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TikTok, Facebook approve ads with US election disinformation, study says

TikTok and Facebook approved advertisements containing blatant US election falsehoods just weeks ahead of the vote, a watchdog investigation revealed Thursday, calling into question...

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...

Meet these activists risking their lives for the planet

‘Why be afraid? Why back down?’ By Marchio Gorbiano Almost 200 environmental activists were murdered last year, with the toll especially heavy in South America, according...

Congo accuses Apple of using ‘blood minerals’ from war-torn east

Paris, France—The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is accusing Apple of using "illegally exploited" minerals extracted from the country's embattled east...

Environmentalists: PH ‘Asia’s deadliest country’

Environmentalists on Monday claimed the Philippines remains Asia’s deadliest country. The international human rights and environment group Global Witness said the Philippines is still the...

Junta ‘slush fund’ via Myanmar jade 

Bangkok—Myanmar’s multi-billion-dollar jade mines risk becoming a “slush fund” for military repression, Global Witness said Tuesday, urging consumers to boycott purchasing any jade and...

‘PH deadliest for land defenders’

The Philippines was the deadliest country in Asia for land and environmental defenders again last year while slipping to second most dangerous in the...

Philippines: deadliest country in Asia for land defenders

The Philippines was the deadliest country in Asia for land and environmental defenders again last year while slipping to second most dangerous in the...

More than 100 dead in jade mine landslide

The bodies of at least 100 jade miners were pulled from the mud after a landslide in northern Myanmar on Thursday, in one of...

Green warriors

Filipino environmental activists confirmed the findings of the recently released report of international anti-corruption watchdog Global Witness on the situation of Filipino land and...

Rody blamed for rising slays of land activists

Murders of environmental activists and land defenders in the Philippines have risen sharply under President Rodrigo Duterte, an international rights watchdog said Tuesday, alleging...

Distress and death

Calls are ringing out louder and louder across nations, the Philippines included, in the populated continents the environment for today’s generations and for tomorrow’s...

‘PH most dangerous for activists’

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Bodies of 23 landslide victims found

Yangon"•The bodies of 23 victims of a landslide in Myanmar’s northern jade mining area have been recovered, an official confirmed Monday, after a days-long...
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