Pray for Chávez (Really)

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: December 20, 2012

Writing at the Weekly Standard, Vanessa Neumann re-emphasizes the reason why, for the sake of Venezuela’s future, you should root for Hugo Chávez to come back to see his system of governance completely destroyed by the disaster he created.  If not, there is the risk of martyrdom, because whomever is going to be the next […]

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Rule of Law Under Attack in Zambia

By Robert Amsterdam | Published:

“For my friends, anything; for my enemies, the law.” In Zambia, Michael Sata is using anti-corruption as a tool to eliminate multiparty democracy.

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Russia’s New Normal, or How Putin is Winning the War against Irony

By Robert Amsterdam | Published:

Putin’s performance during a 4.5 hour press conference is impressive, for all the wrong reasons. Have we misplaced our sense of irony?

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Minimising Political Risk in Frontier Markets

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: December 17, 2012

From Venezuela to South Africa to Indonesia, we have observed policies of resource nationalism that respond to ideological imperatives. In Canada and Australia similar problems arise out of suddenly aggressive tax regimes based on financial imperatives. And lastly, in challenging markets such as Central Asia as well as China, you have risks of state intervention guided by arcane clan politics and internal power dynamics.

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Perseus Mining Tries a New Approach to Resource Nationalism

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: December 8, 2012

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. When it comes to resource nationalism in Africa, that appears to be the strategy of some mining companies such as the Australian-owned gold producer Perseus Mining, as they take their corporate social responsibility programme to a new level by recommending and endorsing their own tax increases to address […]

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Answering the Call of History in Thailand

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: November 3, 2012

Unlike the massacres of 1973, 1976, and 1992, there is now a real possibility that the deadly government crackdowns of April and May 2010 will be properly investigated, and that those responsible for committing crimes will be held to account.

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President of Zambia Must Halt Civil Rights Abuses

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: October 22, 2012

The Coalition for the Defence of Democratic Rights (CDDR) of Zambia has called upon President Michael Sata to put a stop to the harassment, violence, and persecution of opposition political figures. In recent months, the Zambian authorities have blocked meetings, orchestrated electoral violence, and arrested and jailed critics of the ruling party.

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Human Rights Watch Condemns Thai Army Chief’s Interference

By Citizen M | Published: August 23, 2012

A statement was released by Human Rights Watch criticizing General Prayuth Chan-ocha, the head of the Royal Thai Army, for interfering in the investigation of the 2010 Bangkok massacres by filing defamation claims against Robert Amsterdam.  The full text can be found below. The Thai government should order the army commander-in-chief to cease interfering in […]

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Response to Government of Zambia’s Harassment and Intimidation of Counsel to Henry Banda

By Citizen M | Published: April 14, 2012

Statement from Amsterdam & Peroff LLP 14 April 2012 In an article published on 14 April 2012 in the Post Newspaper of Zambia, Wynter Kabimba, Secretary General of the ruling Patriotic Front party, makes several defamatory and threatening comments with respect toward Mr. Robert Amsterdam, international lawyer to Mr. Henry Banda. Specifically, Mr. Kabimba’s denunciation […]

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Amsterdam & Peroff LLP Joins Legal Team of Nigerian Politician Yusuf Tuggar to Fight Electoral Fraud Case

By James Kimer | Published: August 5, 2011

The following press release was distributed via wire this morning: London, August 5, 2011 — International law firm Amsterdam & Peroff LLP has been retained to assist the legal team of Mallam Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, a popular Nigerian politician, in an alleged case of massive electoral fraud in the gubernatorial elections of the state of […]

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