Exxon in the Dock Part 2

Título: Exxon in the Dock Part 2

Autor: hazelchandler

Descrição: PART 2 In 2001 eleven Indonesian villagers filed a lawsuit in the US against Exxon Mobil for alleged human rights abuses. The villagers say that they and their relatives were tortured, killed and sexually assaulted by a 3000-strong Indonesian military unit hired by Exxon to protect a gas pipeline and liquefaction plant in northern Aceh. People & Power reporter, Juliana Ruhfus, travels to Aceh to hear the stories of four of the villagers. The case was stalled for five years. Last year, however, a US judge allowed it to move forward under US state law. People & Power speaks with Terry Collingsworth, the lawyer at the US-based NGO, the International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) that is representing the villagers. Collingsworth says: "If Exxon empowered a group of soldiers who in the course of their duties of providing security for Exxon, murdered or tortured someone, then that meets our legal standards for aiding and abetting."

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Tags: abuses chandler court exxon hazel human indonesia juliana rights ruhfus