EU: Address Indigenous Rights Violations in Malaysian Imports

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Women of the Kenyah Jamok community in Long Tungan village raise concerns over lack of consultation on matters affecting their land, Borneo, Malaysia. © 2019 The Borneo Project (Brussels) – The European Union should classify Malaysia’s state of Sarawak as high risk under its new anti-deforestation regulation, a coalition of environmental, human rights, and Indigenous organizations said today.Sarawak, whose millions of hectares of ancient rainforests are at risk of being razed for timber and oil palm plantations supplying international markets, is a high-risk area…

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