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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.

Stand with the People of Myanmar for Freedom, Justice, and Lasting Peace! As we enter the fourth year of the rule of Myanmar’s brutal and illegitimate military junta, the Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders expresses its firm solidarity with the struggles of the people of Myanmar for freedom, justice, and lasting peace. Since the […]

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!

APNED renews calls for strong and inclusive action to uphold environmental rights in Southeast Asia, particularly in the context of the ongoing development of the ASEAN environmental rights framework. We call on the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and ASEAN Member States (AMS) to heed the demands of civil society embodied in the ASEAN People’s Declaration on Environmental Rights, to enhance protections for environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs), indigenous peoples, and other vulnerable groups, and ensure inclusive and meaningful civil society representation and participation in the ongoing process.

Sign on to the joint statement from Indonesian civil society to demand the end to the criminalization and militarization suffered by the land and environmental defenders of Buol Regency in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Sign on to stand in solidarity with Filipina youth environmental defenders Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano, whose struggle for justice after their September 2023 abduction continues.

Sign on to stand with Mother Nature Cambodia and demand the immediate and unconditional release of the ten young environmental human rights defenders.

Write letters to unjustly detained Vietnamese environmental defender Mr. Dang Dinh Bach, and to your governments to support his requests for a humanitarian visit and an end to inhumane detention conditions. APNED stands in firm solidarity with Dang Dinh Bach and other unjustly detained environmental defenders, both in Vietnam and beyond.

On World Rainforest Day, APNED enjoins all to continue standing for the rights of local and indigenous communities, and other supporting environmental defenders, in protecting our rainforests and fighting climate change.

June 5 is the World Environment Day. Let us stand with our environmental defenders so that we can truly safeguard our environments for all present and future generations.