Press Releases
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More than 2,100 land and environmental defenders killed globally between 2012 and 2023 At least 196 land and environmental defenders were killed last year for trying to protect their homes, community or the planet, according to a new report by Global Witness released today, working in collaboration with global partners10 September 2024
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Global Witness condemns escalating arrests of climate campaigners in Uganda A total of 96 cases of people being detained or arrested for opposing the controversial East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) have been reported in the past nine months, with the number of arrests skyrocketing in recent months.20 August 2024
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UK lawmakers call on Azerbaijan to free LSE academic as courts “freeze’’ case and extend pre-trial detention Twenty-five UK lawmakers have joined campaign groups in calling on the President of Azerbaijan to immediately and unconditionally release renowned economist Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, detained in Azerbaijan on fabricated charges with no trial date, after an Azerbaijani judge ‘’froze’’ his case16 August 2024
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Philippines Court of Appeals ruling raises concerns over safety of environmental defenders Global Witness strongly condemns the decision by the Court of Appeals in the Philippines to deny the petition for protective writs to two youth land and environmental defenders made yesterday13 August 2024
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Shell Q2 2024: Shareholder wealth soars to £18 billion during year of record-breaking heat Fossil fuel oil and money01 August 2024
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Newly identified bot-like accounts are generating billions of impressions, sowing division and spreading disinformation on X 45 accounts that appear to be bots on X have generated over 4 billion views while amplifying racist and sexualised abuse, conspiracy theories and climate disinformation, according to a Global Witness investigation released today.31 July 2024
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BP shareholders enriched to the tune of £12 billion during 12-month period of record-breaking heat As BP reports Q2 profits, Global Witness analysis reveals the firm has paid out £11.7 billion ($14.8 billion) to shareholders since start of the world’s first year-long breach of the key 1.5 degree warming limit in June 202330 July 2024
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Delay in EU anti-deforestation law could emit CO2 equivalent to 376 million long-haul flights Postponing enforcement of the European Union’s anti-deforestation law by two years could expose the EU to 300,769 hectares of deforestation.24 July 2024
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Harsh jail time for climate activists threatens democracy and climate action Global Witness condemns the harsh sentences imposed on five climate defenders and calls on the new UK Labour government to urgently scrap laws criminalising peaceful protest.23 July 2024
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New investigation reveals political bias on X’s AI chatbot that risks influencing the UK vote X's chatbot, Grok, showed political bias in its suggested tweets in the lead-up to the UK's General Election, a new Global Witness investigation reveals03 July 2024
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Poll: Nearly three quarters (71%) of Brits think MPs shouldn’t be allowed to take donations from oil and gas companies Poll: Nearly three quarters of Brits think politicians shouldn’t accept oil and gas money01 July 2024
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Posts from bot-like accounts spreading disinformation and hate viewed more than 150 million times ahead of the UK election Posts from bot-like accounts spreading disinformation and hate viewed more than 150 million times ahead of the UK election30 June 2024
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Family of Azerbaijani political prisoner Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu call on UN to act at Bonn climate meetings The family of political prisoner Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu called on the United Nations to act as governments wrap up international climate talks in Bonn10 June 2024
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Fluxys helped export €10.7 billion of Russian liquified gas since the Ukraine invasion A third of the gas received at Fluxys’ Zeebrugge and Dunkirk ports since February 2022 came from Russia10 June 2024