CANADA: Indigenous Land Defenders At Risk
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 61/22 UPDATE 1 BELOW Wet’suwet’en land defenders in Canada are at risk of serious human rights violations as the construction of a pipeline is slated […]
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Land defenders face criminal charges, despite UN concern over pipelines and policing in Canada
Wet’suwet’en land defenders say they expect work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline to resume in the next few weeks and fear they will face further arrests and human rights violations […]
“They Will Not Stop Us!”: Solidarity with Environmental Rights Defenders
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres was blunt as he spoke at the release of the latest chilling report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on April 4: “Climate […]
Defenders of Land, Territory, Environment and Climate
Humanity is facing an environmental emergency of unprecedented proportions. Climate change, biodiversity loss, ecosystems degradation and toxic pollution of air, water and soil are dramatic, interconnected processes that are severely […]
COLOMBIA: Environmental Defenders at Risk
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 17/22 BELOW Human rights defenders from the Magdalena Medio region in southeast Colombia have been subject to multiple threats in recent weeks. On 9 February […]
Valentines for Land Defenders: Show You Care
Show you care by sending a Valentine to a Wet'suwet'en Land Defender
LETTER WRITING ACTION: Free the Guapinol River Defenders
GOOD NEWS UPDATE – Feb 24, 2022 After more than 914 days in unjust, arbitrary detention for peacefully defending water, the Supreme Court ruled that the Guapinol River defenders should […]
Important steps forward for environment defenders under attack in Latin America but our solidarity action remains vital
Across Latin America, in these times of increasing environmental crisis, courageous defenders are mobilizing to defend land, Indigenous territory and the environment. They risk their lives and freedom to do […]
Defending Water, Defending Land
The climate crisis is becoming ever more urgent. It is nothing less than a global emergency and the greatest human rights challenge of our time. Indeed, climate change threatens the […]
Speak Up for Environment Defenders Under Attack in Latin America
Perhaps the greatest cross border priority we all face is protecting the environment on which our human rights and shared future depends. Environment defenders in Latin America risk their very […]
Launching in April: New campaign to protect Colombian environment defenders
“We want to raise awareness about the importance of our land, water, trees and all the animals that live there … We are threatened and persecuted for protecting something […]
Take Action for Rios Vivos and other Colombian Defenders as Killings Increase
Since March 14, some 9,000 activists and supporters of Amnesty Canada sent email messages to Export Development Canada’s CEO and Canada’s International Trade Minister demanding remedy for the harm caused […]