More than 1,900 land and environmental defenders have been murdered since 2012, according to a new report, ‘Standing Firm’, published by the London-based non-governmental organisation Global Witness. At least 177 defenders were […]
More than 1,700 land and environmental defenders have been killed over the past ten years, according to a new report, ‘Decade of Defiance’, published by the London-based non-governmental organisation Global Witness. Two […]
At least 227 land and environmental defenders were murdered in 2020, according to a new report, ‘Last Line of Defence’, produced by the London-based non-governmental organisation Global Witness. This is the highest […]
At least 212 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2019, according to a new annual report, ‘Defending Tomorrow’, produced by the London-based non-governmental organisation Global Witness. About 40% of those killed […]
Update at the end of this article. A bear named Chucho has been granted a writ of habeas corpus in Colombia in a landmark case that is encouraging lawyers who are fighting […]
At least two hundred environmental activists were killed in 2016, according to a new report by the non-governmental organisation Global Witness. And nearly 40 percent of those murdered were from indigenous communities. […]
Indigenous and civil society leaders, visiting Europe from across the world, have called for urgent action to stop human rights abuses linked to palm oil supply chains and to bring an end […]
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