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PETRONAS exits South Sudan and leaves a ruinous legacy behind

PETRONAS announced its immediate exit from South Sudan on 7 August 2024, abandoning its 40% stake in the country’s petroleum industry without reimbursement. Consequently, its once valuable assets are now with the state oil company Nilepet. The impromptu exit of Malaysia’s oil major illustrates the grim prospects for South Sudan’s oil industry. PETRONAS leaves a […]

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Plaintiff Gatkuoth Liah Diu

Plaintiffs Face Renewed Threats, Investigation Reopened

South Sudanese plaintiffs continue to endure harassment and threats of violence against themselves and their families should they dare to speak ill of Lundin in court. In response, Swedish authorities have reopened a criminal investigation into allegations of witness tampering by Ian Lundin, Alex Schneiter, and possibly also Orrön Energy (formerly Lundin Energy). In spite

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Plaintiff Nyal Dual Diu

Update from the Court: Testimonies of War Crimes and Attempts to Discredit Witnesses

The trial continues to unfold in Stockholm, where from May 28th to September 26th, 2024, 14 out of 32 South Sudanese plaintiffs testified in court. Each plaintiff recounted how their lives were upended starting 1998, the year Lundin entered South Sudan, sharing their harrowing experiences about Government forces and allied militias attacking villages, looting, burning

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OMV AG executives accused of complicity in war crimes 

Prosecutor requested to open a criminal investigation  The Austrian Centre for the Enforcement of Human Rights International (CEHRI) and the Duitch peace movement PAX have submitted on 23 April a criminal complaint against former senior executives of OMV AG for aiding and abetting war crimes. They are requesting  the Austrian prosecution to open a criminal investigation.

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Norwegian financial institutions oppose Aker BP’s human rights conduct

Two of Norway’s largest financial institutions, KLP and Storebrand, believe that Aker BP should engage with Orrön Energy (formerly Lundin Energy) and seek assurances that South Sudanese victims of war crimes can access their right to remedy. During Aker BP’s 2024 shareholders meeting on 30 April, the two major investors voted in favour of a resolution

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The prosecutor’s case

Since September 5th, the prosecutors have guided the court through a whopping 80.000 pages of written evidence. Strictly following the structure of indictment, they have made a painstaking effort to demonstrate that the Sudanese Government’s method of warfare included systematic war crimes and that Ian Lundin and Alexandre Schneiter were aware of this, but nevertheless

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The Lundin trial begins

On Tuesday 5 September, the Lundin war crimes trial starts at the Stockholm District Court with the presentation of the case by the prosecution. The defendants are Ian Lundin, Alex Schneiter and Orrön Energy. Not Lundin Energy, because shortly after the indictment, the company merged with AkerBP through a construction that placed its criminal liability

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