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Correspondence regarding complaints to the Special Rapporteur

Complaint reference

Party concerned

and companies in Party concerned (if any)

Summary of complaint

Letter(s) of allegation sent

Reply/replies received

ACSR.C.2023.2

Armenia

Alleged persecution, penalization or harassment of Ms. Tehmine Yenokyan, journalist and environmental activist; court proceedings for defamation by mining companies.

17.04.2023

16.06.2023

ACSR.C.2023.3

France

Alleged persecution, penalization or harassment of Mr. Grégoire Souchay, when covering activities of environmental activists in his professional capacity as a journalist; criminal prosecution.

11.05.2023

(French - original)

16.08.2023

(FR)

ACSR.C.2023.7

France

Alleged persecution, penalization or harassment of Mr. Jérôme Kozic, participant in roadblock of freeway as part of non-violent action organized by Dernière Rénovation; criminal prosecution and sentence.

04.10.2023

(French - original)

English translation

20.12.2023

(FR)

ACSR.C.2023.11

Switzerland

and

Solway Investment Group

Alleged persecution, penalization or harassment of Mr. Ernesto Choc Chub, journalist in Guatemala; criminal complaints and court proceedings, threats, home raids, defamation campaigns, carried out, instigated or directly linked to subsidiary of Solway Investment Group, headquartered in Switzerland.

21.08.2023 (to Party concerned)

21.08.2023 (to Solway Investment Group)

31.10.2023 (reply Party concerned)

02.10.2023 (update Solway Investment Group)

19.03.2024 (reply Solway Investment Group), with annex

ACSR.C.2023.14

Switzerland

Alleged persecution, penalization or harassment of Bruno Manser Fonds and Dr. Lukas Straumann, campaigning to highlight environmental harm and alleged corruption in relation to rainforest deforestation in Borneo, Malaysia; civil lawsuits, criminal complaints and public relations campaign by private entities.

08.08.2023

31.10.2023