Tag: #EHRDs

We strongly condemn the killings last April 19 in Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental, Philippines, perpetrated by the 79th Infantry Battalion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Reports from the ground point to yet another series of violations of international humanitarian law by state forces in communities already persisting through waves of various land and environmental issues.

Environmental defenders across Southeast Asia face threats, violence and legal hurdles in their fight for justice. Five share their struggles. Article originally published on Dialogue Earth.

As we step into 2025, we celebrate our collective efforts as a network together with fellow environmental defenders and express our gratitude. We are in solidarity with the different struggles across the region for environmental rights, continuing our creative, hopeful, and courageous defense of lands, waters, and life.

Here’s why and how to advocate for a genuine regional instrument on environmental rights that protects all of us. #ASEANEnvironmentalRights

This video is the second out of three in our #ASEANEnvironmentalRights explainer series.

Today, on International Human Rights Day 2024, we environmental human rights defenders and concerned civil society have come together to firmly call: STAND WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS! FIGHT JUDICIAL HARASSMENT AND MILITARIZATION!

As we move past the mid-year mark, 2024 has proven to be a tough year for environmental human rights defenders across the Asia-Pacific. Despite these challenges, our collection action and commitment remain strong. In this edition, you’ll find the latest news, campaign achievements, engagements, and resources.

APNED condemns the unjust arrest and detention of six Cambodian environmental defenders from November 23 to 25. The six environmental human rights defenders were investigating illegal logging in the pristine Veun Sai-Sem Pang National Park, in Stung Treng, northeastern Cambodia, when they were arrested by military.

Learn more about the ongoing process of the first-ever regional instrument on environmental rights in Southeast Asia through the first video of the #ASEANEnvironmentalRights series.

The Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders (APNED) successfully held three trainings on participatory action research and security in Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Philippines in 2024. The trainings increased the capacity of Cambodian, Filipino, and Indonesian environmental defenders in conducting research on environmental and human rights issues as well as in ensuring their safety against physical and/or digital attacks while they conduct their work. 

The Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders (APNED) calls for governments in Asia to take the annual report of Global Witness into consideration and ensure protection for environmental human rights defenders in the region. In the past years, the attacks on environmental defenders have gone largely unrecognized by governments and most are also perpetrated by State actors.