🇬🇧 From banks waving through red flags to tax havens helping criminal cash disappear, Kojo Koram explains how UK enablers helped turn criminal cash in McDonald’s bags into untraceable gold bars in Dubai vaults. taxjustice.uk/campaign/dir... for more about the UK's Dirty Money problem.

While the UK delays action, the Netherlands are implementing a ban on illegal settlement trade, in line with international law, days after Belgium approved a ban. 1/2 www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...

Netherlands to sanction trade with illegal Israeli settlements

Dutch ban on Israeli goods from occupied territory comes as efforts to implement EU-wide sanctions remain stalled.

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As the UK endures another heatwave, shocking news has been shared that there were 2,700 excess deaths during the extreme temperatures of May and June. Its time for urgent climate action.

Met Office - weather and climate@metoffice.gov.uk · 3w ago

A new study from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, the Met Office and @lshtm.bsky.social estimates that more than 2,700 excess deaths occurred in England and Wales during the May and June 2026 heatwaves. Get the details 👇 bit.ly/4w3L1YK

Ask your MP to attend tomorrow's debate on settlement trade.

Global Legal Action Network (GLAN)@glanlaw.bsky.social · 4w ago

🖊️Email your MP to ask them to attend the debate this Thursday and help put a stop to UK trade with Israel's illegal settlements. We've created a template to help you: glanlaw.good.do/endsettlemen...

🖊️Email your MP to ask them to attend the debate this Thursday and help put a stop to UK trade with Israel's illegal settlements. We've created a template to help you: glanlaw.good.do/endsettlemen...

🖊️Email your MP to ask them to attend the debate this Thursday and help put a stop to UK trade with Israel's illegal settlements. We've created a template to help you: glanlaw.good.do/endsettlemen...

Educator and activist John Mussington, on the fight to defend land rights on Barbuda: "We are here. We are on the ground. We are saying this is ours." #Barbuda #Landdefenders #Communitymeeting #BarbudaCouncil

Two years since our landmark win, and two years of government inaction. We're calling on the UK government and the National Crime Agency to effectively implement the ruling in our case to stop forced labour imports to the UK (1/2)

🌏Some places must be totally off-limits for mining. We've signed on to report by @rainforestnorway.bsky.social @mightyearth.org @greenpeace.org & @fern.org calling for biodiverse areas, overlapping with Indigenous peoples’ lands, to be protected in the rush for minerals. www.fern.org/publications...

Restricted areas from mining

The rush for critical raw materials needed for the energy transition, digitalisation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) boom, and the military sector is posing a ...

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The consequences of the climate crisis are undeniable. We're working with @goodlawproject.org - challenging the UK government to ensure we see climate action, and not catastrophe. #climatechange

Good Law Project@goodlawproject.org · last mo.

Should we listen to scientists, or should we listen to fossil fuel interests?

Hot enough for you? On days like this, you don’t feel like doing anything. But it’s inaction that’s making days like this more and more common. The government must move faster on climate to avoid catastrophe. We’re preparing a case with GLAN to force them to act. https://goodlaw.social/thed

Make the government step up on climate

The government is failing to tackle global heating – so we’re forcing it to take action

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Following a @thetimes.com piece suggesting now could be a good time to invest in @angloamerican.bsky.social, ACTSA director Rachel reminds potential investors about the class-action filed against the company for lead pollution in Kabwe, Zambia – and its global pattern of environmental and human harm

"From a class-action to riding roughshod over communities" - a warning for potential Anglo American investors

Following an analysis in The Times about investing in Anglo American, ACTSA director Rachel reminds potential investors about the class-action filed against it on behalf of 140,000 women and children ...

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The reality of extreme temperatures scientists warned of for decades, and the projected temperatures for 2050, is frightening, but there is still time to act! GLAN is attending events at #LCAW including @clientearth.bsky.social 's 'Frontlines of Climate Law' www.clientearth.org/latest/event...

Join us during London Climate Action Week

Register here

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"During Israel's ongoing attack on Gaza, similar concerns over ignoring & manipulating evidence were raised, and now with #Sudan we see evidence given that the FCDO has been undervaluing casualty numbers as well as warnings of genocide for political advantage" 1/2 www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

UK prioritised ties with UAE over averting mass atrocities in Sudan, MPs to be told

Foreign Office failed to act on warnings of genocide due to ‘pressure’ from emirates, Yale human rights investigator will tell a parliamentary select committee

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According to the @thecccuk.bsky.social 9 out of 10 UK properties aren't designed to withstand the 40C summer highs that will become normal by 2050. Five in 10 homes are already at risk of overheating. #UKclimateaction

Its London Climate Action Week, but ironically some events have been cancelled due to extreme heat. Headlines on the record-breaking temps are breaking without context of human-caused climate change. Scientists are calling for audiences to be informed.

Leo Hickman@leohickman.carbonbrief.org · last mo.

++BREAKING++ Leading climate scientists in the UK have written to senior editors in broadcast media - and OFCOM and IPSO: "To express our concern about recent media coverage of extreme weather, climate change and net-zero and to urge you…to inform public audiences of the scientific links"

Today GLAN legal co-lead Dearbhla Minogue is speaking at a session on tackling Uyghur forced labour imports after our landmark case win in 2024, at the UK Parliament. The govt must ensure this crucial ruling is effectively enforced.

Join us for a casual networking event with drinks & canapes at London Climate Action Week! Alongside photos & short films, hear from Indigenous campaigners from Brazil & Indonesia. RSVP ➡️ https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stories-from-the-deforestation-front-mighty-earth-at-lcaw-tickets-1991207708859

One day after World Rainforest Day, UK government announces plans to tackle import of goods such as beef, soy, cocoa and coffee, that are linked to illegal deforestation! A welcome step, but there's still much to do to protect these precious ecosystems. #Deforestation. www.gov.uk/government/n...

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How China is breaking apart a people and its culture

The campaign of repression against the Uyghurs has entered a new phase

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If you're looking for a long read this weekend, we've just published an investigation into the detention network in Xinjiang, which we discovered has the largest detention capacity in the world relative to its population.

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2mo ago

How China is breaking apart a people and its culture ft.trib.al/1cvmuMI

Today GLAN legal co-lead Dearbhla Minogue is speaking at a session on tackling Uyghur forced labour imports after our landmark case win in 2024, at the UK Parliament. The govt must ensure this crucial ruling is effectively enforced.

New report in Irish Times reveals Ireland's sovereign fund - ISIF - remains invested in five firms listed in UN report on Illegal Israeli settlements - including Airbnb, Motorola & Heidelberg Materials. www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

Irish fund invested in five firms named in UN report on Israeli settlements

Combined value of stakes in Airbnb, Motorola and others stood at €6.7m

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Update from court: Barbudan land defenders John Mussington and Jackie Frank were in court on Monday for the full hearing of their case challenging the #Antigua and #Barbuda authorities over the development of the damaging additional #airport on the island. 1/3

Important insight into the reality of those living on the frontlines of climate crisis, battling to survive in extreme heat. "We wear thick clothes because they slow the sun's heat from reaching the body...Yes, it makes us sweat, but it also keeps us from falling ill." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Heatwave in Banda: A day in the hottest place in India

What a day in India's hottest district reveals about life on the frontline of extreme heat.

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✊Be part of the movement, stay up to date with GLAN's legal actions and stand with us as we stand up to injustice! 📧 Subscribe to our newsletter: glanlaw.org/subscribe-to... #humanrights #environment #accountability

Land defenders John and Jackie share an update after their full hearing to challenge the unlawfully built airport for private jets on #Barbuda. We are encouraged by the progress today - follow us for a full update coming tomorrow! Get all updates here: glanlaw.org/subscribe-to...

Our Legal Co-Lead, Dearbhla Minogue spoke to @owenjones.bsky.social on the investigation into the disappearance of Mohammed Shorrab. Critical questions remain, why was Mohammad detained, and what happened to him? #Palestine

Owen Jones@owenjones.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What did they do?

The rights of people in Barbuda to live on and access their lands, are being eroded by companies seeking to exploit the coastline for profit. We're supporting their fight to defend land rights and fragile ecosystems for future generations. #Caribbeanlandgrabs youtu.be/9-SBRFy84uE

Defending land rights on Barbuda

YouTube video by Global Legal Action Network GLAN

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⚖️Today: Barbudan Land defenders, John and Jackie will be in court fighting the additional airport developed for the ultra wealthy's private jets, on pristine forest, without community consultation and necessary approval process. Read more: glanlaw.org/news/in-cour...

In court today: Barbudan land defenders’ case to protect island from billionaire developers - GLAN

Monday 1 June, John Mussington and Jackie Frank will be in the High Court of Antigua and Barbuda for a full hearing of their challenge against the

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