Last week, RAID wrote to Anvil President Bill Turner to request that the company issue a public statement deploring the intimidation and threats against ASADHO [African Association of the Defense of Human Rights]. We have since received a written response that can be described as brief and cautious from Mr. Turner; however, he has refused to publicly condemn the campaign of intimidation against ASADHO...We...respectfully request that the ACCI [Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry] publicly pronounce that investors operating in conflict zones have a special obligation to adhere to established, international human rights principles and standards. Moreover, the ACCI should make clear that it is absolutely inappropriate for foreign investors to be complicit – through inaction or otherwise – in campaigns of intimidation against non governmental organizations.