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Article

25 Nov 2003

Author:
Sudan Tribune

Oil companies accused of complicity in Sudan conflict, rights abuses

Human Rights Watch (HRW)…in a report entitled "Sudan, Oil and Human Rights,"…accused the Sudanese government of displacing hundreds of thousands of civilians, and oil companies of being accomplices seeking to control oilfields…The 754-page report investigated the role of oil in Sudan’s civil war, linking natural resource exploitation with human rights abuses…The group alleged that oil company executives turned a blind eye to "well-reported" government attacks on civilian targets, including aerial bombing of hospitals, churches, relief operations and schools…Companies cited included Canada’s Talisman Energy and the Swedish firm Lundin Oil…[and] the state-owned oil companies of China and Malaysia.