Film by Milena Kaneva

 

Historic Lawsuit

Lawsuit Doe vs. UNOCAL

Press coverage
Doe vs.UNOCAL


 

Press coverage
Doe vs. UNOCAL

  • A Big Win for Human Right
    The Nation May 9 2005
  • Alien Tort Claims Act Focus of Unocal Case
    Los Angeles Times
  • Court Is Villagers Only Hope
    Los Angeles Times June 9 2003
  • Ka Hsaw Wa a Jungle Guide to Burmas Human Horrors
    The Washington Post August 3 2003
  • Making a federal case out of overseas abuses
    Business Week November 25 2002
  • Pipeline to Justice
    The Washington Post August 13 2003
  • Tyranny and Terrorism
    The San Francisco Chronicle June 16 2003
  • Unocal Case Arises From 1789 Statute
    Los Angeles Times June 16 2003
  • UNOCAL Company Could Be Liable for Rights Abuses Abroad
    Los Angeles Times September 19 2002
  • UNOCAL Ruling on Multinational Firms
    Los Angeles Times
  • Unocal to Settle Rights Claims
    LA Times, December 14, 2004
  • Unocal Settles Myanmar Suit
    NPR Morning Edition, December 14, 2004
  • Unocal pays out in Burma abuse case
    Financial Times, December 14, 2004
  • Unocal Settles Rights Case in Myanmar
    Associated Press, December 14, 2004
  • Energy giant agrees settlement with Burmese villagers
    The Guardian, December 15, 2004
  • Unocal to Settle Rights Claims
    LA Times, December 14, 2004
  • Unocal Settles Myanmar Suit
    NPR Morning Edition, December 14, 2004
  • Unocal pays out in Burma abuse case
    Financial Times, December 14, 2004
  • Unocal Settles Rights Case in Myanmar
    Associated Press, December 14, 2004
  • Unocal Must Face Abuse Suit
    Los Angeles Times, September 15, 2004
  • American Courts, Global Justice
    New York Times, March 30, 2004
  • Legal Action Over Foreign Misdeeds
    New York Times, March 30, 2004
  • Burmese sue US oil company
    Guardian, July 28, 2003
  • Pipeline to justice
    Washington Post, August 13, 2003
  • An important human rights tool
    New York Times, August 8, 2003 [requires registration]
  • US oil firm on trial over Burma abuses
    Independent, August 2, 2003
  • Oil company to stand trial for alleged Burma rights abuses
    ABC Online, August 1, 2003
  • Judgment day
    The Boston Globe, December 28, 2003
  • Tale of rape and murder on Burmese pipeline haunts US
    The Independent, December 11, 2003
  • Lawyer says Unocal should not shift blame
    Yahoo! News, December 10, 2003
  • Unocal becomes first US firm to stand trial in US over rights abuses
    Yahoo! News, December 9, 2003
  • Unocal human rights trial begins in L.A.
    Yahoo! News, December 9, 2003
  • Unocal pipeline lawsuit trial begins in Calif.
    Reuters, December 9, 2003
  • Seeking Balance: Growth vs. Culture in Amazon
    New York Times, December 10, 2003 [requires registration]
  • Unocal faces US trial over Burma abuses
    ABC News Online, December 9, 2003
  • Unocal pipeline trial to begin
    Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2003 [requires registration]
  • Operation Total Makeover
    Time Europe Magazine, December 8, 2003
  • Unocal wants government to quash labour lawsuit
    Financial Times, August 9, 2002
  • Judge lets Unocal ask State Dept. to intervene in Myanmar suit
    LA Times, August 9, 2002
  • Oil giant liable for overseas abuses by 'agents'
    Common Dreams, September 20, 2002
  • U.S. ruling says firm liable for abuses abroad
    Los Angeles Times, September 19, 2002
  • Unocal liable for human rights abuses abroad
    Feminist Daily News Wire, October 3, 2002
  • As oil riches flow, poor village cries out
  • A Gas Pipeline to the World Outside
    (The New York Times, October 26, 2001)
  • Social Investors Press Unocal to Cut Ties to Burma (SocialFunds.com, October 24, 2001)
  • Students Push University of Virginia out of Unocal (SocialFunds.com, October 23, 2001)
  • EU probes Burma pipeline abuses (BBC News, October 12, 2001)
  • UK firm 'complicit in rights abuses' in Burma
    (The Independent, October 12, 2001)
  • British oil firms accused of Burma abuses
    (The Guardian, October 12, 2001)
  • Birmanie-Total : un syndicaliste birman remercie Total de reconnaitre le travail force (Digipresse, June 19, 2001) (The article is in French)

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