document so did lawyers for both the sellers and the state. we had no reason to question that and we still don t know. we had to the ugandan capital kampala to meet the villages attorney. he contradicts hans haslam he says people were coerced into signing the compensation documents. that is an assistant. who was going around the villages. escorted by army so yes forcing people to sign that he had been given land there as well and that had been given the composition. the lawyer says newman employees were complicit in this process. after the of his opening day employees of the coffee plantation started cutting down over the crops
slander and was imprisoned for five months on trumped up charges. when i was in a prison they sent three messages to me say that if i was reading the group that case i had a sort of a company they also drop their case against him even now when i am moving i know that today out there is a very big following me but i have nothing to do i have nothing to give up. but although the court ruled in their favor the dispossessed are still fighting for justice. the appearance that the government should also be punished. commanding the army to evict us. newman says that the ruling is a cross miscarriage of justice which is why the company is also appealing but no one wants to talk in front of the camera newman prefers written statements.
them. uganda late march twenty thirty. a court issues a long awaited ruling finding that people were driven from their land and were bending it holds no i m on partially responsible and awards damages of eleven million euros oddly newman s lawyers who were not named in the suit other ones ordered to pay the money still activists applaud the ruling. but this ruling is a milestone and dispossessed peoples battle for compensation it s the first court decision at all in eleven years. the judge supported the view and arguments of the dispossessed he analyzed this case very carefully and was very fair and his arguments as well. april twenty fourth teen we return to a band-aid it s a year after the court ruling no one has lodged an appeal and the dispossessed are still waiting for compensation. i mean
newman s legal representative in kampala however is willing to be interviewed. he questions the judge s competence and seeks to shift the blame for the evictions this in jail but him what is the people for purposes of extort somebody who had a company investment probably with an aim of getting. some money which will be unjust enrichment. i m talking about. this is the real perpetrator masquerading as one of the victims kyra will later tell us that this is a lie intended to discredit him he has gone on to confuse people that people will inflict any form of the lad no they will not if not do it the city by buying alternative land and the wheat. alternative land. we
bender is widely known in the industry but it s not discussed publicly he says others need to hold newman accountable. easily industry organization should have told norman a long time ago you are not allowed to use our labels anymore const is a label on. vacuuming in university in the netherlands. un special rapporteur on the rights to food alleviate issue ten is speaking to an international conference he knows about moving day and questions newman s behavior this company should become a school customed to the new corporate culture that is now expected from from companies throughout the word and that corporate culture is one in which they should respect human rights by acting with due diligence to seek information about the impacts of the activities and if these impacts are negative they should remedy