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Defending Human Rights Is Dangerous. Defending Nature Makes It Even Riskier

Over the past decade, there have been more than 6,400 attacks on human rights defenders, with three-fourths carried out against environmental defenders.

By Katie Surma

 Human rights attorney Alejandra Gonza (right) stands with Brenda Díaz Valencia, who is holding a photo of her father, Antonio Díaz Valencia, and his colleague Ricardo Arturo Lagunes Gasca, in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 3, 2024. The two men disappeared after criticizing mining practices in Mexico. Credit: Richard Pierrin/AFP via Getty Images
Several hundred activists marched through the streets of London on Oct. 28, holding flags bearing the Extinction Rebellion logo and posters calling for insurance companies to stop underwriting fossil fuel projects. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

To End the Fossil Fuel Era, Activists in London Target the Insurance Industry

By Keerti Gopal
Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo has been a park ranger in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park for two decades, fighting to protect the park from extractive industries. He is facing legal battles and constant threats of physical danger for his work as an environmental defender. Credit: Moses Sawasawa/CliDef

New Report Condemns Increasing Violence and Legal Retaliation Against Environmental Activists

By Keerti Gopal, Mathilde Augustin
On Feb. 27, About 100 people marched from the New York Public Library’s flagship location in midtown Manhattan to the headquarters of three insurance companies. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

‘Insure Our Future:’ A Global Movement Says the Insurance Industry Could Be the Key to Ending Fossil Fuels

By Keerti Gopal

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