Press release | First published: here | 26 March 2025 On 30 January 2025, Ecuador’s Constitutional Court dismissed an extraordinary action for protection brought by the “Guerreras por la Amazonia” (Warriors for the Amazon). This group of activists, supported by the Union of People Affected by Texaco’s Oil Operations (UDAPT), the “Eliminen los Mecheros, Enciendan Weiterlesen
On the eve of the last presidential debate scheduled for March 23 and ahead of the April 13 presidential elections, Amnesty International published today an open letter addressed to the presidential candidates Luisa González and Daniel Noboa (available only in Spanish). Weiterlesen
In response to a U.S. jury in North Dakota ordering Greenpeace to pay at least $660m to the fossil fuel company Energy Transfer, having found the organization responsible for defamation and the actions of protesters opposed to the Dakota Access pipeline in 2016 and 2017, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said: Weiterlesen
On 17.03.2025 and 19.03.2025, oral hearings will take place before the Hamm Higher Regional Court in the groundbreaking case brought by Peruvian farmer Saúl against the energy company RWE. These proceedings are the first to deal with possible liability issues of companies for their contribution to the climate crisis. Following the successful admission of the lawsuit to trial and the comprehensive gathering of evidence in the spring of 2022, the next significant stage in the proceedings will now follow. Weiterlesen
On February 15, 2024, the Colombian fishing and environmental association FEDEPESAN announced that its members would be forced to collectively move away from the areas they inhabit in the lakes and rivers around the city of Barrancabermeja. In recent years and also in the first two months of 2025, members of FEDEPESAN have been subjected to numerous harassments, threats, robberies, extortions and even assassination attempts by armed groups seeking control of the waters for their own benefit or retaliating against FEDEPESAN for denouncing possible cases of pollution and corruption. Amnesty International is calling on the Colombian police to ensure the safety of FEDEPESAN members and prevent their displacement. Weiterlesen
Reacting to today’s publication by the European Commission of a “simplification” Omnibus proposal which envisions damaging changes to key EU sustainability laws, including the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said: Weiterlesen
Amnesty International will consider prisoner-of-conscience designations in the cases of three Indigenous land defenders in Canada whose convictions were upheld by a British Columbia court. Weiterlesen
After a decade-long fight for justice, the Preliminary Issues Trial of Nigerian Law for Shell vs Ogale and Bille communities is set to take place at the UK High Court from 13 February to 10 March 2025. Weiterlesen
How mineral extraction and new energy projects without free, prior and informed consent are threatening Indigenous Sámi livelihoods and culture in Sweden, Norway and Finland. Weiterlesen
On 30 November 2024 and again on 2 January 2025, the civil society organization CREDHOS publicly denounced assassination plans by the armed group EGC against its president Iván Madero. Civil society organizations working for human rights, land rights and environmental protection in the northern Colombian region of Magdalena Medio, including CREDHOS and FEDEPESAN, have been Weiterlesen
