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The protection of environmental activists is getting closer. Governments are negotiating on a new international mechanism
28.10.2020 - PRAGUE / GENEVA
The year 2019 showed the highest number of environmental and land defenders killed ever; 212 people worldwide [1]. Although most of them were in Latin America, murders also occurred in Kazakhstan and Romania. The global pandemic, accompanied by restrictions on civil freedoms as a result of the coronavirus measures, accelerated… -
Persecution of environmental activists in Belarus has no end. ‘Green Telephone’ operator Alena Dubovik was sentenced to 15 days in prison
27.10.2020 - PRAGUE / MINSK
Another member of a non-governmental organization Ecohome, Alena Dubovik, was detained in Minsk on Friday, October 23rd. On October 26th, she was sentenced to 15 days in prison for attending a public assembly against the falsified presidential elections on October 18th. After detentions and imprisonments of environmental activists Irina Sukhy… -
Kilograms of trash taken out of rivers in Bosnia and Herzegovina by the local communities
26.10.2020 - SARAJEVO / PRAGUE
In less than a month, five civic initiatives from Bosnia and Herzegovina have cleared rivers and riverbanks of trash at six locations. Each time, the organizers of River Cleaning 2020, together with volunteers, picked up kilos of plastic and other waste. “We are happy to help with cleaning our natural… -
‘Do you want to know what you’re breathing in every second? Your voice matters too,’ calls a new petition for clean air in Ukraine
23.10.2020 - KYIV / PRAGUE
Would you be comfortable eating or drinking anything suspicious or possibly spoiled without knowing about its composition? Or would you want to know more and demand better quality? When we choose products in the shops, we know the ingredients and chemicals that are added. In the same way, we should… -
Good news from Brussels: The EU promises consumer goods without dangerous chemicals
19.10.2020 - BRUSSELS
On Wednesday, October 14th, 2020, the European Commission approved an ambitious strategy, with a goal to protect the citizens and the environment better from the most toxic substances. In the future, products containing poisons that are carcinogenic and mutagenic or that damage the hormonal and reproductive system should disappear from… -
Thailand refuses to be a global dumpsite: 428 different types of e-waste listed as strictly forbidden to import into the country
12.10.2020 - BANGKOK
After years of efforts and demanding such ban by several environmental groups including EARTH and Arnika, Thailand has finally announced prohibition on the import of dangerous e-waste. New list of 428 types of electronic waste which come under the ban shows that Thailand is not, and refuses to be, a… -
Environmental destruction in times of coronavirus: a new study brings cases from Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia to light
12.10.2020 - PRAGUE
Changing the law in favour of investors, sudden approval of controversial projects, unlawful construction of hydropower plants, illegal logging, or persecution of activists. These are some of the cases of accelerated undermining of human rights and destruction of the environment during the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic. The…
