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LEAT PRESS RELEASES

2007

	Mar-26-2007 LEAT files Amicus Brief in Tanzanian Failed Water Privatization Case Pending Before ICSID Tribunal
	Feb-02-2007 LEAT, LHRC, TGNP, CIEL and IISD allowed to file written submission in Biwater v. United Republic of Tanzania ICSID arbitral dspute

2004

Jan-10-2004 LEAT 2002-2003 Biennial Report

2003

	Nov-24-2003 Human Rights Commission Issues Injunction Order Against Tarime Gold Mine and Four Others
	Oct-06-2003 Save Mererani Miners, Avert Another Bulyanhulu
	Jul-29-2003 LEAT Submits Complaint to Human Rights Commission Against Afrika Mashariki Gold Mine, Tarime

2002

	May-17-2002 Tanzanian Attorneys Face Charges of Sedition
	Apr-02-2002 International NGO Fact-Finding Mission on Bulyanhulu Barred from Visiting Bulyanhulu Communities
	Jan-09-2002 Response to the National Post

2001

	Nov-26-2001 Tanzanian Police Raid LEAT Offices
	Nov-21-2001 New assessment of controversial Commission highlights strategies to resolve contentious development projects
	Jul-16-2001 An Open Letter to the President of Tanzania (Kiswahili)

LAWYERS' ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION TEAM
The Lawyers' Environmental Action Team is the first public interest environmental law organization in Tanzania. It was established in 1994 and formally registered in 1995 under the Societies Ordinance. Its mission is to ensure sound natural resource management and environmental protection in Tanzania.

LEAT carries out policy research, advocacy, and selected public interest litigation. Its membership largely includes lawyers concerned with environmental management and democratic governance in Tanzania.