Amulsar: appeal to the UN High Commissioner for Human RightsThreats against local population and civil society representatives are on the rise. On August 27, 2018 Lydian International, the company with the intention to mine in our area, tried to forcefully break the road blockade and provoked clashes, spreading slander that the protesters wear weapons and are drug-addicts. Because of the incidents provoked by a transnational corporation many of us are being called for interrogations by the criminal investigation department of the law enforcement bodies.
In addition, Lydian International has lodged suits against us in courts, with demands of compensation for the material and non-material damages incurred by the company during this period. They state that our peaceful protests have resulted in damages worth hundreds of thousands of dollars per day and thus, they dump on us the failure of their deals with the former corrupt government. In fact, the company mentioned daily losses of around 500.000 mln USD in media, while in their legal claims, this number is almost 5 times less.
The corporation has also sued activists who speak against mining in that area for “discrediting their good business reputation” and “defaming” them. One of the PR strategies of the company is to humiliate and discredit us through their real and fake users in social media, online media and television, spreading personal slander about us and inciting hatred against us.
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