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Ugandan Communities Say Total’s Oil Project Is More of a Land Grab than a Development Opportunity Ugandan Communities Say Total’s Oil Project Is More of a Land Grab than a Development Opportunity
Ugandan Communities Say Total’s Oil Project Is More of a Land Grab than a Development Opportunity
A decade of bloodshed: 1,088 Human Rights defenders killed for resisting corporate abuse A decade of bloodshed: 1,088 Human Rights defenders killed for resisting corporate abuse
A decade of bloodshed: 1,088 Human Rights defenders killed for resisting corporate abuse
World Bank-Funded TANAPA Rangers Murder Two Villagers in Ruaha National Park World Bank-Funded TANAPA Rangers Murder Two Villagers in Ruaha National Park
World Bank-Funded TANAPA Rangers Murder Two Villagers in Ruaha National Park
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Kenya: Court suspends Netflix and Meta’s carbon credits project over land dispute with Maasai herders
Defending rights and realising just economies: Human rights defenders and business (2015-2024) Defending rights and realising just economies: Human rights defenders and business (2015-2024)
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Indonesia: 46 companies linked to allegations of human rights and environmental abuses associated with 2nd largest palm oil producer; incl. cos. responses and non-responses Indonesia: 46 companies linked to allegations of human rights and environmental abuses associated with 2nd largest palm oil producer; incl. cos. responses and non-responses
Indonesia: 46 companies linked to allegations of human rights and environmental abuses associated with 2nd largest palm oil producer; incl. cos. responses and non-responses
EACOP project triggers floods in Kyotera District. EACOP project triggers floods in Kyotera District.
EACOP project triggers floods in Kyotera District.
Ugandan activist asks HSBC to put ‘lives before profit’ as campaigners target bank’s AGM Ugandan activist asks HSBC to put ‘lives before profit’ as campaigners target bank’s AGM
Ugandan ​​activist​ asks HSBC to put ‘lives before profit’ as campaigners target bank’s AGM
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Local land grabbers evict villagers at night; foreign investors cultivate the same lands the next day
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Uganda government ignores its directive on COVID evictions, evicts thousands of smallholder farmers, artisanal miners.

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World Bank-Funded TANAPA Rangers Murder Two Villagers in Ruaha National Park
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Ugandan Communities Say Total’s Oil Project Is More of a Land Grab than a Development Opportunity
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A decade of bloodshed: 1,088 Human Rights defenders killed for resisting corporate abuse
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World Bank-Funded TANAPA Rangers Murder Two Villagers in Ruaha National Park
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Kenya: Court suspends Netflix and Meta’s carbon credits project over land dispute with Maasai herders
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Indonesia: 46 companies linked to allegations of human rights and environmental abuses associated with 2nd largest palm oil producer; incl. cos. responses and non-responses
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Enemies of the State: Resistance to the EACOP becomes a deadly task

It is no secret: in Uganda it is badly about human rights. With the construction of the East African Crude...
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Statement: The Energy Sector Strategy 2024–2028 Must Mark the End of the EBRD’s Support to Fossil Fuels
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