Recent News Headlines : Global Witness

POPE BRINGS ENVIRONMENTAL CRUSADE TO PERU'S AMAZON, CITING 'DEFENSE OF THE EARTH'


An area lays deforested by illegal gold mining in the Madre de Dios province of Peru, on Jan. 17, 2018... READ MORE

20th January, 2018 936

AMAZON'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE 'NEVER SO THREATENED'


Thousands of indigenous people had traveled to meet the pontiff from throughout the Amazon basin region of Peru, Brazil and Bolivia... READ MORE

19th January, 2018 0

'IT'S A PERVERSE SYSTEM': HOW COLOMBIA'S FARMERS ARE REFORESTING THEIR LOGGED LAND


As the Farc demobilised, deforestation soared by 44 percent in 2016 with a rush of land-grabbing to plant coca and clear land for cattle ranches... READ MORE

29th December, 2017 503

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BRAZIL ABOLISHES HUGE AMAZON RESERVE IN 'BIGGEST ATTACK' IN 50 YEARS


Brazilian president has dissolved Renca to attract investment in region thought to contain gold with critics warning of irreversible damage... READ MORE

24th August, 2017 84337

POPE FRANCIS IN ECUADOR CALLS FOR MORE PROTECTION OF RAIN FOREST AND ITS PEOPLE


Koenig, whose group works with indigenous peoples to protect the Amazon... READ MORE

8th July, 2015 7328

AMAZON TRIBESWOMEN ESCAPE BACK TO FOREST AFTER REJECTING CIVILIZATION


The Awa tribe lives on the eastern fringe of Brazil's Amazon rain forest. It is estimated that the population of the Awa totals just 450 people... READ MORE

10th September, 2016 5437

NO, THE WORLD'S OLDEST TREE HAS NOT BEEN ACCIDENTALLY CUT DOWN BY LOGGERS IN THE AMAZON


While logging in the Mats's Indigenous Reserve is indeed controversial and the Amazon rainforest is shrinking, the Rainforest Protection Coalition does not exist... READ MORE

11th December, 2014 5121

MAN GUILTY OF TEENAGER'S 1993 MURDER


Related Stories A knife-obsessed loner has been found guilty of murdering 16-year-old Claire Tiltman in Kent in 1993... READ MORE

11th December, 2014 1618

BERTA CACERES MURDER: INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS LAUNCH NEW INVESTIGATION


Her murder triggered widespread international condemnation, including unsuccessful efforts by US lawmakers to withhold American aid until the government approved an international team of investigators... READ MORE

15th November, 2016 1586

PAKISTAN PASSES LONG-AWAITED ANTI-HONOUR KILLING LEGISLATION


The legislation, passed unanimously by the National Assembly, mandates life imprisonment even if the victim's relatives forgive the murderer... READ MORE

7th October, 2016 1509

GERMAN KILLER NURSE NIELS H PROBED OVER 84 MORE MURDERS


A nurse serving a life sentence for murdering two patients in northern Germany is now a suspect in at least 84 other murder cases, police say... READ MORE

28th August, 2017 1177

ROADS ARE ENCROACHING DEEPER INTO THE AMAZON RAINFOREST, STUDY SAYS


Oil and gas access roads in western Amazon could open up Pandoras box of environmental impacts... READ MORE

28th January, 2015 1123

ANALYSIS | SOUTH AMERICA'S INDIGENOUS GROUPS USED TO LINE UP WITH THE LEFT. NOT ANYMORE.


As indigenous leaders in states such as Amazonas have defected to Venezuela's opposition, the strains with the government have worsened... READ MORE

12th May, 2017 703

EVEN THE MILITARY MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO PROTECT AN ENDANGERED AMAZON TRIBE


Brazil's armed forces ejected hundreds of settlers from an indigenous reserve. A year later, outsiders are back... READ MORE

8th November, 2015 645

QLD 'GAY PANIC' DEFENCE TO BE SCRAPPED


Under current Queensland legislation, accused murderers can use unwanted sexual advances as a partial defence... READ MORE

4th October, 2016 608

LATIN AMERICA'S LARGEST RAMSAR SITE FACING 586 KM TRANSMISSION LINE


However, MINEM argues that a loophole in a 2012 Peruvian law makes it exempt from doing prior consultation on this occasion... READ MORE

4th September, 2016 518

POPE CANONIZES FIRST NEW WORLD MARTYRS, CALLS AMAZON SYNOD FOR 2019


REUTERS Alessandro Bianchi The pope also canonized 30 martyrs who were killed for their faith in Brazil in 1645... READ MORE

15th October, 2017 465

MELBOURNE MOTHER PLEADS GUILTY TO MURDERING HER THREE CHILDREN IN LAKE CRASH


She also pleaded guilty to the attempted to murder of her six-year-old daughter on the same day, April 8, 2015... READ MORE

16th January, 2017 460

JUDGE THROWS OUT CASE BECAUSE OF UNRELIABLE EVIDENCE


Judge Traverso told the court It is crucial for the state to prove that Mr Dewani entered into an agreement with Zola Tongo the taxi driver... READ MORE

8th December, 2014 437

TWO TRIBES BOYCOTT BRAZIL'S WORLD INDIGENOUS GAMES OVER 'INSTITUTIONALISED VIOLENCE'


Krah's and apinaj's tribes from brazilian state of tocantins which will host first ever world indigenous games this month announce boycott... READ MORE

11th October, 2015 406

CHESLEY JOHN LUCAS, 4TH SUSPECT IN STEVEN MILLER KILLING, WANTED BY POLICE


Police are looking for the public's help locating another suspect in the July 30 abduction and homicide of Steven Miller... READ MORE

8th August, 2016 300

CHILD ABDUCTION AND MURDER DATA PAINT CHILLING NEW PORTRAIT


Child abduction and murder data paint chilling new portrait... READ MORE

25th May, 2016 293

BRAZIL ON THE FRONT LINES IN BATTLE TO PROTECT AMAZON


IBAMA, on the other hand, has under 2,000 agents tasked with monitoring the entire Brazilian Amazon, estimated at about 3.3 million square kilometers 1.3 million square miles ... READ MORE

8th November, 2015 270

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST MURDERS SET RECORD AS 2015 BECAME DEADLIEST YEAR


Global Witness cited the case of Filipino activist Michelle Campos, a member of the indigenous Lumad people from the southern Philippines... READ MORE

20th June, 2016 225

THE COLOMBIAN HIT MAN WHO BECAME A YOUTUBE STAR


He is a former enforcer for the Medellin drug cartel who has boasted of committing hundreds of murders on behalf of his boss, Pablo Escobar... READ MORE

13th June, 2016 210

FARKHUNDA MURDER: AFGHAN COURT QUASHES DEATH SENTENCES


On the same day in May that the four men were given the death penalty, the judge sentenced eight defendants to 16 years in prison and acquitted 18 others... READ MORE

2nd July, 2015 182

AMAZON RAINFOREST WAS HOME TO MILLIONS BEFORE EUROPEAN ARRIVAL, SAYS STUDY


Amazon rainforest was home to millions of people before European arrival, says study... READ MORE

23rd July, 2015 158

COLOMBIA'S FARC REBELS INVITE MISS UNIVERSE TO ATTEND PEACE TALKS


The FARC did not say how Vega's visit would help advance the peace talks... READ MORE

7th February, 2015 153

BRAZIL COURT SUSPENDS MINING ON AMAZON'S RENCA RESERVE


Moira Birss, from the non-profit organisation Amazon Watch, had also condemned the decree by the Temer administration... READ MORE

30th August, 2017 140

BRAZIL'S POLITICAL CRISIS DEEPENS VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLES


According to the Violence against Indigenous Peoples of Brazil report by the Catholic Indigenous Missionary Council, 138 tribesmen were slain in 2014 compared to 97 the previous year... READ MORE

5th August, 2016 134

JUSTIN TRUDEAU TO VISIT SASKATCHEWAN VILLAGE HIT BY DEADLY SHOOTINGS


La Loche shootings Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit Saskatchewan village on Friday... READ MORE

29th January, 2016 130

VENEZUELA HELICOPTER CRASH SURVIVORS RESCUED AFTER SIX DAYS


Venezuela's El Nacional paper says that the military crew members were alive and will be transferred to the capital of Amazonas state, Puerto Ayacucho... READ MORE

6th January, 2017 127

'SCARED' FIREFIGHTER SETS HOME FOR REFUGEES ABLAZE


However, the decision by prosecutors to charge the men with severe arson instead of attempted murder has drawn criticism... READ MORE

4th December, 2015 125


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