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 | Nov. 3, 2022 COP27: Human rights advocates urge parties to increase recognition and protection of environmental and land defenders We're calling on policymakers attending COP27 to take meaningful steps to protect those on the frontlines of the climate crisis and to enable diverse, safe, and effective participation of civil society observers during COP Statement | Nov. 1, 2022 Statement of concern on online threats against Guatemalan NGO amidst wider crackdown on activists For more than 20 years, our Guatemalan partner UDEFEGUA has been working with local communities to document attacks against human rights and environmental defenders within the country Press release | Oct. 11, 2022 Global Witness welcomes Colombia ratifying key agreement for protection of land and environment defenders after 322 killed in Colombia in the last decade Colombia has yesterday ratified the Escazú Agreement, just days after we revealed that the country is one of the world’s deadliest for land and environmental defenders Press release | Sept. 29, 2022 A deadly decade for land and environmental activists - with a killing every two days A deadly decade for land and environmental activists - with a killing every two days Press release | Sept. 26, 2022 Brazil’s biggest palm oil producers Agropalma and Brasil Biofuels accused of serious human rights violations against communities in the Pará region We're calling on international companies that purchase palm oil from Agropalma and BBF to urgently prevent any further harms to members of the Pará community. Statement | July 21, 2022 Egypt: Statements on COP27 imply restricting activism Egyptian authorities should ease their grip on civic space and uphold the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly to enable a successful COP27 climate summit in Egypt. Statement | July 4, 2022 A Year On, Demand for Justice for Father Stan Swamy’s Death in Custody in India On 5 July 2021, 84-year-old Jesuit priest and human rights defender Father Stan Swamy died in judicial custody at the Holy Family Hospital, in Mumbai, India. On the first anniversary of his death, we remember his decades-long commitment to realising the rights of Dalit and indigenous peoples in India, especially in Jharkhand State Statement | June 16, 2022 Statement on Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips Bruno and Dom worked heroically to protect the Amazon region and its inhabitants and protect the lungs of our planet Statement | June 14, 2022 Statement on harassment of Kalikasan and Centre for Environmental Concerns We are concerned by the news that our Filipino partner Kalikasan and the Center for Environmental Concerns are suffering a fresh wave of surveillance and red-tagging amidst a spate of arrests of land and environmental defenders Press release | April 4, 2022 Mexican Caravan in Defense of Water and Life facing armed threats Indigenous communities in the Montaña Baja Region of Guerrero, as well as the National Caravan in Defense of Water and Life, Against Capitalist Disposession, are facing armed threats by narco-paramilitary groups in the region Show Previous 10 Show Next 10