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OIL ININDONESIAIn November 2004,

in the village of Lhokseumawe, Indones

ia, Yusuf and Anwarset off before dawn

to

catch fish for their families. Local villager

s had been fishing off the coastal region

of Aceh for generations.

Oil and gas giant, ExxonMobil, operates

in the same town, and since 2001 has

forbidden fishing

within 2 kilometresof their operations.

The heavy rain andfog made it difficul

t for Yusuf and Anwar to see the buoys

marking the restricted

areas. Despite that,they were several k

ilometres away fromthe area when a mi

litary boat began firing

at them. Anwar waskilled. Yusuf was ca

ptured and taken tothe local military he

adquarters where he

was threatened, interrogated, beaten a

nd tortured for tendays.

Yusuf continues tosuffer from post-traumatic stres

s disorder. He is unable to fish and ha

s been

forced to take small construction jobs

instead. He can nolonger support his

family.

For members of thelocal population, Ex

xonMobil is responsible. Eleven villager

s have filed a lawsuit

in the United Statesagainst the compan

y alleging Indonesian soldiers hired by

the company abused

and murdered theircompatriots.

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Facts

Take Action

� Indonesian gas fields yieldabout 11% of ExxonMobil’s worldwide

production.

� ExxonMobil is the majorityowner (almost 70%) of Im

perial Oil and Esso

service stations in Canada.

� The Canada Pension Plan(CPP) retains shares worth

a market value of $648

million in ExxonMobil.

DON’T TRADE HUMAN RIGHTS FOR OIL.

Companies must not takepart in activities linked to

human rights violations.

Encourage your family and friends not to buy gas a

t Esso until ExxonMobil

(Esso in Canada) agrees totreat the people of Aceh fa

irly, and send a message

to ExxonMobil telling themwhy.

For more information, please visit our website atwww.kairoscanada.org K

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