Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil gas Governments Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Natural resource governance Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Timber Trade By country All Afghanistan Angola Azerbaijan Brazil Cambodia Central African Republic China Congo-Brazzaville D.R. Congo Equatorial Guinea European Union Guinea Guyana Honduras Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Liberia Libya Madagascar Malaysia Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Russia South Sudan Sudan The Philippines Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe Press release | Sept. 13, 2021 Global Witness reports 227 land and environmental activists murdered in a single year, the worst figure on record As the climate crisis intensifies, violence against defenders of the earth is escalating Press release | Sept. 10, 2021 European Parliament at risk of losing sight of climate crisis by getting ready to support new fossil gas projects NGOs call on MEPs to stop gas funding Press release | Sept. 9, 2021 Global Witness calls on EHRC and ICO to investigate Facebook for breaking anti-discrimination and data protection laws We are submitting complaints to both regulatory bodies, calling for investigations into whether the algorithms used to promote job ads infringe the Equality Act and the data protection laws outlined in GDPR Statement | Sept. 6, 2021 Open letter to the UK Prime Minister: Take action to protect the Amazon The destruction of the Amazon has dire implications for global efforts to avoid dangerous climate change but there is much the UK can still do Press release | Aug. 9, 2021 IPCC report shows time has run out for incremental, tokenistic policies and empty words on the climate crisis Global Witness warns of “unthinkable catastrophe” unless urgent and systemic action is taken to keep fossil fuels in the ground, end deforestation and hold corporates to account for their impact on the environment and human rights Press release | July 26, 2021 European Commission ignored climate impacts of favoured gas projects: NGOs refer case to Ombudsman NGOs refer case to Ombudsman Press release | July 14, 2021 Fossil hydrogen exclusion from EU renewables law undermined by inclusion across ‘Fit for 55’ package Fossil hydrogen let in through the backdoor in European Commission proposals Statement | July 8, 2021 Statement on our work in Afghanistan and Liberia Global Witness has a long and proud history of working with sources and partners to uncover serious wrongdoing. We treat the protection of our sources, partners and our staff with the utmost seriousness and will always listen to anyone wishing to raise a concern, as well as continuing to learn from others who work in this field. Press release | June 29, 2021 Myanmar’s military tightened its grip on the country’s corrupt jade trade under the NLD New research shows corruption within the jade sector reaches into the very top ranks of the military, including the family of Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing Press release | June 28, 2021 Facebook ad targeting could be used to incite sectarian violence Investigation shows that highly inflammatory content targeted at people across the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland was approved for use on Facebook shortly before riots took place in the country Show Next 10
