Sakto Corporation (‘Sakto’), a mid-size Canadian real estate company located in Ottawa, has filed an appeal seeking to overturn the Basel Civil Court decision concerning Sakto’s application for injunctive relief against Swiss NGO Bruno Manser Fonds’ (‘BMF’) active defamatory campaign. On 6 February 2019, the Court had ruled that while Swiss law is applicable, an urgent injunction is not warranted, mostly due to the passage of time since the BMF campaign began.

​Basel, Switzerland, and Ottawa, Canada – 11 February 2019 – Sakto Corporation (‘Sakto’), a mid-size Canadian real estate company located in Ottawa, has filed main civil court proceedings against Swiss NGO Bruno Manser Fonds (‘BMF’).
 
Following a first procedural hearing at the Basel Civil Court on 7th December 2018, Judge Wolf has expressed a view that an urgent injunction before the civil proceedings is not warranted due in part to the passage of time since the BMF  campaign began. However, the importance of this matter has not diminished for Sakto and its principals, and they remain confident that the Court will order the permanent removal of the defamatory material from the public domain after the main civil court proceedings. These proceedings have already been launched.