Rejoinder from Rainforest Rescue to Korindo
... Hamburg-based NGO Rettet den Regenwald (Rainforest Rescue) and the Center for International Policy (CIP) from the USA are facing a defamation lawsuit before the Hamburg Regional Court. The lawsuit was prompted by a letter to Siemens and Nordex that ten environmental NGOs signed in October 2016 – more than four years ago. The letter was intended to alert the companies to the extensive destruction of the rainforest by Korindo, a Korean-Indonesian conglomerate that produces palm oil, timber and wind turbines. The plaintiff, which claims to be part of the Korindo group of companies, doubts the truthfulness of some of the allegations, demands their retraction and, in case of repetition, the imposition of heavy fines or even imprisonment...