières années, des organisations de la société civile ont été impliqués dans une série d’actions juridiques pour défendre le droit des gens de s’exprimer sur ce qu’ils voient et vivent comme un accaparement des terres.
    • GRAIN
    • 06 Mar 2019
    Enquête sur Hubert Fabri
    Entretien avec Quentin Noirfalisse sur Soir Première
    • RTBF
    • 06 Mar 2019
    Socfin/Cambodge : Les terres rouges des Bunongs perdues à jamais ?
    Enquête de Cédric Vallet sur une concession litigieuse sur laquelle flottent des soupçons de corruption.
    • Médor
    • 06 Mar 2019
    ING arrête les frais avec Socfin
    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
    • Metro
    • 06 Mar 2019
    Conflit Bunong : Socfin-KCD répond aux accusations
    Dans un communiqué diffusé aux medias locaux en février 2019, Socfin-KCD donne sa version de l’affaire
    • Cambodgemag
    • 05 Mar 2019
    Letter to Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone
    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).
    • ESCR-Net
    • 04 Mar 2019
    Malen women cry for help
    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.
    • Culture Radio
    • 27 February 2019
    SOCFIN under scrutiny over alleged abuses and malpractices in Africa despite pledges to clean up its act
    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.
    • IDM
    • 22 February 2019
    Sexual violence & threats documented at Liberia Agricultural Company
    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.
    • FPA
    • 22 February 2019
    Land grabbing for palm oil in Sierra Leone
    FIAN Belgium publishes a new report "Land Grabbing for Palm Oil in Sierra Leone : Analysis of the SOCFIN Case from a Human Rights Perspective".
    • FIAN Belgium
    • 21 February 2019
    Rubber group ousts farmers in Liberia
    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.
    • Bread for All
    • 20 February 2019

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