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We know the anxiety of being targeted by abusive lawsuits first-hand. Journalists and activists can breathe easier now. #stopSLAPPs

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Young people bring life to climate activism worldwide - and Uganda repays them by locking them up? Uganda, stop weaponizing your courts to punish environmental activism! #FreeTheStudents #StopEACOP

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Please SIGN and SHARE: 10s of 1000s in #Panama are protesting a vast copper mine in the #rainforest. Please sign our #petition and tell the gov't that a healthy environment for all is more important than profit for the few. Yes to life, no to mining! rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1278…

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We stand in solidarity with the seven Ugandan students behind bars for using their democratic voice to advocate a renewable future. Join us in demanding #FreeTheStudents immediately! #StopEACOP rainforest-rescue.org/updates/11878/…

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Environmental disaster off Sumatra: A tanker wreck has been leaking #bitumen for months, polluting the ocean, destroying coral reefs, mangroves and coasts. PLEASE SIGN our #petition: Tell Indonesian gov't to WAKE UP and take urgent action! rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1279…

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Shocking: 4 more students activists have been arrested today as they engaged in a protest march at the parliament of Uganda demanding the government of Uganda and TotalEnergies to drop Eacop and the immediate release of the 7 students who have been denied bail since 24th Nov.

Shocking: 4 more students activists have been arrested today as they engaged in a protest march at the parliament of Uganda demanding the government of Uganda and <a href="/TotalEnergies/">TotalEnergies</a> to drop Eacop and the immediate release of the 7 students who have been denied bail since 24th Nov.
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#TotalEnergies sponsors AFCON but devastates African communities. Watch and share to tell them we see through their greenwashing. The EACOP pipeline could displace 100k+ people! 🌍⚽️ #StopEACOP #TotalEnergiesAFCON2023 youtube.com/watch?v=ZYVewM…

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Fun fact: The Amazon was named by Spanish explorer Francisco Orellana after he was attacked by female warriors named the Icamiabas, or ‘women without husbands’. He compared them to the Amazons of Greek mythology. #DYK

Fun fact: The Amazon was named by Spanish explorer Francisco Orellana after he was attacked by female warriors named the Icamiabas, or ‘women without husbands’. He compared them to the Amazons of Greek mythology. #DYK
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The January 2019 #Brumadinho mining dam failure in #Brazil was an avoidable tragedy that cost 272 lives. Five years on, the victims still seek justice from mining giant #Vale, while 23 of the company's dams remain at alert or emergency levels. rainforest-rescue.org/updates/11945/…

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Violence against Indigenous people in #Brazil continues to escalate: On January 21, a mob of 200 landowners and militia members attacked the #Pataxó people. Pataxó leader Maria de Fátima Muniz Pataxó was killed and her brother wounded by gunfire. rainforest-rescue.org/updates/11948/…

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Ammo against trophy hunters: A recently published position paper debunks the lies of lobby groups who claim that trophy hunters somehow benefit conservation and provide income for local people. #BanTrophyHunting rainforest-rescue.org/updates/11955/…

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#Brazil: US carbon trader Wildlife Works wants to sell carbon credits for the protected #rainforest land of the #Kaapor people. The Indigenous people have said no to profiteering with bogus #climate solutions and want Wildlife Works OUT! rainforest-rescue.org/updates/11993/…

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🌟We welcome the adoption of the Anti-SLAPP Directive in the European Parliament in a historic plenary vote. Our focus shifts to ensuring states implement robust protections for #SLAPP victims. Steering Committee Flutura Kusari thanked Roberta Metsola on behalf of CASE #DaphnesLaw

🌟We welcome the adoption of the Anti-SLAPP Directive in the <a href="/Europarl_EN/">European Parliament</a> in a historic plenary vote.  

Our focus shifts to ensuring states implement robust protections for #SLAPP victims. 

Steering Committee <a href="/fluturakusari/">Flutura Kusari</a> thanked <a href="/EP_President/">Roberta Metsola</a> on behalf of CASE

#DaphnesLaw
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#DaphnesLaw: The #EU finally has a directive to combat abusive #SLAPP lawsuits used by corporations and powerful individuals to silence activists and journalists, and to support public watchdogs fighting these tactics. rainforest-rescue.org/updates/12025/…

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Millions of trees have been felled in #Mexico for #TrenMaya, a tourist train and vanity project of Pres. Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The first sections are being inaugurated, but the fight against the impacts in the rainforest continues. rainforest-rescue.org/updates/11995/…

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Call for international #solidarity with Torobulu, Southeast Sulawesi, #Indonesia Protectors of the land and their communities are being criminalised for their opposition to destructive #nickel #mining Sign ✍ regenwald.org/csl/83e49362-8…

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6 to 8 years in prison: Our fearless friends and partners of #MotherNatureCambodia are facing harsh sentences for protecting nature and standing up to repression. Read more and SIGN our #petition calling for their immediate release! rainforest-rescue.org/updates/12323/…