Brad Adams
@BradMAdams
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Founder, Executive Director, Climate Rights International @climaterights; Asia director @HRW 2002-2022; former UN rights worker in Cambodia, legal aid lawyer.
based in Berkeley, California
Joined April 2011
Banks and insurance companies considering support for @CNOOCUgandaLtd & @TotalEnergies oil and gas projects in Uganda should publicly announce they will play no part in their further development. https://t.co/qZAPeRiw6w
#StopEACOP
mg.co.za
Questions remain about who benefits from this project, marred by human rights and environmental violations
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Banks and insurance companies should end support for $15 Billion Kingfisher project operated and co-owned by @CNOOCUgandaLtd, majority-owned by @TotalEnergiesUG characterized by forced evictions, sexual violence, dumping, and violence. #StopEACOP
https://t.co/xUaiAX4NqO
cri.org
Forced Evictions, Sexual Violence, Oil and Chemical Dumping, and Violence in $15 Billion Project Operated and Co-Owned by CNOOC, Majority-Owned by TotalEnergies
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Cruelty + repression = the @hunsencambodia + @Dr_Hunmanet_PM regime. @StateDept, how is that @WestPoint_USMA education and training of Hun Manet working out for the people of Cambodia? It’s not like we didn’t tell you… #MotherNatureCambodia
Help support our jailed environmental activists! On top of the 6 to 8 year jail sentence handed down against the 5 #MotherNatureCambodia activists, the @Dr_Hunmanet_PM dictatorial regime has decided to punish them a step further by sending them to 5 separate (& notoriously
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New oped by @KristaShennum @ClimateRights explains how cancellation of nickel project by @GroupeEramet @BASF is opportunity for Indonesian govt and nickel industry to make changes necessary to power the energy transition AND protect rights/environment.
thediplomat.com
The government’s break-neck drive to exploit its nickel deposits should not come at the expense of human rights and the environment.
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Documenting environmental degradation and the horrible impact on lives and livelihoods is not a crime. US, EU, Japan should impose costs on the Hun regime until these cases are dropped and activists released. Quash Convictions of Environmental Activists
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Detailed interview with me by @CIVICUSalliance about the new EU Corporate Sustainability and Due Diligence Directive which will require large companies to adhere to strong human rights, environmental and climate standards.
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NYT cites @ClimateRights report "Unholy Guacamole" https://t.co/soDqSXX0NU in a new story about threats to U.S. avocado inspectors in Mexico. The bigger concern is deforestation, water theft in Indigenous communities.
nytimes.com
The move, prompted by fears for agency workers’ safety, could eventually affect U.S. avocado supplies if the inspections are not resumed.
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Good short film with an interview with a community member quoted in our report https://t.co/2BQ2gbxhbm on deforestation and land grabbing from Indigenous communities in the Weda Bay Industrial Park in Indonesia.
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The Ugandan govt should urgently authorize an independent investigation into the abduction, disappearance & beating of activist Stephen Kwikiriza. @TotalEnergies @CNOOCUgandaLtd should publicly call for justice & an end to attacks on critics of @EACOP.
cri.org
TotalEnergies, CNOOC Should Speak Out Against Violence and Intimidation of Project Opponents
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Critical for @TotalEnergies and @CNOOCUgandaLtd to make public statements calling for Stephen Kwikiriza's immediate release. The first hours are the most important in cases of disapperances. Silence from the main companies benefiting from Kingfisher is unacceptable.
We are deeply saddened to learn of the abduction of Stephen Kwikiriza by the UPDF. The Ugandan authorities must conduct a comprehensive investigation and guarantee Stephen's safe return. See the press statement below and RT widely! #StopEACOP!
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Receiving very disturbing news from #Uganda that human rights defender Stephen Kwikiriza is currently missing after being seized by the @MODVA_UPDF today. The State must ensure his physical & psychological wellbeing & immediate release @UgandaMFA @TotalEnergiesUG @CNOOCUgandaLtd
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The #HunSen government was undoubtedly responsible for this enforced disappearance, which is one of the worst and cruelest human rights abuses since family members don’t know what happened to their loved one. Someday a country will arrest this serial killer during his travels.
Sister of the “disappeared” #Thai democracy activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit will today (21 February) ask the Cambodian strongman #HunSen about the fate of her brother, who was abducted at gunpoint while living in exile in Phnom Penh in June 2020. Authorities in #Thailand and
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If you’re serving guacamole this Super Bowl Sunday, you’re likely contributing to an environmental disaster in Mexico. But it doesn’t have to be this way says @washingtonpost - citing letter from US Senators and @ClimateRights.
washingtonpost.com
A lot of the guacamole consumed by Americans comes from illegally deforested land in Mexico. The USDA could help bring deforestation under control.
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US-based companies importing avocados from Mexico are turning a blind eye to deforestation, water theft and violence. New @ClimateRights oped calls on @calavo @missionproduce @WestPak_Avocado @AvosFromMexico & supermarkets to clean up their supply chains.
latimes.com
L.A.-based exporters and importers of avocados trumpet their sustainability efforts despite their supply chains being compromised by deforestation and unsustainable water practices.
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1/ NEW REPORT: Nickel mining & smelting in Indonesia is threatening the human rights of local communities, incl Indigenous Peoples, polluting the environment, and fueling the climate crisis. Increased demand for nickel for EVs is driving these harms.🧵 https://t.co/KCG2dYpJ28.
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🧵1/8 What issue is scandalously omitted from @UNHumanRights compliation of @UN documents for #China govt’s Jan 2024 #UPR? Its own allegation of possible #crimesagainsthumanity targeting #Uyghurs and others.
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Very excited that @ClimateRights International’s first report is out today. Check out the report and video below. And the New York Times covered it in this long piece. https://t.co/j1438MWNsU…
(🧵1/9) Avocados from Mexico are supposedly “sustainable.” But avocado production is linked to widespread deforestation, water theft, and violence. See our new report and video: https://t.co/0QeL1thKeD.
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Countries taking part in #COP28 should focus on grave risks that climate change poses to the rights of present and future generations around the world. US, China, other wealthy countries need to be held accountable to pay for adaptation and #LossAndDamage.
cri.org
From Adaptation Funding to the Right to Protest, People Must Come First
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A welcome headline from #COP28UAE would be that countries have reaffirmed their international legal obligations to protect the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful protest.
cri.org
From Adaptation Funding to the Right to Protest, People Must Come First
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Important piece by @tonylavs on the joint letter with @ClimateRights sent to @bongbongmarcos on the risk to #indigenous communities and climate change from the #KaliwaDam. https://t.co/snWOvkdhnp via @rapplerdotcom
rappler.com
'The Philippines has a very unique and important opportunity to be a leader in ensuring that development does not have to mean sacrificing human rights or ecological health'
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