This makes me ill. These corporations employ terrorists and then hide behind the US flag. Let me get this straight - human rights abuses ok, terrorism bad? WTF is the difference?
Posted on Tue, Aug. 06, 2002
U.S. Seeks to Block Indonesia Suit
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The United States has asked a federal judge to block a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil for alleged rights abuses in Indonesia, saying a guilty verdict could damage bilateral relations and undermine the war on terrorism.
The State Department said in a July 29 letter to the District Court in Washington that allowing the lawsuit to proceed would "risk a seriously adverse impact on significant interests of the United States, including interests related directly to the ongoing struggle against international terrorism."
Indonesia, for its part, has complained the court is meddling in what it considers a domestic affair.
Under a U.S. law, foreign citizens can use U.S. courts to bring legal action against American companies for alleged violations of international law.
The lawsuit, filed by the Washington-based International Labor Rights Fund on behalf of 11 villagers from Aceh, alleges that Exxon Mobil knew of human rights abuses by the Indonesian military guarding its facilities there. The suit claims the villagers were victims of torture, kidnapping and rape by military guards.
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This makes me ill. These corporations employ terrorists and then hide behind the US flag. Let me get this straight - human rights abuses ok, terrorism bad? WTF is the difference?
Posted on Tue, Aug. 06, 2002
U.S. Seeks to Block Indonesia Suit
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The United States has asked a federal judge to block a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil for alleged rights abuses in Indonesia, saying a guilty verdict could damage bilateral relations and undermine the war on terrorism.
The State Department said in a July 29 letter to the District Court in Washington that allowing the lawsuit to proceed would "risk a seriously adverse impact on significant interests of the United States, including interests related directly to the ongoing struggle against international terrorism."
Indonesia, for its part, has complained the court is meddling in what it considers a domestic affair.
Under a U.S. law, foreign citizens can use U.S. courts to bring legal action against American companies for alleged violations of international law.
The lawsuit, filed by the Washington-based International Labor Rights Fund on behalf of 11 villagers from Aceh, alleges that Exxon Mobil knew of human rights abuses by the Indonesian military guarding its facilities there. The suit claims the villagers were victims of torture, kidnapping and rape by military guards.
Posted on Tue, Aug. 06, 2002
U.S. Seeks to Block Indonesia Suit
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The United States has asked a federal judge to block a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil for alleged rights abuses in Indonesia, saying a guilty verdict could damage bilateral relations and undermine the war on terrorism.
The State Department said in a July 29 letter to the District Court in Washington that allowing the lawsuit to proceed would "risk a seriously adverse impact on significant interests of the United States, including interests related directly to the ongoing struggle against international terrorism."
Indonesia, for its part, has complained the court is meddling in what it considers a domestic affair.
Under a U.S. law, foreign citizens can use U.S. courts to bring legal action against American companies for alleged violations of international law.
The lawsuit, filed by the Washington-based International Labor Rights Fund on behalf of 11 villagers from Aceh, alleges that Exxon Mobil knew of human rights abuses by the Indonesian military guarding its facilities there. The suit claims the villagers were victims of torture, kidnapping and rape by military guards.
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