'Toxic waste' report gag lifted
The legal firm Carter-Ruck has written to the Guardian saying the paper should regard itself as "released forthwith" from any reporting restrictions...Trafigura said neither they nor Carter-Ruck had "improperly sought to stifle or restrict" debate and reporting. 'Legal battle' An MP revealed...
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- News Source: Sky News | about 1 month agoThe case began with the dumping of 500 tons of waste in Abidjan in August 2006. Official estimates said 15 people were killed and tens of thousands left sickened and vomiting as a result. Trafigura, one of the world's biggest oil traders, has always...
- News Source: Corpwatch | about 1 month agoThe company, Trafigura, confirmed yesterday that �a global settlement is being considered by the parties�. A settlement, which would be without any admission of liability on the part of the company, would avoid a lengthy, costly and highly...
- News Source: BBC | about 1 month agoThe legal firm Carter-Ruck has written to the Guardian saying the paper should regard itself as "released forthwith" from any reporting restrictions...Trafigura said neither they nor Carter-Ruck had "improperly sought to stifle or restrict" debate...
- News Source: Guardian Unlimited | about 1 month agoCarter-Ruck give up bid to keep Trafigura study secret Guardian 'released from restrictions forthwith' Report called firm's oil waste 'potentially toxic' Lawyers for oil traders Trafigura finally abandoned attempts to keep secret a scientific report...
- News Source: BBC | about 1 month agoHe was replying to a letter from lawyers Carter-Ruck ahead of a planned debate next week on the law and the reporting of Parliamentary debates. The firm is acting for oil company Trafigura, which is at the centre of a row over so-called "super...
- News Source: Guardian Unlimited | about 1 month agoGuardian editor urges Speaker to go ahead with debate on Trafigura gag Alan Rusbridger calls on John Bercow to go ahead with debate next week, after law firm calls it into question Alan Rusbridger: The Guardian editor said the issue of 'super-...
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- Blog Source: the-osterley-times.blogspot.comFarrelly's question was about the implications for press freedom of an order obtained by Trafigura preventing the Guardian and other media from publishing the contents of a report related to the dumping of toxic waste in Ivory Coast. ...
- Blog Source: jonslattery.blogspot.comIt asked about the injunction obtained by "Trafigura and Carter-Ruck solicitors on 11 September 2009 on the publication of the Minton Report on the alleged dumping of toxic waste in the Ivory Coast, commissioned by Trafigura". ...
- Blog Source: vinospoliticalblog.blogspot.comGag on reporting Trafigura lifted. Judges were acting like the 3 monkeys of the proverb - and not seeing, hearing or allowing others to speak of an evil - by allowing Carter-Ruck and Trafigura to slap an injunction preventing the ...
- Blog Source: liberalengland.blogspot.comA suppressed report which details how an oil company dumped toxic waste in Africa that may cause serious burns and even death has been released following a parliamentary row over freedom of speech. The study commissioned just weeks after the incident
- Blog Source: www.democraticunderground.comGag on Guardian reporting MP's Trafigura question lifted, muriel_volestrangler DU Moderator, Oct-13-09 10:10 AM, #7. That's the power of the Internet! T_i_B, Oct-13-09 12:25 PM, #8 ... It asked about the injunction obtained by "Trafigura and Carter-
- Blog Source: mediastandardstrust.blogspot.com... documenting alleged tax avoidance schemes and (ii) Trafigura and Carter-Ruck solicitors on 11 September 2009 on the publication of the Minton report on the alleged dumping of toxic waste in the Ivory Coast, commissioned by Trafigura." ...
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Video Source: www.truveo.com - Video Source: www.truveo.comToxic Victims from Trafigura. ...Video Source: www.truveo.comToxic Victims from Trafigura. Gag order on The Guardian
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- Video Source: www.truveo.comIvory Coast:Toxic waste trial ...Video Source: www.truveo.comIvory Coast:Toxic waste trial to start
- Video Source: www.truveo.comIVORY COAST: Toxic waste trial ...Video Source: www.truveo.comIVORY COAST: Toxic waste trial underway in Abidjan
- Video Source: www.truveo.comUK : Press freedom prevails ...Video Source: www.truveo.comUK : Press freedom prevails after parliament gag order is dropped
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