UNPAID DEBT: The Legacy of Lundin, Petronas and OMV in Sudan, 1997-2003

With the report UNPAID DEBT, ECOS calls upon the oil companies Lundin Petroleum from Sweden, Petronas from Malaysia and Austria’s OMV and their home governments to account for the injustices suffered by the victims of the oil wars in Block 5A.

The report was launched in Stockholm on 8 June 2010.

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Big row expected at Lundin AGM

Published:: 2012-05-10
Source:: Dagens Industri
City/Country:: Sweden

Things are shaping up for a major row at Lundin Petroleum’s shareholder meeting on Thursday. Among others, Folksam is demanding an independent enquiry into the company’s actions in Sudan. The company is refusing point-blank and is supported by Första AP-fonden and AMF.

Major shareholders selling Lundin

Published:: 2012-04-26
Author:: Dagens Industri
Source:: Dagens Industri
City/Country:: -

Lundin Petroleum has been strongly criticised for its activities in Africa. Now two major shareholders are selling shares in the company. AMF Pension has disposed of almost half of its holdings, writes Dagens industri.

Lundin Oil employed child soldiers

Published:: 2012-03-23
Author:: Bengt Nilsson
Source:: Expressen
City/Country:: Sweden
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“Ian Lundin must have realised that the company’s presence presupposed that child soldiers were risking their lives – and presumably also lost them,” writes Bengt Nilsson.

Comments on the preliminary investigation into crimes under international law in Sudan

Published:: 2012-03-22
Source:: Office of the Prosecutor
City/Country:: Sweden

Swedish public prosecutor Magnus Elving rovides some information on the investigative method in the preliminary investigation into crimes against international human rights in Sudan during the period 1997 to 2003.

“Why should the public believe the Lundin Group's version?”

Published:: 2012-03-22
Author:: Johan Brosché
Source:: Dagens Nyheter
City/Country:: Sweden
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The Lundin brothers maintain that the accusations made against the Lundin Group are “unfounded and unjust”. But they do not put forward any evidence for this claim. Why should the general public believe their version rather than believing world-leading experts on the Sudan?