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Ahead of Prabowo-Gibran Inauguration, Greenpeace Urges Public to Speak Out and Monitor the New Administration
Through a creative video projection, Greenpeace Indonesia called on the public to #ChooseToSpeakUp for the protection and restoration of the environment, democracy, and human rights.
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2045 and Beyond: Will ASEAN Leaders Prioritise Environmental and Human Rights or a Dirty Economy?
6 Oct 2024 – As the region’s leaders chart the way ahead via ASEAN Vision 2045, it is imperative to ensure that human rights are at the forefront. We urge…
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South Sumatran Residents Sue Plantation Companies Over Peatland Smoke Haze
South Sumatran residents attended Palembang District Court this morning to register a lawsuit against three plantation companies over the chronic smoke haze that has blighted their lives.
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Papuan Indigenous Activists Present Quarter-Million Signatures to Supreme Court
Brandishing shields, bows, and legal dossiers, Auyu environmental warriors today took the fight for their traditional land from the forests of South Papua into a Jakarta courtroom.
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Resilience? You say it like it’s a good thing.
For many individuals and communities who have lost loved ones and livelihoods to disasters, the term “resilience” is a double-edged sword that can cut both ways. Much like “toxic positivity” in the online sphere in the age of COVID, Filipino communities at the frontlines of climate impacts have been growing weary and wary of the…
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From the Heart: Thailand’s ‘Guardians of the Forest’ finally speak up, vow to return their ancestral home
“We want Thai society to understand that our people have lived in the forest for countless generations. We are not intruders. We are guardians of the forest.”
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When women take a stand to protect what they love
We cannot deny that women have come a long way, their influence seen, heard and felt everywhere. Be it in the social, political, or economic spheres, women everywhere continue to make waves, even break barriers.
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First-ever finding on corporate responsibility for climate crisis issued by CHR; Groups hail landmark climate justice victory for communities
In its groundbreaking investigation, the CHR announced that the 47 investor-owned corporations, including Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Repsol, Sasol, and Total, could be found legally and morally liable for human rights harms to Filipinos resulting from climate change.
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New testimonials suggest “modern slavery” for Southeast Asian migrant fishers working out at sea
13 foreign distant water fishing vessels have been accused of abusing migrant fishers from Southeast Asia, in cases so severe it has been characterised by many as “modern slavery”
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What does climate change have to do with human rights?
When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was created in 1948, it was done so to hold firm to the highest of ideals, a set of entitlements that allow all…