Talisman disputes UN claims of oil-related abuses

Meanwhile, Talisman chief executive Jim Buckee on Tuesday disputed parts of a recent report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Sudan, Leonardo Franco, who said the government had been forcing people out of southern oil-producing areas in order to help clear them of suspected saboteurs. “At least two of the facts are wrong,” Buckee told the Canadian ‘National Post’ newspaper. He called the UN report “hearsay” and disputed claims that 1,000 to 2,000 people were forced from their homes in May when the Sudanese army attacked and burned villages in Helig, where Talisman has drilling rigs. Talisman are currently taking journalists and economic analysts to look at their Sudanese operations.