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. 3, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining U.S. Congress votes for corruption by overturning historic transparency law in gift to big oil Today’s decision by the Republican-led U.S. Senate to overturn a rule designed to stop oil companies striking corrupt deals with foreign governments is a grave threat to U.S. national security and an astonishing gift to big oil. Press release | Feb. 2, 2017 Environmental Activists Honduras Global Witness condemns threat of legal action from Honduran government The Honduran state must guarantee the security of Global Witness's staff Press release | Feb. 2, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Republican vote to eliminate anti-corruption law puts U.S. national security at risk A vote by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to undo a rule designed to stop corruption in the oil industry poses a grave threat to U.S. national security. Press release | Jan. 31, 2017 Environmental Activists Honduras Top Honduran politicians and business elites linked to violent crackdown on people defending their rights to their land More than 120 people have been killed in Honduras since 2010 for standing up to companies that grab land and trash the environment Press release | Jan. 31, 2017 Environmental Activists Honduras Altos cargos políticos y élites empresariales de Honduras vinculados con una violenta represión de personas que defienden sus derechos sobre su tierra Desde 2010, más de 120 personas han sido asesinadas en Honduras por enfrentarse a las empresas que acaparan la tierra y destruyen el medio ambiente Press release | Jan. 30, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Republican attack on landmark anti-corruption law poses grave threat to U.S. national security Moves by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to undo a landmark law designed to stop corruption in the oil industry pose a grave threat to U.S. national security Press release | Jan. 26, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Corruption & Money Laundering Nigeria Nigerian authorities seize billion dollar oil block from Shell and ENI following corruption probe, showing why US transparency law must be protected Court order mandates the return of oil block OPL245, for which Shell and Eni paid $1.1 billion to a company secretly owned by a former Nigerian oil minister. This news shows exactly why a landmark transparency rule under threat in the US is so important. Press release | Jan. 25, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Trump and Republicans use First Days in Power to try to Roll Back Historic Measures to Clean up the Corrupt Oil Sector and Green Light Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines The past 24 hours have seen an unprecedented number of gifts to Exxon and the oil industry, said Global Witness today. Press release | Jan. 23, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Equatorial Guinea Nigeria Angola Kazakhstan Global Witness disagrees with U.S. Senate committee vote on Rex Tillerson and questions his ability to put interests of people and planet before those of oil, gas and mining industry Global Witness Statement on Committee Vote for Tillerson as Sec. of State Press release | Jan. 18, 2017 Environmental Activists We are outraged and saddened by the murder of forest defender Isidro Baldenegro Lopez The Mexican authorities must act with conviction and prosecute those responsible Show Previous 10 Show Next 10