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 | March 5, 2013 Land Forests Cambodia International attention on Cambodia’s land grabs as Mam Sonando case goes to appeal Case attracts scrutiny as arrests of land activists double in a year | Nov. 1, 2012 Land Cambodia Laos European leaders hosted on land grab site in Laos for key summit Read about this story in the Daily Telegraph European and Asian leaders attending the ninth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 9) in Vientiane, Laos next week will stay in luxury villas built on land taken from local communities. | Oct. 22, 2012 Land Cambodia Cambodian court denies justice to family of murdered activist Chut Wutty For immediate release: Monday 22 October 2012 A Cambodian court announced today that the man charged with killing the alleged murderer of environmental activist Chut Wutty will be released from prison on 3 November 2012. Charged with “unintentional murder”, Ran Boroth was given a two-year prison sentence, the majority of which has been suspended. This means that he will be out in just two weeks time. The verdict comes just a few weeks after the same provincial court decided to abandon its investigation into Chut Wutty’s murder. | Oct. 17, 2012 Land Forests Cambodia Cambodia should not stand for UN Security Council until land grabs and repression stop Cambodia should not be given a seat on the United Nations Security Council while its ruling elite continues to commit widespread human rights abuses and sell off vast tracts of land and forest for private gain, said Global Witness today. The country is running for the Asia-Pacific non-permanent seat against South Korea and Bhutan, with the result due on Thursday 18th October. | Oct. 1, 2012 Land Cambodia Lengthy jail sentence for Cambodian activist highlights worsening state repression amidst land grab crisis Interactive map: watch Cambodia's land grab crisis worsening over time The sentencing of Cambodian activist Mom Sonando to 20 years in prison for supposedly masterminding a rebellion is the latest example of government repression of those who speak out against the land grabbing crisis currently gripping Cambodia. | June 18, 2012 Land Forests Survey finds sharp rise in killings over land and forests as Rio talks open New figures collected by Global Witness on the killings of activists, journalists and community members who were defending rights to land and forests show the true, shocking extent of competition for access to natural resources. The briefing, A Hidden Crisis?, finds that over 711 people appear to have been killed in the last decade – more than one a week. In 2011 the toll was 106 people, almost doubling over the past three years. | May 16, 2012 Land Corruption & Money Laundering Cambodia Young girl killed as clashes over land between communities and authorities escalate in Cambodia The killing of a young teenaged girl in clashes with Cambodian military police is the latest in a series of violent conflicts between local people and the authorities trying to evict them from their land, Global Witness said today. | April 24, 2012 Land Culture of secrecy around global land deals must be lifted to protect people and environment. Read report A new report today reveals how opening up the process around large-scale land deals in developing countries would benefit local communities, governments and business, and provides direction on how this can be achieved. Show Previous 10