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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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A key topic was missing from these talks: how we can continue business as usual, leaving serious harm unaddressed?
👉90 CSOs are demanding justice for the serious violations at #IndoramaAgro cotton project in #Uzbekistan, that was funded by @ebrd.bsky.social & #IFC.
bit.ly/IndoramaAgro
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CSOs have been reporting systemic threats & attacks against workers, farmers, monitors at #IndoramaAgro.
In such context, devt banks must take concrete actions to ensure people can freely and safely express their concerns.
Read more in the report #FinancingRepression: bit.ly/4cbNiYA
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"The Indorama Agro #cotton project exposes a glaring #accountability gap among public banks", says @ninales.bsky.social @ceebankwatch.bsky.social.
Read more & join our calls to the EBRD & IFC👉 bit.ly/IndoramaAgro
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Now that Indorama Agro has prepaid its loans to the #IFC and the #EBRD, development banks are trying to shirk responsibility for the harm they have enabled: but 80+ civil society groups from around the world are calling on them to use their leverage and remedy the harm.
bit.ly/IndoramaAgro
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In January #IndoramaAgro - one of the largest #cotton companies in #Uzbekistan - prepaid its loans to IFC & EBRD (tot. $130 million), while serious labor and human rights abuses remain unaddressed.
Abuses included
- #LandGrabbing
- #LabourRights violations
- #Reprisals
- #Environmental degradation
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The investigation was led by investigative journalist, Ruth Hopkins, supported by the Pulitzer Center, and conducted by several investigative journalists & media houses: Edwin Okoth, Follow the Money Netherlands, WOZ Magazine (Switzerland), The Nation (Kenya), ZAM Magazine and The Africa Report.
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In this multimedia platform, you can now read & watch the powerful testimonies of community members who are courageously speaking out against the violations they are facing, as well as a transnational investigation on the financial flows behind the company and the G4S security firm. bit.ly/4iH1c7s
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The villagers, who live near a 1,500-acre piece of contested land, rely on it for farming cattle, fetching firewood for cooking, and accessing the ocean for fishing. However, Bamburi, G4S security guards, and Kenyan law enforcement officials have violently kept them from their land for decades.
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@mongabaylatam.bsky.social @eldiario.es @efe.com @latercera.com @biobiochile.cl.web.brid.gy @actualidadrt.bsky.social @elconfidencial.bsky.social @publico.es @europapress.es @elespectador.com
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The project was initially developed by the South Korean POSCO, but the company withdrew in 2017 because of local communities' resistance. But instead of handing over the land to local communities, the Odisha state government handed the project to JSW Steel.
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Local communities are reporting serious human rights violations:
🔹loss of livelihoods, land grabbing, forced evictions
🔹lack of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent from Indigenous Peoples
🔹criminalization of defenders
🔹gender-based violence
🔹risks of destruction of critical ecosystems & pollution
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We invite you to explore our Annual Report and we hope you will join us in this collective journey to advance community-led, human rights-based development while ensuring dignity, justice and equal rights for all.
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In our Annual Report, we share some of these inspiring stories and we hope that - in these dark times - they will bring you some light. We also analyse some key themes that have emerged in our collective work, the main challenges we are striving to address, and our priorities for 2025.
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Our message will be loud and clear: we need development by the people, for the people. In the context of the just energy transition, this means that the transition needs to be shaped by local communities themselves, and serve their needs.
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But what is the #FICS Summit? And why does it matter?
👇 Check this explainer below & read more in this page:
rightsindevelopment.org/collective-w...
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Every donation can make a difference. join us and help us advance community-led, human rights-based development! bit.ly/CHRDSolidarity
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You can now find the results of the consultations in two documents:
📌 A 2-page infographic
📌 A 30-page summary
Check it out and share your thoughts & perspectives to add your voice to this critical conversation!
rightsindevelopment.org/news/summary...