Trial Reports – The Lundin Oil Case

A trial against two former executives at the Swedish oil company Lundin Oil, now Orrön Energy, is taking place in Sweden. The chief executive, Alexandre Schneiter, and chairman, Ian Lundin, have both been indicted with complicity in grave war crimes committed by Sudan’s regime in what is now South Sudan. The trial is historical – it is the biggest one in Swedish history.

We are monitoring the trial on site and will be publishing reports from it every week.

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Report 38 – Testimony of Moses Ruai Lat Dak and Angelina Nyador Kuany

Trial Reports
9 December 2024

Summary The 31st plaintiff, Moses Ruai Lat Dak, testified to the court about two different attacks on civilians in and around Block 5A. Moses’s testimony also contained information about how some indi...

Report 37 – The couple who lost everything

Trial Reports
2 December 2024

Summary This week the court heard testimony from Juma Puok Gatkek and Nyakueh Dual Choul, a married couple from the area in and around Block 5A. Since they are married one might have thought that thei...

Report 36 – The testimony of Stephen Matut Gatpan

Trial Reports
22 November 2024

Summary What stands out about this week’s plaintiff’s testimony is, among other things, how detailed and precise it was. Throughout the whole hearing, Stephen confidently told the court what he had se...

Report 35 – The testimonies of plaintiffs Cure Gatdet Dhor & Lam Puak Triguar

Trial Reports
19 November 2024

This week’s hearing was distinguished by one of the plaintiffs being unlawfully detained at the passport control in Kigali. As a result, plaintiff’s counsel Anders Sjögren arrived at the detenti...

Report 34 – Testimony of the plaintiffs Angelina Nyazoala Joel and Samuel Gatjang Deng Kot

Trial Reports
11 November 2024

Unlike the previous hearings, this week’s plaintiffs were heard via video link from Kigali, Rwanda. The examinations were characterized by the difficulties the plaintiffs had in placing the alleged ev...

Report 33 – The first female plaintiff is heard

Trial Reports
25 October 2024

This week, it was time the first female plaintiff to testify in the Lundin Oil trial. In addition, parts of the hearing were held behind closed doors, in accordance with the Swedish Privacy Act. The p...

Report 32 – Testimony of Andrew Jagei Hon Diet

Trial Reports
11 October 2024

This week’s hearing was characterized by disputes regarding procedural arrangements. The defense insisted on using their own translated version of the investigation, while the prosecution claimed that...

Report 31 – Testimony of the plaintiffs Stephen Gatlueng Kouh & Andrew Noan

News, Trial Reports
3 October 2024

While the previous plaintiffs’ stories have been similar in many ways, this week’s testimonies stand out from the rest. The two plaintiffs were employees at Lundin Oil, a fact that attracted media to ...

Report 30 – Testimony of the plaintiffs Gatdiet Peter & Gawar Mud Wat

Trial Reports
20 September 2024

This week it was time for two new plaintiffs to enter Courtroom 34 and share their testimonies. The week had dramatic elements – one of the lay judges suddenly had to go to the emergency room, w...

Report 29 – Testimony of the plaintiffs Steven Gawar Tungwar & David Lieth Dador

Trial Reports
5 September 2024

During this week’s hearing, the seventh and the eight plaintiffs testified regarding their observations of the situation in and around Block 5A. The defense mainly focused on the lack of individualiza...