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ASIA-PACIFIC NETWORK OF ENVIRONMENT DEFENDERS LAUNCHED AMID POLICE CRACKDOWN VS IMF-WORLD BANK COUNTER CONFERENCE IN BALI, INDONESIA

October 12, 2018

The Asia Pacific Network of Environment Defenders (APNED) officially launched its formation amid a siege by Indonesian police and public authorities against the People’s Global Conference Against IMF-World Bank (PGC), the CSO-led parallel activity to the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank happening from October 9 to 14, 2018 in Bali, Indonesia where APNED is participating.

ASIA PACIFIC NETWORK OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS LAUNCHED IN INDONESIA

October 11, 2018

Groups and individuals who advocate and work on the issue of human rights, environmental protection and natural resource conservation from across 13 countries launched the Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders (APNED) in Bali, Indonesia, October 11, 2018.

UPHOLD PEOPLE’S ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS, DEFEND OUR ENVIRONMENT DEFENDERS!

October 4, 2018

The APNED is an initiative borne out of the urgency to act on the worsening situations of environment defenders in the Asia
Pacific. It is a solidarity network of individuals, civil society groups, and peoples’ organizations in the region united in defending and reclaiming the rights of environment defenders, and their communities to life and the right to live in harmony with nature.