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Slapp: Allianz mobilizes against unlawful lawsuits

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If environmental organizations inform about illegal logging, they run the risk of being sued. In the photo: illegal deforestation in Myanmar. (archive image)

She advocates better legislation against these harassment claims, she announced on Thursday. The threat of legal action by companies can often nip reports of human rights violations or environmental damage in the bud.

Journalists and smaller non-governmental organizations in particular often cannot afford costly and time-consuming processes. In this way, unwanted facts are prevented from becoming known.

According to the alliance of aid agencies, environmental associations and media professionals, this contradicts the public’s right to fact-based information and contradicts democratic principles. Politicians are called on to take action against such abusive practices.

(SDA)

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