NGOs - The Borneo Project

Joint Statement: Human Rights Groups Demand Police Stop Intimidating Rightful Landowners of Baram

November 4, 2014

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4 Nov. 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Peter Kallang, Chair, SAVE Rivers | Tel: +60-13-833-1104| Email: peterkallang@yahoo.com Sze Ning, Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia | Tel: +60-12-606-1592 | Email: szening@gmail.com Serene Lim, SUARAM | Tel: +60-12-547-7989 | Email: monitoring@suaram.net Tanya Lee, International Rivers| Tel: +60-19-438-0539 |E-mail: tlee@internationalrivers.org Human Rights Groups...

Press Release: Over 25 International Organizations Voice Outcry Over Treatment of Penan Protestors

November 16, 2013

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 14, 2013 Over 25 International Organizations Voice Outcry Over Treatment of Penan Protestors (MURUM RIVER/MALAYSIA) A group of 27 concerned NGOs and activist organizations have united to express outcry over the treatment of hundreds of Indigenous Penan women, men and children who have been peacefully protesting...

Taib Family Logging Company Kicked Out Of Liberia!

January 16, 2013

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Taib’s cousin, the logging tycoon and key political figure Hamed Sepawi, has been booted out of the African country Liberia by a presidential decree to halt corrupt and illegal logging. It makes for another blow to the Sarawak potentate’s international reputation, following condemnation this week in the Swiss Parliament. Sepawi’s company Perkapalan...

Penan Headman Demands Borneo Post’s Full Apology and Retraction of Article

May 10, 2012

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Penan Headman Juwin Lehan of Long Win village in Tutoh, Baram demanded that the Borneo Post, a local newspaper, give a full apology and retraction of the article titled “Penan sever ties with rights, environmental groups.” The article falsely implied that Juwin claimed to be misled by local and foreign...