“These lawsuits typically involve wealthy people or large businesses using the threat of endless legal action and associated costs to pressure their opponents under defamation and privacy laws. This tactic is increasingly being used to intimidate journalists, authors and campaigners to stifle legitimate criticism and prevent the publication of critical stories and books”
— Dominic Raab, Minister of Justice UK
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– Malaysia’s Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ)
SLAPP suits against NGOs
Swiss Courts Rapped By Top UN Official Over Taib Family SLAPP Suit Against BMF
The perils of Taib family exposure are mounting now that the Governor’s two sons have named Taib himself as a defendant in their lawsuit over millions of CMSB shares, signed over to his second wife from his first wife’s estate. But it is not the only family lawsuit that threatens to spill a heaving can of worms….
Bully Boys At Samling Play The Victim Again, Denouncing Indigenous NGO To Police
Samling is one of the biggest bully boys in the Sarawak logging industry. However, when faced with pushback or a threat to their dubious profits they have proved remarkably thin skinned and ready to cry ‘victim’ against the poor folk who want them off their lands…….
Samling’s Ongoing Greenwash Campaign Needs Calling Out
Samling’s egregious greenwash campaign just plumbed new depths as the company claims validation from Save Rivers, the NGO it has simultaneously sued for criticising its operations. Branding entities must not be taken in ……
Canadian Government Must Make Amends To BMF Says OECD As Taib Family’s Dirty Tactics Are Exposed
The Taib family’s long-running and vindictive legal attack on the Swiss NGO, the Bruno Manser Fund, has met with a stunning reversal as the international body OECD has finally come out to support BMF against what it reveals as bully-boy tactics and undue influence buying by the Sarawak linked company in Ottawa…..
Save Rivers Comes To Zurich To Highlight The Global SLAPP Suit Crisis
The appalling attempt by Samling, one of the world’s largest and most notorious timber companies, to bully Indigenous rights group Save Rivers in Sarawak with a law suit to silence protest against eco-destruction has caught the attention of the global anti-SLAPP movement which is gathering pace…..
Shame On Samling For The Ultimate SLAPP Suit Warning
With the support of the State Government companies like Samling have destroyed the lands of indigenous communities and left them utterly impoverished. Now the company is threatening legal action to prevent them protesting over its latest attempts to snatch remaining timber in the full knowledge such communities cannot afford to defend themselves in court …….