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DEMAND FOR ACTION ON LOG EXPORT PRICE DISCREPANCY actnowpng is calling on the Prime Minister & regulatory agencies to take urgent action to address the huge discrepancies in log export values revealed in a recent report from the UN Office on Drugs & Crime: Anuradha Mittal Frederic Mousseau Bismarck Ramu Group

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.Bill Gates Global Power Grab: Building a Movement Against Oligarchy - Join us for this webinar ft: Tim Schwab, Gabriel Manyangadze of Safcei Nicolleta Dentico of Society for International Development Jesse Hagopian Anuradha Mittal Tech billionaires are reshaping our world. While Elon Musk grabs

.<a href="/BillGates/">Bill Gates</a> Global Power Grab: Building a Movement Against Oligarchy - Join us for this webinar ft:

<a href="/TimothyWSchwab/">Tim Schwab</a>, 
Gabriel Manyangadze of <a href="/SAFCEI/">Safcei</a> 
Nicolleta Dentico of <a href="/SID_INT/">Society for International Development</a>
<a href="/JessedHagopian/">Jesse Hagopian</a> 
<a href="/Mittaloak/">Anuradha Mittal</a> 

Tech billionaires are reshaping our world. While Elon Musk grabs
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.UN Human Rights experts call on the Samia Suluhu govt to immediately stop the enforced disappearance of political opponents, human rights defenders & journalists, as a tool of repression to silence critics. >200 cases of enforced disappearance have been recorded in Tanzania

.<a href="/UNHumanRights/">UN Human Rights</a> experts call on the <a href="/SuluhuSamia/">Samia Suluhu</a> govt to immediately stop the enforced disappearance of political opponents, human rights defenders &amp; journalists, as a tool of repression to silence critics.

&gt;200 cases of enforced disappearance have been recorded in Tanzania
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BREAKING! Big banks poured a staggering $869 BILLION into fossil fuels in 2024 alone. The new #BankingOnClimateChaos report reveals just how much these banks are contributing to the climate crisis. See where your bank falls at bankingonclimatechaos.org #BOCC

BREAKING! Big banks poured a staggering $869 BILLION into fossil fuels in 2024 alone. The new #BankingOnClimateChaos report reveals just how much these banks are contributing to the climate crisis. See where your bank falls at bankingonclimatechaos.org #BOCC
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Thanks to support from our fierce community of individual donors, our work in Tanzania continues to make history and hold a microscope to how the World Bank operates globally. Despite the odds, your support helped amplify the voices of our partners to the highest levels of the

Thanks to support from our fierce community of individual donors, our work in Tanzania continues to make history and hold a microscope to how the World Bank operates globally. Despite the odds, your support helped amplify the voices of our partners to the highest levels of the
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.World Bank IFC are powering Javier Milei’s anarcho-capitalist mining boom in #Argentina – devastating Indigenous communities & fragile ecosystems. A new #BankWatch article exposes the Bank’s commitment to “sustainable mining” for what it really is: a greenwash cover for more

.<a href="/WorldBank/">World Bank</a> <a href="/IFC_org/">IFC</a> are powering <a href="/JMilei/">Javier Milei</a>’s anarcho-capitalist mining boom in #Argentina – devastating Indigenous communities &amp; fragile ecosystems.

A new #BankWatch article exposes the Bank’s commitment to “sustainable mining” for what it really is: a greenwash cover for more
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.UN Human Rights Volker Türk: Mass grave in Chemmani uncovered just weeks before your visit exposed the human remains of at least 19 people, including children. #SriLanka has a long history of failing to investigate such atrocities. We join families of the disappeared in

.<a href="/UNHumanRights/">UN Human Rights</a> <a href="/volker_turk/">Volker Türk</a>: Mass grave in Chemmani uncovered just weeks before your visit exposed the human remains of at least 19 people, including children. #SriLanka has a long history of failing to investigate such atrocities.

We join families of the disappeared in
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.UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk visit to #SriLanka should increase international pressure on Anura Kumara Dissanayake govt for #humanrights accountability. #Tamils across the North-East are demanding what is rightfully theirs: justice & the return of their stolen lands. Full

.<a href="/UNHumanRights/">UN Human Rights</a> Chief <a href="/volker_turk/">Volker Türk</a> visit to #SriLanka should increase international pressure on <a href="/anuradisanayake/">Anura Kumara Dissanayake</a> govt for #humanrights accountability. #Tamils across the North-East are demanding what is rightfully theirs: justice &amp; the return of their stolen lands.

Full
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.UN Human Rights Volker Türk must take action to address ongoing #humanrights abuses & land grabs targeting #Tamil communities in #SriLanka. With hopes for peace & reconciliation long deferred, it is imperative that the global community sustains its commitment to justice for

.<a href="/UNHumanRights/">UN Human Rights</a> <a href="/volker_turk/">Volker Türk</a> must take action to address ongoing #humanrights abuses &amp; land grabs targeting #Tamil communities in #SriLanka. With hopes for peace &amp; reconciliation long deferred, it is imperative that the global community sustains its commitment to justice for
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.Javier Milei – Argentina’s far-right president – is gutting rights & opening #Indigenous lands to rapidly expand #lithium mining as the WORLD Bank IFC IMF foot the bill. This isn’t green development. It’s corporate plunder. Latest on Our Take #BankWatch:

.<a href="/JMilei/">Javier Milei</a> – Argentina’s far-right president – is gutting rights &amp; opening #Indigenous lands to rapidly expand #lithium mining as the <a href="/World/">WORLD</a> Bank <a href="/IFC_org/">IFC</a> <a href="/IMFNews/">IMF</a> foot the bill.

This isn’t green development. It’s corporate plunder.
Latest on Our Take #BankWatch:
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.Volker Türk - The Oakland Institute calls for action to address ongoing #humanrights abuses & land grabs targeting #Tamil communities. With hopes for peace & reconciliation long deferred, it is imperative that the global community sustains its commitment to justice for victims,

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My newest Substack just posted. It's an invitation--please register today for this important event! If we want to confront oligarchy, we have to take on the oligarch class's most formidable member, Bill Gates. And we have to build political power. LINK: timschwab.substack.com/p/want-to-figh…

My newest Substack just posted. It's an invitation--please register today for this important event!

If we want to confront oligarchy, we have to take on the oligarch class's most formidable member, Bill Gates. And we have to build political power.

LINK: timschwab.substack.com/p/want-to-figh…
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.Volker Türk visits mass grave in #Chemmani & calls for independent & robust investigations to provide closure to families of the disappeared. Perpetrators of these war crimes must be held to account! Learn more: oaklandinstitute.org/country/sri-la… Anuradha Mittal UN Human Rights

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Our mid-year campaign ends this Sunday & there’s still time to take action! Every day, we hear from communities fighting destructive mining, land grabs, and corporate retaliation. Your support provides the legal, financial, and advocacy help they need to power their resistance.

Our mid-year campaign ends this Sunday &amp; there’s still time to take action! 

Every day, we hear from communities fighting destructive mining, land grabs, and corporate retaliation. Your support provides the legal, financial, and advocacy help they need to power their resistance.