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Land, Environmental ActivistsTainted Lands: Corruption in Large-Scale Land Deals
A new report launched today takes the most comprehensive look to date at how corruption is fuelling the global land grabbing crisis, which has seen millions of people displaced from their homes and farmland.
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Global Witness statement on the US elections
The US election result must be a rallying cry for change. We have never been more committed to our mission to protect human rights and tackle corruption, environmental destruction and climate change.
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Corruption & Money LaunderingIt’s about to get harder to hide dirty money in the UK
How foreign officials use the UK to stash dirty cash - and what the government is doing to tackle it.
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Land, Environmental ActivistsPalm oil giant Golden Veroleum bulldozes religious sites in Liberia, protected by armed police
Fresh revelations coincide with publication of first ever economic analysis of palm oil development in Liberia
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Press Release / Nov. 16, 2016
Joint call to action - The Dutch Development Bank should protect human rights defenders
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Press Release / Nov. 15, 2016
New report examines how corruption is fuelling widespread land grabbing and human rights abuses
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Press Release / Nov. 15, 2016
Le Congo cède les royalties du projet Glencore pouvant générer jusqu’à 880 millions de dollars à une société offshore appartenant à un ami du président congolais
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Press Release / Nov. 7, 2016
Global Witness statement on the persecution of Green Advocates’ staff
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Blog Post / Nov. 4, 2016
How to stop European money fuelling land grabbing overseas
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Blog Post / Nov. 4, 2016
Fours years on, Congolese government still failing to enforce its law designed to stem conflict and human rights abuses in the minerals trade
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Briefing / Nov. 4, 2016
Regulating risk - why the EU needs laws to guard against land grabbing
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Briefing / Nov. 3, 2016
Conflict Minerals in the EU | Global Witness
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Blog Post / Oct. 28, 2016
An urgent call to Congress: Ask the government to know who it does business with to protect us all
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Press Release / Oct. 26, 2016
Azerbaijan crackdown on civil society - GW statement