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environmental defenders

November 17, 2020

UN experts alarmed by civil society crackdown in Cambodia

Concerns were also expressed about the detention of environmental defenders, the use of violence against families of detained activists, and the case of a Buddhist monk who was defrocked for his human rights activities.
August 15, 2020

Calls for urgent investigation into disappearances in Honduras

Honduras remains amongst the deadliest countries for land and environmental defenders in the world.
July 31, 2020

2019 saw highest number of land and environmental activists murdered in one year

Last year 212 people were killed for peacefully defending their homes and standing up to the destruction of nature, says Global Witness.
February 6, 2020

Second Mexican defender of Monarch butterflies found dead

The deaths are part of a growing trend in the assassination of people defending the environment, in Mexico and globally.
August 18, 2019

UN steps up commitment to protect human right to healthy environment

Strengthened cooperation aims to drive better protection of environmental human rights defenders and their families.
August 1, 2019

Report highlights criminalisation of land and environmental defenders

A Global Witness report highlights the use of terrorism laws and aggressive legal attacks by powerful elites to crush protest.
May 1, 2019

Women environmental defenders 'in life-threatening danger' in Ecuador

A new Amnesty International report shows the Ecuadorian authorities are failing to prevent attacks against the environmental defenders, Amazonian Women.
September 30, 2018

The ballot box is Brazil’s greatest asset in the fight for equality, says Cafod

The needs of Brazil's poorest and most marginalised communities must be top of the election agenda, says aid agency CAFOD.
September 11, 2018

Trial for the murder of indigenous leader begins in Honduras

Global Witness has welcomed the start of the trial of eight men accused of the murder of high-profile indigenous leader Berta Cáceres.
August 16, 2018

Indigenous environmental defender killed 'as logging mafia targets tribe'

Survival International says Amazon tribes face catastrophe unless their land is protected.