Surge in crackdown on environmental defenders, report finds

Surge in crackdown on environmental defenders, report finds

A record number of people faced judicial harassment, intimidation, surveillance, and physical violence in 2025 for speaking out against businesses, a new report found — and most cases were tied to the energy sector.The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre documented nearly 800 incidents drawn from publicly available sources. Three-quarters targeted climate, land, or environmental defenders; and mining, fossil fuels, and agribusiness account…

PBI-Canada notes BHRC report documents 42 attacks against union-human rights defenders in 2025 | Peace Brigades International-Canada

Photo: Rocio Torres Bobadilla has faced threats and intimidation for her work with the Colombian mine workers union Sintracarbón. Peace Brigades International-Canada is studying the just-released report by the Business and Human Rights Centre (BHRC) report titled: Navigating a global crossroads: Human rights defenders and business in 2025. It indicates that there were 42 attacks against unions and 38 attacks against workers. We note that at leas…

Annual report 2025 Human rights defenders and business

In 2025, the Business and Human Rights Centre documented nearly 800 attacks (790) against defenders in 80 countries raising concerns about business. This is more than two attacks on average every day and more than we’ve tracked in a single year since 2020. Nearly one third of attacks (30%) were against Indigenous Peoples, who comprise just 6% of the world’s population. BHRC invited TotalEnergies, TotalEnergies EP Uganda, EACOP, Uganda National O…