Talisman Energy Human Rights Litigation
Lieff Cabraser, along with co-counsel, represents the Presbyterian Church of Sudan and current and former residents of southern Sudan who allege that that they were victims of genocide, crimes against humanity and other violations of international law by Talisman Energy, Inc. (“Talisman”), the largest independent Canadian oil producer, and the Sudanese government.
Plaintiffs charge that in the late 1990s through 2003, Talisman and Sudan participated in a joint military strategy of ethnic cleansing against non-Muslim in order to create a buffer zone for the exploitation of oil reserves in the Western Upper Nile region of the nation.
In meetings with government officials, plaintiffs charge that Talisman mapped out areas it intended to explore, and the parties would then discuss how to "dispose of" the civilians living in those areas. Talisman allegedly was aware that the result of these decisions was to cause genocide and war crimes as government military forces destroyed villages and killed, maimed, raped and tortured civilians of ethnic and religious minority backgrounds. The case is presently on appeal.
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