Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil fuels Governments Greenwashing Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Stop Russian oil Timber Trade Transition minerals 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 | Feb. 22, 2022 Global Witness welcomes significant new EU sanctions, including on Myanmar state-owned oil and gas company MOGE The EU announced that it is adding Myanmar’s state-owned oil and gas company to its sanctions list, along with 22 individuals and three other companies Press release | Jan. 21, 2022 Global Witness welcomes Total and Chevron’s withdrawal from Myanmar and calls on US, France and others to sanction state-owned oil and gas company Global Witness welcomes the news that oil & gas giants Total and Chevron will withdraw from Myanmar. The United States and France must urgently back sanctions on the country’s oil and gas industry. Press release | Dec. 22, 2021 Myanmar jade mining disaster highlights coup’s deadly toll on Hpakant The landslide that struck Hpakant today highlights the devastating toll of the military coup on jade mining communities in northern Myanmar and the urgent need to prevent the junta using the country’s natural resources as a financial lifeline Press release | Dec. 17, 2021 Myanmar junta’s latest cash grab highlights need for stronger international response The Myanmar junta’s decision to hold an international gems emporium demonstrates the urgent need for tougher international measures to ensure conflict resources are not turned into a financial lifeline for the cash-strapped regime Press release | Dec. 15, 2021 International ruby sales funding Myanmar military, armed groups and human rights abuses – buyers include top jewellery brands Rubies fuelling brutal conflict and human rights abuses in Myanmar are highly likely to be sold across the world by some of the best-known luxury brands, including Graff, Bulgari, Van Cleef & Arpels and Sotheby’s Press release | Dec. 13, 2021 As global interest in DR Congo’s lithium deposits soars, the industry could be “seriously undermined” by governance, environmental and social risks – investigation Communities and the DRC could lose out unless companies and investors disclose key information on the deals and people behind them, and address environmental risks Statement | Dec. 10, 2021 Statement on newly announced sanctions against the Myanmar junta The United States, United Kingdom, and Canada today announced additional sanctions on the military junta that overthrew Myanmar’s legitimate government on 1 February 2021 in response to ongoing human rights abuses being committed by the military against the people of Myanmar Press release | Oct. 5, 2021 New US legislation provides critical support for the people of Myanmar in their struggle against the illegal military coup We welcome the introduction of the BURMA Act today and urge Congress to move quickly to pass this important piece of legislation 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 | May 17, 2021 Global Witness welcomes new sanctions by US, UK and Canada on Myanmar military Countries must now focus on applying sanctions to ensure that the country’s critical oil and gas revenues do not go to the military Show Previous 10 Show Next 10