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#News: On Oct 20, former military general Prabowo Subianto with an atrocious record on #humanrights was made president of #Indonesia. The months leading up to this were marked by extreme violence, #landgrabbing for #palmoil and #indigenousrights violations https://thediplomat.com/2024/10/prabowo-heralds-an-uncertain-future-for-fundamental-freedoms-in-indonesia/




Around 400 #ecolabels 🏆 claim to provide #consumers with choice ⁉️ Yet they're unreliable in holding #corporates to account for widespread #deforestation and #humanrights abuses and #greenwashing #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔🔥 ⛔️#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect

http://palmoildetectives.com/2024/10/16/how-brands-exploit-green-certification/


Regardless of RSPO "sustainable" #palmoil or not, companies don't respect #landrights of farmers, finds a landmark #study into police/corporate collusion using #violence to suppress protest. #humanrights #BoycottPalmOil
@palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2024/08/08/new-research-reveals-sustainable-palm-oil-no-different-in-land-conflicts/


#News: #Socfin, a #PalmOil Co. mired in #humanrights abuses and rape accusations is removed from Luxembourg Stock Exchange after a damning report by the Norwegian Pension Fund into violent abuses #Finance #LaborRights #WageTheft #Slavery https://delano.lu/article/socfin-to-withdraw-from-luxemb @delanomagazine


#News: Communities near #palmoil mega plantation in #DRC demand access to land. Palm oil co. accused of #landgrabbing #corruption and #ecocide farmers cite financial and #humanrights violations. #BoycottPalmOil https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/drc-communities-turn-up-heat-on-eu-lenders-funding-palm-oil-giant-phc/


Regardless of RSPO "sustainable" #palmoil or not, companies don't respect #landrights of farmers, finds a landmark #study into police/corporate collusion using #violence to suppress protest. #humanrights #BoycottPalmOil @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8IK


New #research #study 🧐 reveals "sustainable" #palmoil isn't any better for workers. RSPO-certified and non-certified co's in #Indonesia use violence and intimidation for #landgrabbing. Take action and #BoycottPalmOil ✊ #humanrights🌴🚫 @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8IK


New #research #study 🧐 reveals "sustainable" #palmoil isn't any better for workers. RSPO-certified and non-certified co's in #Indonesia use violence and intimidation for #landgrabbing. Take action and #BoycottPalmOil ✊ #humanrights🌴🚫 @palmoildetect

http://palmoildetectives.com/2024/08/08/new-research-reveals-sustainable-palm-oil-no-different-in-land-conflicts/


#News: #Palmoil co. PT Hardaya Inti Plantations (HIP) in #Sulawesi caught cheating farmers their due profits fined in court 1bn rupiah /61K USD despite owing them much more #BoycottPalmOil #humanrights https://news.mongabay.com/2024/07/palm-oil-company-fined-for-cheating-sulawesi-farmers-to-reap-their-due-rupiah/ @mongabay


"Sustainable" #palmoil and rubber co. and #RSPO member SOCFIN is on a decades long rampage of violent #landgrabbing and #ecocide in #Ghana and Nigeria. Help local communities to fight back against #humanrights abuses when you #Boycottpalmoil @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8H0


"Sustainable" #palmoil and rubber co. and #RSPO member SOCFIN is on a decades long rampage of violent #landgrabbing and #ecocide in #Ghana and Nigeria. Help local communities to fight back against #humanrights abuses when you #Boycottpalmoil @palmoildetec

http://palmoildetectives.com/2024/07/31/socfins-destructive-empire-palm-oil-deforestation-and-human-rights-abuses-in-west-africa/


#RSPO member #Agropalma provides #palmoil to global brands – also RSPO members. Yet #landgrabbing and #humanrights is rife for “sustainable” palm oil. Fight greenwashing and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/11/30/amazon-palm-global-brands-continue-to-source-palm-oil-from-amazon-destroyers-agropalma-bbf/ @palmoildetect


Game-changing free tool #PalmWatch helps you track #palmoil #deforestation and #humanrights abuses by “sustainable” RSPO members: Nestle, Kelloggs, Unilever, Ferrero, Mondelez. Uncover their #ecocide and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-7lp


#Paraquat #pesticide is deadly and causes respiratory illnesses, #Parkinsons #disease. It's banned in the #EU yet used in #Indonesian #palmoil. Palm oil workers are paying with their lives #Boycottpalmoil #humanrights @geographicalmag @palmoildetect

http://palmoildetectives.com/2024/07/17/paraquat-banned-in-eu-destroying-lives-of-palm-oil-workers-in-indonesia/


Boycott Danone’s products and buy #palmoilfree. They use so-called “sustainable” #RSPO #palmoil. Yet ALL PALM OIL causes #deforestation, #extinction and #humanrights abuses. Take action and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife in the supermarket @palmoildetect https://wp.me/scFhgU-danone


#News: Toxic #pesticide giant Bayer/Monsanto won a case against 100,000 people who allege the use of #glyphosate is linked to them getting #cancer. Bayer's win was overturned by an Oregon court #corporate #corruption #health #humanrights #Boycott4Wildlife https://www.ehn.org/monsanto-roundup-trial-2668731140.html


Great #News: If #EUDR goes ahead at end of year, #cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast will be able to use bank cards to receive e-payments for their work clearing up fraudulent underpayment for their work #humanrights #workersrights #landrights #palmoil #cocoa #Boycottpalmoil @mongabay https://news.mongabay.com/2024/07/lets-reduce-poverty-deforestation-via-greater-eudr-traceability-requirements-commentary/


#News: A court in #Indonesia has acquitted a former government official accused of human trafficking after people were found in cages near his #palmoil plantation #Boycottpalmoil #Corruption #Cronyism #Slavery #HumanRights https://www.nst.com.my/world/region/2024/07/1074081/indonesian-court-acquits-former-official-grisly-palm-oil-slavery-case


#News: Corruption of #capitalism in the spotlight as US court rules against #banana company #Chiquita Brands for financing paramilitary terror and violence in #Colombia. #Humanrights abuses are also widespread for #gold #palmoil and #mining in #SouthAmerica Story via @washingtonpost https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/01/chiquita-banana-verdict-colombia-capitalism/


#News: To strengthen #indigenous and #environmental rights, the ASEAN @theaseandaily working group should engage genuinely with indigenous peoples in #Asia and #Melanesia says @humanrightswatch report #Boycottpalmoil #BoycottGold #humanrights #westpapua https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/06/30/asean-environmental-rights-declaration-needs-transparency


#News: In #Nigeria white farmers were given large parcels of land by the Nigerian government, displacing local communities and leading to land degradation and famine #landgrabbing #humanrights #Africa https://premiumtimesng.com/regional/north-central/706151-kwara-communities-suffer-deforestation-land-degradation-after-departure-of-white-zimbabwe-farmers.html


#News: Report finds petrochemical giant #BP funded a #greenwashing tree planting #carboncredits project in #SierraLeone and did not obtain community rights, risking locking families into 50-year contracts and debt peonage. Story via @worldrainforest https://www.wrm.org.uy/bulletin-articles/tree-planting-offset-project-in-sierra-leone-usd-25-million-from-bp-but-no-community-consent
#Humanrights #Fossilfuels #corruption


#News: Almost 20K children work in the #palmoil industry in #Sabah. Across #Malayia its 33,600 children aged between 5 and 17 years. They work in dangerous conditions for little pay. A new EU/UN initiative aims to help them #Boycottpalmoil #HumanRights https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/malaysian/eu-un-child-labor-sabah-06122024131045.html


#News: #Childlabor is rampant in the #Congo Basin fuelled by #cobalt mining and the so-called "Green" Energy transition. Children face dangerous conditions for minimal pay #humanrights #GlobalSouth #Slavery https://www.ehn.org/the-hidden-exploitation-behind-clean-energy-s-cobalt-demand-2668453097.html


Palm oil in Brazil: Return stolen community land, end the violence!
#Petition #PalmOil #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #PalmOilKILLS #Conflictpalmoil #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations
https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1281/palm-oil-in-brazil-return-stolen-community-land-end-the-violence?mtu=598702592&t=21910


#News: #Landggrabbing from indigenous peoples and local communities in #Colombia and other countries in #SouthAmerica for #gold #soy #palmoil and #meat still a massive problem conference finds #Boycottpalmoil #BoycottGold #humanrights https://www.ids.ac.uk/news/the-global-land-grab-is-still-taking-place-landmark-conference-finds/


#News: The Other Americans: #ChildLabour is the Backbone of the Guatemalan Economy. #Children are paid low wages for hard work in #palmoil #soy and #gold mining. This benefits the economic elite and forces those in poverty to attempt to migrate to the #USA #childlabor #humanrights #workers #Guatemala https://progressive.org/latest/child-labor-backbone-of-guatemala-abbott-220202/


#News: Landgrabbing is going on in #Colombia with peasant farmers being violently removed from their land for #palmoil and #mining including the case of #Indupalma #Boycottpalmoil #landgrabbing #humanrights https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-05-20/a-new-and-silent-land-grab-is-underway-we-must-stop-it/


#News: #Dayak communities that succumb to selling their land often find themselves working as labourers on their ancestral lands for meagre wages. This economic exploitation and debt peonage is compounded by aggressive #landgrabbing by #palmoil giants #Boycottpalmoil #humanrights #workersrights #laborrights #Indonesia https://countercurrents.org/2024/05/a-lone-dayak-communitys-last-stand-against-palm-oil/


“In #Indonesia & #Malaysia’s media, people can’t distinguish #fact from #fiction on #palmoil. A positive narrative about Dayaks & #palmoil is #greenwashing. This is NOT the lived reality for #Dayak people” ~writes Dr Setia Budhi, Dayak Ethnographer
#Boycottpalmoil #humanrights #Indigenous rights https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/11/02/eyewitness-story-by-dr-setia-budhi-the-last-village/
@palmoildetectives


#News: #Palmoil plantations are rapidly gaining ground in #SouthAmerica, driving communities from their lands and causing #deforestation, #humanrights abuses, #violence, and #poverty via @GRAIN #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://www.cadtm.org/Oil-palm-in-Latin-America-monoculture-and-violence


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When a government attempts to discredit The Hague, it's a sign something has gone terribly wrong in that country. My latest:

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