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Coalition for Human Rights in Development
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Global coalition of over 100 organisations and activist groups working to ensure that development respects human rights and is community-led.
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Can a man who once urged police repression against striking mineworkers now claim to lead #Africa towards a people-centered, justice-driven future?

New op-ed by our Research & Learning Facilitator Charlize Tomaselli on South Africa's #G20👇

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CHARLIZE TOMASELLI: Ramaphosa, the G20 and empty promises of a just transition
Scratch the veneer and contradictions of the president’s position quickly emerge
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November 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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📢 This week, we’re at #COP30 with our members & partners to demand radical change.

Key decisions about our future are made behind closed doors. But a truly just energy transition must be more than a change in technology: it must be a shift in power.

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Position paper: Collective Demands on Community-Led Development in the Framework of the Just Energy Transition | The Coalition for Human Rights in Development
In this position paper, Coalition members and partners articulate their key demands for a community-led approach to the just energy transition.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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What if development stopped serving billionaires' interests, and instead started meeting the needs and aspirations of local communities, #women & #IndigenousPeoples?

👇Check out our new op-ed, arguing why community-led devt should be the only way forward:
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No more billionaires: Why communities should lead their own development | The Coalition for Human Rights in Development
The current economic system is broken: it keeps increasing the wealth of the superwealthy while failing to meet the needs of workers and local communities. But if community-led development was the new...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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📢 On Thursday Nov 13 (9:00 GMT), join us to hear directly from mining-affected communities in #DRC, #Tanzania and #Zimbabwe & discuss how a truly just, community-led energy transition can shape global decisions at the G20.

Register here👇 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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In #Tajikistan, a World Bank-led consortium is funding the #Rogun dam — a project that risks displacing 60,000+ people & causing lasting environmental harm.

A new analysis reveals serious flaws in the #resettlement plan, find out more👇 rightsindevelopment.org/news/rogun-d...
November 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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What powerful struggles are our members & partners leading to resist harmful projects, defend human rights, and re-imagine development?

In our October #Newsletter, you can find key updates, new reports, useful resources & inspiring stories!

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October 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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When we left the #Philippines for South Korea, we carried not just documents & statements, but the stories, pain, and hopes of our Tumandok people".

In this powerful blog, read about the struggle of Indigenous ppl against the Korean-funded Jalaur dam 👇
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October 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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A German Bank is under intense scrutiny for its irresponsible banking practices, which have been directly linked to displacement and human rights abuses...
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A German Bank is under intense scrutiny for its irresponsible banking practices, which have been directly linked to displacement and human rights abuses.
By Witness Radio Team. Germany’s state-owned development bank, KfW, is facing heavy criticism after a new report exposed how its financing is linked to land grabs, community repression, and human righ...
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September 15, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Read our new report “KfW: Irresponsible banking” on the hidden harms of the German development bank
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🎥 You can watch the report launch here featuring accounts by #HumanRights Defenders resisting KfW-funded projects
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September 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Ahead of today’s launch, Witness Radio brings you a special preview of the Coalition’s new report on KfW financing, featuring Dalile Antunez. Tune to Witness Radio at 2 pm EAT to hear the discussion. @business-humanrights.org @rightsindevt.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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📢 Our new report is out now!

Germany’s development bank #KfW - while branding its operations as "responsible banking" - is fueling reprisals, displacement & environmental destruction.

Read more👇
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September 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Today, Sept 10, at 3 PM EAT, @rightsindevt.bsky.social launches a new report, endorsed by 20 CSOs, exposing how individuals opposing #KfW-funded projects face threats, attacks & human rights violations for defending their land & future. Tune in to Witness Radio live for the highlights. #KFW
September 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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🚨 Join us TODAY (15:00 Nairobi time) for the launch of our new report, "#KfW: Irresponsible Banking" & hear directly from grassroots activists in #Indonesia & #Mexico as they denounce human rights violations in KfW-funded projects.

👇Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Join us TOMORROW at the launch of our new report "KfW: Irresponsible Banking"!
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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2/ Our 2024 cotton harvest report explained what needs to change to make the Uzbek cotton sector sustainable and viable for everyone:
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September 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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📢 Join us this Wednesday, Sept 10th, for the online launch of our new report "#KfW: Irresponsible Banking”, with human rights defenders from #Mexico & #Indonesia + Pichamon Yeophantong, chairperson of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

⏩Register here us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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This month we'll be at the UN Responsible Business & Human Rights Forum Asia-Pacific forum in #Bangkok, get in touch if you'll be there!

Register here to join in-person or online: indico.un.org/event/1018118/

And check this 🧵 below to read about the two sessions we're co-hosting on Sept 18!
September 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Next month join us for a webinar where we'll discuss:
📌 what has been the #CommunityResourceExchange (CRE) impact so far & examples of successful collaborations
📌key trends & key lessons learned
📌what's coming next & how you can collaborate.

Read more: rightsindevelopment.org/news/cre-eva...
August 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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🚨 Tomorrow the @adb.org will vote on #RekoDiq, a destructive #BarrickGold copper mining project in #Balochistan, a conflict-ridden region in #Pakistan.

A group of 30+ CSOs is sounding the alarm & calling on the ADB not to fund the project, join us!

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August 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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“In the midst of so many wars globally, it’s very important to gather, to reflect, to hug each other, to come together to see how we can build a different world.”

(Camilo Bermúdez, COPINH #Honduras)

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August 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Cases against anti-EACOP activism are skyrocketing in Uganda. Witness Radio has documented close to 60 cases in the last eight months
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Cases against anti-EACOP activism are skyrocketing in Uganda. Witness Radio has documented close to 60 cases in the last eight months.
By the dedicated efforts of the Witness Radio team. The Witness Radio team has documented nearly 60 cases of arrest, detention, and prosecution targeting activists protesting the East African Crude Oi...
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August 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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In Isiolo county, #Kenya, #Indigenous communities are speaking out against the human rights abuses faced in the context of the conservancy areas managed by Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) and taking legal actions to defend their rights.

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August 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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"Our suffering from the coal-fired power plant must stop. The air we breathe threatens our health. The water we use for farming & fishing is increasingly polluted. We'll not remain silent.”

(Syukur Rahmad, Executive Director - Apel Green Aceh
#Indonesia)

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August 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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"I can feel the energy, the passion, the commitment. We're heading in the right direction".

🎥In this short video, Jaybee Garganera (Alyansa Tigil Mina #Philippines), shares his impressions from our Coalition's #MembersGathering - that we held this month in Nairobi - and what gives him #hope.
July 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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A land rights defender and his wife have been arrested, charged, and sent to prison...
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A land rights defender and his wife have been arrested, charged, and sent to prison.
By Witness Radio team. Kiryandongo District – A community land rights Defender at Nyamutende Cell in Kiryandongo District, and his wife have been sent to prison by a magistrate’s court in Kiryandongo ...
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July 16, 2025 at 6:07 AM