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Who will defend the defenders?

Global Witness, an international non-government organization that seeks to break links between natural resource exploitation, conflict, poverty, corruption, and human rights abuses, released a report this month saying 17 of the 196 land and environmental defenders across the globe who had been killed or forcibly disappeared were from the Philippines. Eighty-five percent of the cases were in Latin America: Colombia (79), Brazil (25), Honduras (18), and Mexico (18) top the...

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Who will defend the defenders?

Global Witness, an international non-government organization that seeks to break links between natural resource exploitation, conflict, poverty, corruption, and human rights abuses, released a report this month saying 17 of the 196 land and environmental defenders across the globe who had been killed or forcibly disappeared were from the Philippines. Eighty-five percent of the cases were in Latin America: Colombia (79), Brazil (25), Honduras (18), and Mexico (18) top the...

Bali, Bora, Banaue

“Our people are experts at destroying nature, while the government is helpless...

Fault lines

“The real battleground lies in the hearts and minds of the public.” (Concluded...

Stronger enforcement, smarter tech

“This is the real anti-fraud battle.” The recent proposal to amend the SIM...

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