Investing in a large-scale mining project in one of the world's most militarized areas, where people risk being disappeared if they speak out, is a recipe for disaster. Yet, the @eib.org is considering funding the #RekoDiq mine in #Balochistan, Pakistan. 👇Join us & call on #EIB not to fund RekoDiq!

when peaceful citizens are attacked, silenced, and forcibly disappeared, there is no room for meaningful consultation. In 2022, an Anti-Terrorism Court convicted #HRDs Mahrang Baloch and Sibghatullah Shahji on false charges of terrorism. Join us & call on banks to #RethinkRekoDiq 👉 bit.ly/RekoDiq

The Reko Diq mine in #Balochistan (#Pakistan) is promoted as a critical project for clean energy supply chains but in a militarised region, who truly benefits? 🔴 Development banks backing this project are funding human rights violations. Join us & call on banks to #RethinkRekoDiq 👉 bit.ly/RekoDiq

Indigenous Baloch people face violent state repression & devastating impacts from the Reko Diq gold + copper mine in #Balochistan #Pakistan Under the slogan of "sustainability" development banks pour billions into this project Join our campaign: call on banks to #RethinkRekoDiq 👉 bit.ly/RekoDiq

"No accountability, no peace: The World Bank cannot be trusted in #Gaza" 👇 Read our new op-ed by our Director Siddharth Akali & Basma Eid @escrnet.bsky.social, scrutinizing the #WorldBank role in the Board of Peace: rightsindevelopment.org/news/no-acco...

The #RekoDiq gold and copper mine in #Balochistan #Pakistan is a recipe for disaster. Yet, public development banks like IFC @ifccenter.bsky.social & ADB @adb.org are pouring billions of dollars into this project. 📢Join our campaign & call on the banks to #RethinkRekoDiq: bit.ly/RekoDiq

The Reko Diq gold and copper mine in #Balochistan (#Pakistan) is a recipe for disaster. How can development banks @adb.org and IFC even consider backing it? This month we’ll highlight the risks and concerns as we call on the banks to #RethinkRekoDiq: bit.ly/RekoDiq @rightsindevt.bsky.social

"The Summit helped us create connections, build solidarity & find new inspiration to continue our struggle." In this blog our CRE partner Nukila Evanty (Inisiasi Masyarakat Adat) shares her reflections re: the WEHRD Summit in #Indonesia, that brought together 150+ women defenders: bit.ly/3SFl82N

More than 17,000 people in the Philippines face eviction from their ancestral land for a multimillion-dollar energy project @banktrack.bsky.social @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social @boellsea.bsky.social ea.bsky.social @rightsindevt.bsky.social Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/more-than-17...

More than 17,000 people in the Philippines face eviction from their ancestral land for a multimillion-dollar energy project. -

By Witness Radio Team, In the Visayas and Mindanao regions, in the Iloilo municipality on Panay Island in the central Philippines, thousands of Indigenous Tumandok people face forced displacement as a...

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UN experts are raising the alarm over serious human rights violations and reprisals against Lifeline Nehemiah Projects (LNP)'s staff, linked to a @undp.org funded project in #SierraLeone. Read more👇 bit.ly/3QVyeZ0

Africa’s responsible business agenda is facing challenges as more land is taken from local communities for investment, and landowners struggle to secure justice #EABHR @rrightsafrica.bsky.social @globaljusticec.bsky.social @rightsindevt.bsky.social Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/africas-resp...

Africa’s responsible business agenda is facing challenges as more land is taken from local communities for investment, and landowners struggle to secure justice. -

By the Witness Radio team. In Kyankwanzi District, central region of Uganda, tens of thousands of people displaced to make way for the Kikonda Forest Plantation say they are still waiting for justice ...

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"...there comes a point when you wonder if you will ever have peace or tranquility.” Read this very informative article by @icmagazine.bsky.social on the repressive situation in Panama affecting indigenous defenders including our CRE partners @modeteabpanama.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/panama-ICmag

📢Our new CRE Bulletin is out! 🔎 What's inside? Key updates, inspiring stories about community-led struggles, new blogs, useful resources, and much more! 👇Check it out & share it widely! bit.ly/CREBulletin05

📢 "Lost in Translation": new blog out! Last month, the AfDB's Annual Meetings showed once again the wide gap between the Bank’s commitment to CSOs engagement and the realities of participation in practice. Read our key takeaways 👇 bit.ly/3QnbTDw

Across #Asia communities speaking out about the impacts of #energy transition projects face growing #reprisals. Today we launched our report "Financing the Transition, Silencing Defenders", which calls on dev’t banks to ensure communities can safely speak out. bit.ly/silencing-HRDs

Join us TODAY in person or online for the launch of our new report "Financing the Transition, Silencing Defenders", analysing reprisals against communities & #defenders in the context of #EnergyTransition projects across #Asia. 📅Tuesday June 9 - 10:30/12:30 📍Register on Zoom: bit.ly/4dyV93A

Join us in celebrating this landmark victory: in #Uganda, a community successfully campaigned to save the Kitubulu Central Forest Reserve & stop their precious forest from becoming a city. 📢Read more in this blog by our Coalition member Aryampa Brighton (Youth for Green Communities): bit.ly/4fD6oLf

Uganda: the community struggle that stopped a forest from becoming a city | The Coalition for Human Rights in Development

In January 2026, the communities living near the Kitubulu Central Forest Reserve in Uganda celebrated a victory: after months of mobilization, the government cancelled plans to cut down part of the fo...

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A community in Yumbe district has raised serious concerns about allegations of land-grabbing involving an aspirant for Uganda’s Parliamentary Speakership, affecting over 50 families. #LandGrabbing @rightsindevt.bsky.social @landrights.bsky.social Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/a-community-...

A community in Yumbe district has raised serious concerns about allegations of land-grabbing involving an aspirant for Uganda’s Parliamentary Speakership, affecting over 50 families. -

By Witness Radio Team. More than 50 families in Ochinga village, Achinga South Constituency in Yumbe district, are feeling vulnerable as they face eviction from the land they have lived on for decades...

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📢 Next week, join us in-person or online for the launch of our new report "Financing the Transition, Silencing Defenders", analysing reprisals against communities & defenders in the context of #EnergyTransition projects across #Asia. 📅Tuesday June 9 - 10:30/12:30 📍Register on Zoom: bit.ly/4dyV93A

From polluting coal plants to controversial mines in conflict-affected areas, the @adb.org - despite its sustainability commitments - is investing in projects that are harming the environment and violating human rights. Check out this short interview with Daniel Willis @re-course.org to learn more!

Our new global analysis reveals that in 2025 there were nearly 800 attacks against defenders raising concerns about business-related harms. 1/9 Explore here ▶️ www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...

For the Indigenous Torwali community living in the Swat valley, in northern #Pakistan, rivers are not a “resource.” They are the heartbeat of their nation, a sacred presence, the manifestation of the goddess Dara connecting them to their ancestors. (1/4)

Inside Eastern DRC War: The untold story of grabbing land for local and indigenous communities. #LandGrab @oaklandinstitute.org @fra.europa.eu@humanrightswatch.bsky.social @business-humanrights.org @rightsindevt.bsky.social @hrcberkeley.bsky.social Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/inside-easte...

Inside Eastern DRC War: The untold story of grabbing land for local and indigenous communities. -

By Witness Radio Team For millions in eastern DRC, the war is not an event; it is a daily reality that people have lived in for the past three decades. After being dispossessed from his land, Moise (n...

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📢 Register now for the virtual launch of our new global analysis later this month, which reveals that in 2025 there were nearly 800 attacks against defenders in 80 countries raising concerns about business-related harms. 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📢 Nueva convocatoria de propuestas Dirigido a comunidades que enfrentan proyectos vinculado a la transición energética con impactos en el #derecho al #agua subvención de colaboración de $5000 del #IntercambiodeRecursosComunitarios Más información: rightsindevelopment.org/es/news/cre-...

Today's session on #reprisals at the @adb.org Annual Meeting could not be more timely. In the past week, our friends at @uzbekforum.bsky.social joining the #ADBAGM26 have been experiencing - once again - constant harassment and reprisals. This needs to stop. (1/2)

Participation needs to be more than a box-ticking exercise. It means ensuring that people can express their views or raise concerns without fear of being attacked for doing so. 👇Join our hybrid session on the impact of reprisals at the @adb.org #ADBAnnualMeetings on May 4: bit.ly/AM59CSP

Breaking: Ugandan Court jails eight Anti-EACOP activists as crackdown on dissent deepens. #StopEACOP @stopeacop.bsky.social @hrcberkeley.bsky.social @rightsindevt.bsky.social @just-stopoil.bsky.social @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social @hrw.org Read more: witnessradio.org/breaking-uga...

Breaking: Ugandan Court jails eight Anti-EACOP activists as crackdown on dissent deepens.

By the Witness Radio team. KAMPALA, Uganda—The Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court sentenced eight environmental activists to 11 months in prison for “public nuisance.” The court ruled that their pr...

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Global Peasant Movement calls for action against escalating land grabs and repression. #Landgrabs @hrw.org @rightsindevt.bsky.social @fundhumanrights.bsky.social @viacampesinabe.bsky.social @gmwatch.bsky.social @amnesty.org Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/global-peasa...

Global Peasant Movement calls for action against escalating land grabs and repression. -

By the Witness Radio team. For more than eight years, the landscape of Kiryandongo district in western Uganda has undergone significant changes, shifting from being occupied by local farmers to a viol...

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I’ll be closely following tomorrow's hearings in the case against human rights defenders Prince Tommy Williams & Mohamed Turay from Lifeline Nehemiah Projects in #SierraLeone. Their prosecutions appear directly linked to their peaceful human rights work. The charges should be dismissed.