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Woman attacked for protecting the River Kruščica. “The violence against activists has to be investigated,” calls Arnika
27.11.2020 - PRAGUE / SARAJEVO
On Wednesday November 25th, in the early morning, unknown perpetrators stoned the house of one of the brave women of the village of Kruščica – Tahira Tibold, the first woman ever elected as a chair of the local community [1]. Environmental groups are convinced that the attack is connected with… -
Uniting efforts to fight industrial air pollution: five Ukrainian cities are inviting for a conference
11.11.2020 - KYIV / PRAGUE
Did recent changes in legislation help improve the air quality? What information do we get thanks to the civic monitoring? What are the citizens of industrial centers facing and how to change it? Cities of Ivano-Frankivsk, Zaporizhia, Nikopol, Kramatorsk, and Kharkiv will host a conference “Industrial air pollution Ukraine 2020”… -
Biodiversity of Nagorno-Karabakh’s forests in danger because of extensive fires. Armenian NGOs seeking support from international environmental platforms
4.11.2020 - YEREVAN
Fifty non-governmental organizations of Armenia have recently issued a joint statement addressed to international environmental platforms, organizations and citizens with international prestige, because of the fires of forests caused by usage of phosphorus weapons over Nagorno-Karabakh – region known for its biodiversity and high number of endemic species. Local NGOs… -
“We don’t want any trash from foreign countries,” sounds from Thai activists seeking a total ban on waste imports
30.10.2020 - BANGKOK
After a recent ban on import of 428 various types of electronic waste, Thailand continues to fight against being flooded with trash from around the world. Currently, with 323,000 tonnes of imported plastic waste in 2019, Thailand remains the world's largest garbage dump after China banned waste imports in 2017.… -
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…
