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 | April 26, 2021 Joint statement on the UK's new anti-corruption sanctions regime Launch of the UK’s independent anti-corruption sanctions regime is an important step forwards in tackling kleptocracy, says NGO coalition Press release | April 19, 2021 EU sanctions against two major Myanmar military conglomerates are welcome, but more action is needed Response to the announcement today of EU sanctions against two military-controlled companies, along with ten members of the military ‘State Administration Council’ Press release | March 25, 2021 Global Witness welcomes UK and US sanctions on Myanmar military businesses The United Kingdom and United States have today announced sanctions against Myanmar military conglomerate Myanma Economic Holdings Public Company Limited Press release | March 23, 2021 Global Witness and 148 other organisations call on Chevron to ensure oil and gas projects in Myanmar are not financing military Today Global Witness joined 148 other organizations in Myanmar and internationally in calling for US oil and gas giant Chevron to ensure that money from its projects in Myanmar does not help finance the murderous military regime that took power in a coup d’état on 1 February Statement | March 23, 2021 Open letter: Chevron's business operations in Myanmar We, the undersigned organizations and concerned individuals, call on Chevron and its partners to ensure that payments of royalties and other revenues are not made to Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise until the legitimate and democratically elected government is returned Press release | March 22, 2021 EU sanctions on individuals responsible for Myanmar’s military coup must go further and target the junta’s economic interests Today’s announcement of European Union sanctions on 11 members of Myanmar’s military junta are a disappointingly weak and belated response to the February 1 coup Press release | March 9, 2021 Global Witness welcomes the reversal of US sanctions reprieve granted to mining magnate Dan Gertler Global Witness welcomes the positive step taken by the Biden administration to revoke the special licence granted to Dan Gertler in the waning days of the Trump presidency, which allowed him to resume business activities with US entities for a year and unfroze his assets in the US Press release | March 8, 2021 Global Witness response to military crackdown on independent Myanmar media outlets Global Witness strongly condemns the news announced today on Myanmar state television that Myanmar’s military junta has stripped five independent media organisations of their licences. Mizzima, Myanmar Now, 7-Day, DVB and Khit Thit Media have all been banned from operating and publishing. We also condemn the Monday raiding of Myanmar Now’s offices. Statement | March 2, 2021 A statement from Global Witness on the judgement handed down to Congolese whistleblowers, Gradi Koko Lobanga and Navy Malela Mawani, in relation to their involvement in providing information used in investigations carried out by PPLAAF and Global Witness We stand with our partners, the Platform for the Protection of Whistleblowers in Africa, and Congolese civil society in calling on the DRC government to intervene to overturn this flawed and partial judicial process Press release | March 1, 2021 Global Witness calls for tough international response as Myanmar’s military opens fire on civilians At least 18 people were killed across Myanmar yesterday as soldiers opened fire on peaceful protesters in the deadliest day since the military seized power in a February 1 coup Show Previous 10 Show Next 10