Pages tagged with Land and environmental defenders

Global Witness is growing increasingly concerned for the safety of communities and campaigners challenging the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), with reports of police repeatedly harassing and intimidating those who voice their opposition to the project.

Almost a decade after the murder of four Saweto Indigenous leaders near the Peruvian border with Brazil, families have finally been brought justice, with five men convicted of the killings.

Eight years after the murder of Indigenous campaigner Berta Cáceres, Honduras remains one of the world's most dangerous places for defenders. Despite pledges from the country's president, urgent action is still needed.