The rent is still paid to the government, not to the people with customary land rights. Bread for All states that the rent is considerably below what it should be because the amount is based on the 1959 contract. The company paid US$1,200 in surface rental for the period 1 July 2010 - 30 June 2011.

The rent is still paid to the government, not to the people with customary land rights. Bread for All states that the rent is considerably below what it should be because the amount is based on the 1959 contract. The company paid US$1,200 in surface rental for the period 1 July 2010 - 30 June 2011.

22 Liberian Indigenous communities

22 Liberian Indigenous communities Over the decades, the Petitioners — residents of Gleagba, Bloomu, Dokai (old), Dokai (new), Bondolon, Massaquoi, Martin, Deedee-ta 2, Kuwah-ta, Jorkporlorsue, Gorbor, Kolledarpolon, Monkey-tail, Ansa-ta, Lango, Garjay, Dedee-ta 1, Kolongalai, Sayue-ta, Tartee-ta, Varmue, and Pennoh Villages –have been ejected from their ancestral farmlands due to successive waves of expansion by SRC’s rubber plantation.

Residents of 22 indigenous Kpelle communities, dispossessed of their customary land, cultural sites, and livelihoods, have filed a groundbreaking legal action against the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) and the Liberian Government.

The Bread for All report mentions incidents of a wide range of issues such as polluted water, lower food security, loss of sacred forests, evictions and violence used against workers and community members. Land grab and forced eviction, economic displacement and loss of livelihood, employment cond.The residents claimed that the latest attacks by the group, comprising current employees and contractors of the company have led some residents including local activists to flee the area for fear of their lives, while most of them who left behind are now living with fear of intimidation and labor rights violations, water pollution, gender-based violence and threats of reprisals and intimidation.Nora Massa, a youthful resident mentioned that they were born and raised in this town but they are not going to school. Before we work, except they have sex with us. If we disagree, we will not work.” Subsidiaries of multinational companies operating in Liberia have all been investigated and found liable for deforestation, land grab, and human rights abuses. In 2019, Binda and other villagers lodged a complaint with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which in 2008 invested US$10 million in SRC to rehabilitate its facilities and expand its plantation. They accused SRC of several counts of human rights abuses, including land-grab, water pollution, and destruction of ancestral graves and shrines, which contravene IFC’s own standards. SRC denies clearing graveyards and planting rubber on them. The company told the IFC the land it cleared was part of 100,000 hectares it leased from the Liberian government in 1959, and that it supported the communities to perform cleansing rituals. The IFC is still investigating the matter.he Liberian Legislature had set aside the second Wednesday in March each year to honor the dead, which goes in line with the customs and traditions of rural people. This has left villagers in concession communities across the country with no graves to decorate—the most relevant part of this 104-year tradition—creating an atmosphere of sadness and anger.

The Bread for All report mentions incidents of a wide range of issues such as polluted water, lower food security, loss of sacred forests, evictions and violence used against workers and community members. Land grab and forced eviction, economic displacement and loss of livelihood, employment cond.The residents claimed that the latest attacks by the group, comprising current employees and contractors of the company have led some residents including local activists to flee the area for fear of their lives, while most of them who left behind are now living with fear of intimidation and labor rights violations, water pollution, gender-based violence and threats of reprisals and intimidation.Nora Massa, a youthful resident mentioned that they were born and raised in this town but they are not going to school. Before we work, except they have sex with us. If we disagree, we will not work.” Subsidiaries of multinational companies operating in Liberia have all been investigated and found liable for deforestation, land grab, and human rights abuses. In 2019, Binda and other villagers lodged a complaint with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which in 2008 invested US$10 million in SRC to rehabilitate its facilities and expand its plantation. They accused SRC of several counts of human rights abuses, including land-grab, water pollution, and destruction of ancestral graves and shrines, which contravene IFC’s own standards. SRC denies clearing graveyards and planting rubber on them. The company told the IFC the land it cleared was part of 100,000 hectares it leased from the Liberian government in 1959, and that it supported the communities to perform cleansing rituals. The IFC is still investigating the matter.he Liberian Legislature had set aside the second Wednesday in March each year to honor the dead, which goes in line with the customs and traditions of rural people. This has left villagers in concession communities across the country with no graves to decorate—the most relevant part of this 104-year tradition—creating an atmosphere of sadness and anger. The massive loss of their land has had dire consequences for the Petitioners and their communities. Parents who once provided adequately for their children are unable to feed their families or pay school fees. Women are exposed to sexual and gender-based violence when they cross the plantation or seek contract work from SRC.