Global Witness today revealed the highest number of land and environmental defenders murdered on record in a single year, with 212 people killed in 2019 for peacefully defending their homes and standing up to the destruction of nature. The NGO’s annual report also shed a light on the urgent role land and environmental defenders play in… Continue reading HIGHEST NUMBER OF LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS MURDERED IN 2019
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Indigenous Environmental Defender killed as logging mafia targets tribe in Brazil
A leader of an #Amazon #tribe acclaimed for its #environmental #defenders has been #killed, the latest in a series of deaths among the tribe.
Award winning activist killed in Honduras
Honduras human rights activist , Berta Cacares assassinated for fighting against a dam project that will usurp the Lenca people from their home. Berta Cacares who won the 2015 Goldman Prize for her enduring activism against the Agua Zarca dam was killed on 3rd March after assailants broke into Caceres’ home in La Esperanza. The police have started an… Continue reading Award winning activist killed in Honduras