Press Releases
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Statement of concern on online threats against Guatemalan NGO amidst wider crackdown on activists For more than 20 years, our Guatemalan partner UDEFEGUA has been working with local communities to document attacks against human rights and environmental defenders within the country01 November 2022
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Global Witness statement in response to TotalEnergies Global Witness response to TotalEnergies26 August 2022
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Seismic change needed at Glencore following a decade of corruption In response to Glencore’s decade of corruption, civil society groups call for urgent action from the company and its partners18 July 2022
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Global Witness welcomes passage of the BURMA Act by the US House of Representatives and calls on the Senate to follow suit The bill’s provisions bring together the four primary threads of US policy towards Myanmar: targeting military revenues through sanctions, supporting the pro-democracy movement, authorizing humanitarian assistance, and pursuing accountability for the military’s atrocities06 April 2022
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Our commitments on racial justice - one year on Just over a year has passed since we made our commitments on racial justice, and we have made progress. But, as well as progress, we have also made mistakes30 July 2021
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Global Witness statement on US Government sanctions on Try Pheap and Kun Kim The news that timber tycoon Try Pheap and General Kun Kim are to be sanctioned as individuals is significant09 December 2019
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New Democratic Republic of Congo mining law could leave the door open to corrupt deals Potential ad hoc application of the new mining law in Democratic Republic of Congo, plus weaknesses in its transparency and conflict of interest measures, may leave the country’s mining sector open to corrupt deals that could cost the country billions of dollars.12 March 2018
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As activist receives global award for fighting deforestation Global Witness calls for urgent halt to rainforest destruction across Papua New Guinea Activist Paul Pavol has won the ASF Award 2016 for his tireless fight against the destruction of his rainforest in PNG29 September 2016
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TED Prize Winner Charmian Gooch Announces Global Campaign to Abolish Anonymous Companies Charmian Gooch has announced that she will use the prestigious million-dollar award “to make it impossible for criminals and corrupt dictators to hide behind anonymous companies.”17 March 2014
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Joint statement from Global Witness, Re:Common, The Corner House on matters arising from the sale of the OPL 245 oil concession Correspondence between Global Witness – Re:Common –The Corner House and Nigerian Government Officials23 July 2013
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Italian Parliament debates Government response to ENI's dealings in Nigeria Italy’s Parliament yesterday debated the Government’s response to questions put to it about Italian oil company ENI’s conduct in acquiring Nigerian oil block OPL245.14 June 2013
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Global Witness calls on Shell to drop support for anti-transparency lawsuit Litigation runs contrary to the UK G8 Presidency’s push for a global transparency standard Global Witness is attending Shell’s AGM in The Hague today to ask the company to drop its support for a lawsuit that aims to kill off vital a U.S. transparency law. While the UK uses its G8 Presidency to advance a global transparency standard for oil and mining companies, the lawsuit seeks to stifle disclosure and move the industry in the opposite direction20 May 2013
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Cambodia marks 1 year anniversary of Chut Wutty’s murder Global Witness joins Cambodian activists and citizens in commemorating the death of Chut Wutty, the Director of environmental watchdog Natural Resource Protection Group (NRPG), who was murdered a year ago today by military police while investigating illegal logging and land seizures25 April 2013
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Statement in response to killing of prominent Cambodian forest campaigner Chut Wutty Statement in response to killing of prominent Cambodian forest campaigner Chut Wutty We are shocked and devastated to learn of the killing of Chut Wutty, Director of environmental watchdog Natural Resource Protection Group (NPRG), in Cambodia today. Wutty was reportedly shot by members of the Military Police while engaged in field research into illegal logging and land seizures26 April 2012
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Rush to log Liberia’s forests will jeopardise the reform process Under intense pressure from the timber industry – including many familiar faces from the past – the Forest Development Authority of Liberia has started to issue timber contracts. Yet key legislation on community rights is still in draft. International NGOs fear the rush to allow a timber trade with a poor track record of corruption and trampling on community rights raises the spectre of Liberia’s forests once again undermining stability in this fragile country22 May 2011