After conducting an extensive study, Colombian Constitutional Court ruled to protect the fundamental rights of Anchichayá Dam affected communties Final judgment will be released no later than September 2023. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 21, 2023 MEDIA CONTACTS: Silvano Caicedo, President of la Organizacion Etnico-territorial ONUIRA silvanocaicedo1966@outlook.es (Spanish) Benjamin Mosquera, Consejo Comunitario Mayor of the Anchicayá River, bmr1173@gmail.com (Spanish)…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 20, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: v4climateleaders@gmail.com Human Rights and Climate Justice Organizations Enter Last Week of Month-Long Hunger Strike on Behalf of Environmental Lawyer, Dang Dinh Bach 65 Groups Send Letter to President Obama Calling for Release of Obama Foundation Scholar, Hoang Thi Minh Hong #StandwithBach www.standwithbach.org Five of Vietnam’s most prominent…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 20, 2023 MEDIA CONTACTS: Josh Klemm, +1 202 492 8904, jklemm@internationalrivers.org (English) Bonnie Barclay, +1 323 363 4874, bbarclay@internationalrivers.org (English) Oleksii Vasyliuk, +380 97 100 04 73, vasyliuk@gmail.com (Ukrainian and Russian) Link to statement in English, Russian, Ukrainian On Tuesday, Ukraine Nature Conservation Group (UNCG), International Rivers and over twenty other…
Read MoreLink to the statement in English, Russian, Ukrainian Ukraine Nature Conservation Group, International Rivers, and the undersigned organizations condemn the weaponization of the Kakhovka hydropower dam, whose destruction has precipitated the manmade disaster unfolding in Ukraine, the impacts of which will be experienced by the environment and people for generations to come. Dams must not be used as…
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Atividade organizada pela Coalizão Pelos Rios acontece dia 22 de junho, em Brasília, e faz parte da programação da Virada Parlamentar Sustentável, evento que mobiliza o Congresso Nacional nas pautas socioambientais ao longo do mês de junho. Brasília, 13 de junho de 2023 – Os impactos socioambientais dos rios e a sua importância para população…
Read MoreManifesto to Congress calls the changes “dismemberment of the environment” and calls on deputies and senators to reverse in plenary the setbacks approved yesterday Representatives of civil society organizations (CSOs) sent a manifesto signed by 790 organizations to the leaders of Brazil’s National Congress criticizing the substitute for Provisional Measure 1.154, which was approved this…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 9, 2023 Media contact: +593 99 931 1384 comunicaciones@proyectodulcepamba.org Spanish version here June 9, 2023 – After almost 20 years of struggle, justice has finally arrived for the 140 communities of the Dulcepamba River basin. On Tuesday, May 30, The Ministry of Environment, Water, and Ecological Transition (MAATE) reversed the water…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 24, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: v4climateleaders@gmail.com Climate justice and human rights organizations from around the globe are rallying around prominent Vietnamese environmental lawyer, Mr. Dang Dinh Bach, on the two-year anniversary of his arrest with the launch of the #StandwithBach hunger strike. A public letter was also released today by over 80…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 19, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: v4climateleaders@gmail.com International Coalition of Climate Justice and Human Rights Organizations to Launch Peaceful, Solidarity Hunger Strike Campaign with Bach May 24 – June 24 and Echo Call for Immediate Release from Prison The UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention just released an opinion regarding the…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 15, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: v4climateleaders@gmail.com On behalf of an international coalition of climate justice and human rights organizations, we are overjoyed by news of the early release from prison of Vietnam climate hero, Ms. Nguy Thi Khanh. Over the last 10 years, the internationally-renowned Goldman Environmental Prize winner worked with provincial…
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By Flávio Montiel, International Rivers’ Brazil Manager Brasília, April 25, 2023 – 19 years ago, 300 indigenous leaders held the first Terra Livre Camp (ATL) in Brasilia. It was the first important step of national mobilization, which led to the creation of the Articulação dos Povos Indigenas do Brasil (APIB). This week in Brasilia, amongst…
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