Rachel Cox
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Campaign Leader | Land and #Environmentdefenders | ✊🏽 @Global_Witness Views own.
Joined September 2016
NEW 🔴Our latest data shows that 1910 Land and #EnvironmenalDefenders were killed globally between 2012 and 2022. They were killed after trying to protect their rights to their land aand to a healthy environment.
NEW 🔴 In 2022, 177 #Defenders were killed for protecting their land & the planet. But around the 🌎 they remain steadfast in their struggle. Their voices can’t be silenced. We join them in demanding justice and immediate action. #DefendTheDefenders
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Does this seem right to you? ⚖️
⛓️ To give you a sense of how horrifying and brutal these prison sentences for #JustStopOil activists are: Average sentence for violent crime = 1.7 years. Average sentence for the JSO activists = 4.3 years.
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I'm deeply alarmed by the sentences handed to climate activists today over peaceful protests. I agree with the UN Special Rapporteur that this "marks a very dark day for fundamental human rights in the UK" I'll be raising this and our draconian anti-protest laws in Parliament.
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@DaleVince @GreenJennyJones @ChrisGPackham Thank you for speaking Dale. We need now to come together. Please sign the petition to demand an end to this madness. https://t.co/maL7GZC4u7 ✍️
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Subject: Sign the petition! Stop Jailing Those Telling The Truth. Body: Friend, I signed a petition on Action Network telling the UK attorney general to stop imprisoning protesters telling the truth...
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GBH? Armed robbery? Attempted murder? Possession of an assault rifle? No. These peaceful @JustStop_Oil protestors have received the longest ever sentences for non-violent protest - a combined total of 21 years. The truth, the whole truth and nothing but - cannot exclude the
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Just one of the outstandingly ignorant things Judge Hehir said to the defendants during the trial. He refused to listen their reasons for their actions, he ignored climate scientists, and he gave harsh sentences. I will speak on this in the Lords next Weds.
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Five @JustStop_Oil protestors have received what are thought to be the longest sentences ever given in the UK for non-violent protest, in a shockingly disproportionate punishment. The UK Government must urgently end the criminalisation of activists. https://t.co/m6t23lVxNz
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Five Just Stop Oil activists have been sentenced under the UK's draconian new protest laws criminalising civil disobedience. Will Labour reverse these laws?
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🇬🇧 Today marks a very dark day for fundamental human rights in the UK. Daniel Shaw and his co-defendants have been sentenced to spend 4 & 5 years in a prison cell for planning a peaceful protest. This decision is beyond comprehension. Full statement here: https://t.co/z3AjeUs4Us
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Deplorable. Long prison sentences for UK #climate activists showing UK's disdain for peaceful protest. And its happening whilst the prison system in England and Wales is at breaking point. The new UK Gov & @attorneygeneral must stop these authoritarian responses to protest.
Five @JustStop_Oil protestors have received what are thought to be the longest sentences ever given in the UK for non-violent protest, in a shockingly disproportionate punishment. The UK Government must urgently end the criminalisation of activists. https://t.co/m6t23lVxNz
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"Justice was done! No more impunity for killers of environmental defenders" Following a retrial, 28-year sentences were handed to the killers of four Indigenous #Amazon land defenders - murdered in Peru almost a decade ago https://t.co/Xzt3kW2Blo
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Indigenous leaders Edwin Chota, Jorge Rios, Leoncio Quintisima and Francisco Pinedo were murdered in front of members of their community in September 2014.
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This #InternationalWomensDay, we're celebrating the women, whether they be activists, defenders, farmers or caregivers, who have inspired our fight for climate action today Our @Rachel_Cox01 highlighted defender Veronica “Derek” Cabe ⬇️ https://t.co/td2PJYmmIn
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Whether activists, educators, farmers or caregivers, women play a vital role in protecting the environment. This International Women’s Day, we want to celebrate the women who have inspired our work...
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Remembering Berta Cáceres: A fearless leader who fought for environmental justice. But Honduras 🇭🇳 is still a deadly place for #defenders. To uphold her legacy the gov must ensure extractive projects respect Indigenous rights and investigate threats. #BertaCaceres
Eight years ago, gunmen burst into Indigenous campaigner Berta Carceres' home and shot her dead Despite her killing receiving worldwide attention, Honduras 🇭🇳 is still a deadly place for #defenders President Castro must fulfil her pledges to protect them https://t.co/gV4al0RuIX
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📣Join our team and help stop climate breakdown! We're looking for an excellent fundraiser to join us as a Major Gifts Officer in our US office! Learn more ⬇️ https://t.co/8F1yJSXc14
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A devastating landslide in October 2022 took the lives of 27 Teduray people🇵🇭 Two years earlier, the #Indigenous community were forced to move to the unsafe location to make way for private resorts Watch the documentary by our partner @rapplerdotcom ⬇️ https://t.co/wqqBbykPGg
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In the village of Kusiong in the Southern Philippines, landslides killed at least 27 Teduray. Local politics played a role in the tragedy.
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We draw the attention of the international community to the trial starting on January 8, 2024 of these Indigenous land defenders who sought to protect Wet'suwet'en territory in Canada from the CGL pipeline. They face up to 90 days in jail. https://t.co/XoK6ZYtw6z
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A worrying crackdown on civil society and defenders is happening across Uganda 🇺🇬 and Tanzania 🇹🇿, with at least 40 anti-oil and anti-#EACOP campaigners detained or arrested by the Ugandan state since September 2020. Our new report 👇
New allegations: French oil giant @TotalEnergies has been implicated in the intimidation of communities affected by controversial oil pipeline #EACOP, set to run through Uganda 🇺🇬 and Tanzania 🇹🇿. Read our full investigation ⬇️ https://t.co/5m8VVfcEut
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The work and dedication of Peace Brigades International packs a punch! It's the BIG GIVE.🎉 Help them & defenders globally to stand up for their rights and the rights of their communities. 🍃🌎 Proud to be a Trustee @PBIUK supporting them 🫰
🌍 #HRDs are making positive changes across the world in the face of difficult political and social contexts. 🕊️ Please donate to the @BigGive and support our global teams as we mobilise, advocate &protect defenders, uplifting their impact! Give a matched donation today!
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📢 Civil society organisations, trade unions, businesses, investors, and the public ALL want a new UK law to ensure businesses stamp out environmental damage and exploitative practices ⛓️ CJC's case studies report show why this is needed 🧵👇 https://t.co/hEbDsi3I4z
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This report documents how well-known UK companies, financial institutions and public bodies have been and continue to be connected to human rights abuses, worker exploitation and environmental...
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⬇️ Sign up to hear my colleague Javier Garate talk about the role of land and #environmentaldefenders and climate justice on 7 December @PBIcanada
Join us on December 7 to hear Colombian environmental defender Yuli Velasquez, Javier Garate of @Global_Witness and Emily Lowan of @CANRacCanada speak on #COP28 and the crucial role of and threats faced by frontline environmental defenders: https://t.co/F8NqQuron3
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Warning civilians to flee -- particularly when they have absolutely no where to go -- does not absolve a party from complying with the ban on deliberately or indiscriminately targeting civilians. Israel has often used on these types of pretend warnings to justify massive
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New from @bhrrc reveals almost 2,000 attacks against people challenging harmful business in LatAm & the Caribbean - making up 42% of global attacks. Esperanza protocol, Escazú agreement & upcoming @CorteIDH opinion present opportunities for change: https://t.co/QKARwkw4d4
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