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[ [link removed] ]Beekeepers, activists and Ekō (formerly SumOfUs) staff protesting at
Bayer's annual shareholder meeting in Germany in 2017

John,

For years Bayer has been using dirty tricks to silence its critics, going
so far as calling the cops on beekeepers peacefully protesting outside its
annual meeting.

A group of activists refuses to let Bayer crush our right to protest.
They’ve chased the pesticide giant through the courts and made it all the
way to the Supreme Court: they’re one step away from finally defeating
Bayer.

But they’re also running out of money fast. To win, they need our help to
pay for top-notch lawyers and legal costs. 

Can you chip in to help defeat Bayer in court?



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Bayer tried everything it could to stop our protests outside its annual
shareholder meeting back in 2017. That's when this whole thing started. It
even called the police and said the beekeepers posed a terror threat --
total lies of course, all to shut down the protests. But with our help, a
coalition of beekeepers and other activists have since been fighting Bayer
in court for our right to protest.

They made it all the way to the Supreme Court in Germany, and the court’s
decision will be final.

If this goes Bayer's way, it would be able to use the power of the police
and courts to stop protests whenever it wants. The same goes for any other
corporation in Germany. A dangerous precedent that we simply cannot let
happen.

Lawsuits like these are expensive and drag on for years, but together we
can win -- and make sure we fight to protect all of the voices speaking
out against companies like Bayer that are trying to silence us. The cost
of a cup of coffee is all it takes to help power this fight -- can you
chip in to help defeat Bayer in court?



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  Thanks for all that you do,  
Yasmin and the Ekō team



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More information:

[ [link removed] ]Environmental protests under attack: Interview with UN special
rapporteur Michel Forst Mongabay. 24 June 2023.

[ [link removed] ]Why are European governments clamping down on the right to protest? The
Guardian. 17 November 2023.

[ [link removed] ]CBG Press Release (in German language). CBG Network. 26 November 2020.

[ [link removed] ]Ekō (formerly SumOfUs) protests at the Bayer AGM in Germany. Ekō
(formerly SumOfUs). 31 October 2018.

 

Anything extra raised will power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide fighting
for people and the planet. 

 

Ekō is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy.

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