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Action must be taken to protect Brazil's people and its environment

Brazil’s President Bolsonaro is threatening concerning changes to the environmental landscape of the country - that could make disasters like Brumadinho more common.

Between a Rock and a hard place – the origins of Arron Banks’ political donations

£8 million in loans and donations to pro-Brexit campaign groups are under investigation by the NCA. At the eye of the storm is arch-Brexiteer Arron Banks and the campaigns Leave.EU and Better for the Country.

The Phnom Penh Post – a debt of gratitude

The Phnom Penh Post, together with other independent media organisations, has been an essential partner in our investigative work. Its closure is the final nail in the coffin for free media in Cambodia.

How can Europe help stop the deadly trade in conflict timber?

European companies continue to shirk responsibility for bankrolling conflict in forest-rich countries

Conviction of Dutch timber trader for complicity in war crimes should make industry sit up and think

A rare example of a foreign crook masquerading as a businessman being held accountable for the damage they have wreaked on the African continent

“We don’t care, we’re still in power.”

When we launched our latest data-driven investigation into the corruption that underpins Cambodia’s economy, none of us expected events to unfold as they did.

The solution to climate change? Leadership

Congolese Warlord Stands Trial on 18 Counts of War Crimes, But Many More Crimes Have Gone Unreported

Nine years since the first international warrant for his arrest, the warlord Bosco Ntaganda will today go on trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Welcome to Gillian Caldwell - our new CEO

Today is the first day in an exciting new chapter for Global Witness.

Obama pays tribute to slain activists, but we should also help those they leave behind

Barack Obama has pledged greater US support for rights defenders, who are increasingly being killed for standing up to injustice.