Swiss NGO replies to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s call to show the evidence on the Sarawak Governor’s corrupt practices – Malaysian prosecutors left earlier NGO letter on Taib family unanswered The Bruno Manser Fund is willing to share with the new Malaysian government the results of a seven-year evidence-gathering process...
We are saddened to share the news that Matthew Ding Ajang, a staff member of our local partner TONIBUNG, in Malaysian Borneo passed away this week from a heart attack. Matthew, a technician, was visiting a micro-hydro site in Long Liam with Green Empowerment’s Gabe Wynn and local leaders. His last...
There is much proselytizing about how best to be an environmental justice warrior from the comfort of your own home. The internet is abuzz with the zero-waste movement, sustainable fashion and more eco-friendly water bottles than you can poke a reusable straw at. But it isn’t often we get the...
Miri – Malaysian indigenous communities gathered in Miri, Sarawak for a one day conference and workshop. The objective of the event is to start collaboration among indigenous communities in the three regions in overcoming the challenges they are facing relating to their native customary lands. The event was organised by...
Civil society representatives lobby in Bern for the fair and transparent return of $104 million to the Malaysian public (BERN, SWITZERLAND) Swiss lawmakers confirmed in a meeting with civil society organizations on Tuesday that the Malaysian government never made an attempt to claim $104 million Swiss francs (MYR 400 million)...
(and we couldn’t be more pleased) Last February, the residents of a small town in California’s Gold Country were told a 30 ft wall of water was headed their way. The men and women of Oroville ran through the streets in panic, and almost 200,000 people were evacuated from the...
Judge says he cannot give a private prosecutor more powers than the police. (TORONTO, CANADA) The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has dismissed an application by the Swiss NGO, the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF), for the disclosure of financial data on the Malaysian Taib family’s businesses in Canada. BMF had...
Ontario Superior Court of Justice to hear case on $200 million real estate group linked to Sarawak Governor Abdul Taib Mahmud (MONTREAL, CANADA) A civil society delegation from the Malaysian state of Sarawak is touring the Canadian East Coast this week in order to create public awareness for the struggle...
Here is our wrap up of 2017 Borneo Project news. LAND RIGHTS UNDER THREAT Native Customary Rights protections challenged in court In October, the Federal Court of Malaysia overturned a decision of the High Court and the Court of Appeal and stripped land rights protections from indigenous communities in Sarawak....
Just a few weeks go I was meeting with rural communities in Sarawak to talk about how they envision their futures. For the first time in decades, people in the Baram River Basin are starting to imagine a world where their rights are respected and their forests are protected. Dear...
