RELEASE: Malaysia’s Hollow Democracy: Government Censors Internet Criticism of Global Rainforest for Oil Palm Land Grab

May 16, 2009August 25, 2021 Dr. Glen Barry 2 Comments

Government documents regarding planned Amazon oil palm project by Malaysian government agency removed from Internet, and all email messages into country regarding the project are being delete
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CONTACT: Dr. Glen Barry, glenbarry@ecologicalinternet.org
Ecological Rather than respond substantively to criticism over the Malaysian government and industry's expansion of deadly oil palm plantations into Brazil and Liberia's rainforests [1], the Malaysian government is resorting to despotic censorship to stifle dissent. References to plans by Malaysia

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Comments (2) on “RELEASE: Malaysia’s Hollow Democracy: Government Censors Internet Criticism of Global Rainforest for Oil Palm Land Grab”

Joy says:

May 16, 2009 at 8:23 pm

How about hitting Obama and Rudd with this issue.
There needs to be a Global Council managing the Earths natural resources, real quick.

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kim bailey says:

May 28, 2009 at 6:56 pm

We demand that the Malaysian government respond to our criticism, cancel the projects, and commit to freedom of expression regarding their rainforest policies.
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