Javier Gárate
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Campaigning on land and environmental defenders at Global Witness. #HumanRights #DerechosHumanos #Antimilitarism
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Since 2012, we have documented over 2,200 killings and disappearances of land and environmental defenders. Read how these cases are documented, the challenges in gathering data, and why defenders’ voices must be heard.

👉 Read more: https://gwitness.org/3KBIMZT
Documenting killings and disappearances of defenders
Every year, Global Witness works with partners to gather evidence, verify and document every time a land and environmental defender is killed or disappeared
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🌏 Across Asia, land and environmental defenders are being criminalised simply for protecting their homes, forests and communities. Read our full report:
https://gwitness.org/4mUW1lQ
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These are the top 5 US financial giants making the most money from deforestation since the Paris Agreement.

Dig into the data: https://gwitness.org/4nLFDp5

We wrote to all the financial institutions featured in the report seeking their comment. For their responses, see the full report.
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Les invitamos a la presentación en Bogotá del informe #RaícesDeResistencia de @globalwitness.org
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Trece años documentando ataques a personas defensoras del ambiente y el territorio.

🗓️ 23 oct | 🕣 8:30 a. m. | 📍 Casa MINGA (Cra 26A #40-85)

#Ambiente #DerechosHumanos #DDHH #Colombia
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👩 Astrid Torres es coordinadora de la ONG Programa Somos Defensores y miembro de la red de la organización internacional Global Witness, que publicó en los últimos días su informe sobre los países más peligrosos para proteger el ambiente. 2/8 🧵
Astrid Torres, del Programa Somos Defensores, durante una presentación. Foto: cortesía Somos Defensores
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¿Quién es Julia Chuñil? ¿Por qué es importante conocer su historia y la de las personas que pagan con su vida la defensa del medio ambiente y el territorio? En 2024 hubo, al menos, 146 asesinatos y desapariciones de larga duración, según Global Witness.
Y un día Julia y su perro Cholito no volvieron más - Climática, el medio especializado en clima y biodiversidad
En 2024 se han producido 146 asesinatos y desapariciones de larga duración de personas defensoras del medio ambiente y el territorio, según un informe de Global Witness.
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Swipe through to see how justice is being twisted and who pays the price. In Asia, defending land and the environment is increasingly criminalized. Indigenous peoples, farmers, and activists are being detained and harassed for defending the land. Global Witness Report here: bit.ly/3IrWYnl
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At least 146 land and environmental defenders were murdered or forcibly disappeared in 2024 for standing up against powerful state and corporate interests, finds a new report released by Global Witness www.ipsnews.net/2025/09/146-...
146 Land and Environmental Defenders Killed or Disappeared in 2024
At least 146 land and environmental defenders were murdered or disappeared in 2024 for standing up against state & corporate interests.
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The latest tally from Global Witness is a grim ledger. The organization’s report reads less like an activist’s briefing than a casualty list of a slow-moving war.

Since 2012, the total no. of deaths and disappearances tally at least 2,253, a toll that turns acts of stewardship into mortal hazards.
146 environmental defenders were killed or disappeared last year
The latest tally from Global Witness is a grim ledger. In 2024, at least 146 people were killed or disappeared while defending land, water and forests. That brings the total to at least 2,253 deaths…
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🔴 #URGENTE 🌎 La violencia contra las personas defensoras del ambiente y el territorio está fuera de control en Latinoamérica. El más reciente informe de Global Witness revela que en 2024 se registraron al menos 120 asesinatos y desapariciones en la región. es.mongabay.com/2025/09/pers...
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BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Nearly 150 land and environment defenders were murdered or disappeared worldwide in 2024, with Colombia accounting for a third of cases, according to a report Tuesday by advocacy group Global Witness.

READ: mrf.lu/t46W
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