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Global Witness

Type: Organization

Name: Global Witness

Nationality: United Kingdom

Web Address: http://www.globalwitness.org/indexhome.html

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Global Witness

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

It's all gone now

Ask Sreap Samoen where are the communal grazing lands? Where can local villagers fish and grow crops? The 50-year-old woman with a weather-beaten face points into the distance and says: "It's all gone. The company has it now."She's standing near a cluster ... [Published Bangkok Post - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Global Witness, Cambodia, International Finance Corporation

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

HAGL boss denies accusations of Laos-Cambodia land grab by NGO

HCM CITY (VNS)— Doan Nguyen Duc, chairman of Hoang Anh Gia Lai Corporation, has rejected all accusations made against his company of deforesting and appropriating land in Laos and Cambodia by the NGO Global Witness, calling them "groundless."The organisation ... [Published Bao Moi.com - May 18 2013]

Entities: Laos, Cambodia, Global Witness

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Zim 'richest in sub-Saharan Africa'

Zimbabwean PM Morgan Tsvangirai has set the tone for his party’s election campaign, saying the terrain "will be determined by those that are able to give answers to Zimbabwe's challenges".Cape Town - Zimbabwe is probably the richest and most heavily resourced ... [Published News24.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Zimbabwe, James Duddridge, Global Witness

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Resources, graft and Africa’s curse

AFRICAN countries have often been accused of turning conferences into talk shops which fail to come up with meaningful policy proposals and resolutions to tackle the myriad of problems bedevilling the continent, including poverty, disease and human rights ... [Published Zimbabwe Independent - May 17 2013]

Entities: Zimbabwe, Sydney SEKERAMAYI, ZANU-PF, Partnership Africa Canada, Mining

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

International Finance Corporation

Deutsche Bank and IFC accused of bankrolling Vietnam firms' land grabs

Two Vietnamese firms bankrolled by Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation the World Bank's private lending arm are leading a wave of land grabs in Cambodia and Laos, causing widespread evictions, illegal logging and food insecurity, ... [Published Zunia.org RSS - May 17 2013]

Entities: International Finance Corporation, Deutsche Bank AG, Vietnam

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Tengah urges department to utilise social media to counter allegations

KUCHING: The Land and Survey Department has been urged to actively engage online social media to disseminate information about its policies in simple language.Second Resource Planning and Environment Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said this ... [Published thestar.com.my - May 17 2013]

Entities: Social Media, Allegation, Invention, Global Witness, Creativity

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Letters: Action on land grabs

_ Research by Global Witness revealing the murky world of land investments is a timely reminder for G8 leaders when they meet next month in Northern Ireland (, 13 May).For too long, land investments have remained dangerously unregulated and opaque, exposing ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 16 2013]

Entities: Action, Ben Phillips, G8 Leaders, Global Witness

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Vested interests pushing Amazonian highway bill, putting uncontacted groups and the environment at risk under the guise of development

Plans to build a 270 km highway through the Peruvian Amazon are mired in legal violations and potential conflicts of interest, said Global Witness in a new report today.The Purús highway bill, currently being considered by Peru’s Congress, proposes a ... [Published Illegal Logging - May 15 2013]

Entities: Global Witness, Peru, Environment

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 6 reports

Laos Land Grabs: Deutsche Bank Backs Ruthless 'Rubber Lords'

Vietnamese companies have been ruthlessly taking advantage of Laotian locals and their environment to create vast rubber plantations. The "rubber lords" are also getting support for the land grabs from Germany's Deutsche Bank, which is violating its ethics ... [Published Spiegel Online - May 15 2013]

Entities: Laos, Deutsche Bank AG, Concession, Vietnam, Cambodia

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 2 reports

May 14: Vietnam stocks fall led by speculative stocks

Vietnamese stocks fell today and high-beta stocks fell the most, Hoang Anh Gia Lai Corporation (HAG) hit hard on impact of Global Witness’ report.The benchmark VN Index lost 5.08 points or 1.04% to 483.85. Volume rose 2.3% to 46.53 million shares worth ... [Published Business Times Vietnam - May 14 2013]

Entities: Global Witness, Stocks, Vietnam

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 16 reports

Rubber boom fuelling land grabs in SEA

PHNOM PENH (AFP) – Vietnamese rubber firms bankrolled by an arm of the World Bank and Germany’s Deutsche Bank are driving a land-grabbing crisis in Southeast Asia, activists said Monday.Indigenous ethnic minorities are bearing the brunt of the seizures, ... [Published Borneo Bulletin - May 14 2013]

Entities: Global Witness, International Finance Corporation, Deutsche Bank AG, World Bank Group, Vietnam

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 4 reports

Deutsche Bank and IFC Accused of Bankrolling Vietnam Firms' Land Grabs

The study, concluding a year-long investigation by the watchdog Global Witness, names two of Vietnam's biggest companies, the privately owned Huang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) and state-owned Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG), as the businesses behind the land grabs. ... [Published Here Is The City - May 13 2013]

Entities: Cambodia, Laos, Deutsche Bank AG, Vietnam, Global Witness

Quotes

"Both companies are having severe impacts on the human rights of ordinary Lao and Cambodian citizens. Often, the first time people learn of a plantation is when the company bulldozers arrive to clear their farms" she said

It's all gone now [Published Bangkok Post - 23 hours ago]

"We are well aware of the significance of environmental issues and have set up an environment working team in our company."

HAGL boss denies accusations of Laos-Cambodia land grab by NGO [Published Bao Moi.com - May 18 2013]

"If the next election is accompanied by violence there is a real risk that any bloodshed will be funded by diamond revenue" said Nick Donovan, a senior researcher for Global Witness

Zim 'richest in sub-Saharan Africa' [Published News24.com - May 17 2013]

A source who was present at Glencore's annual meeting in Zug, Switzerland, said: "There was a lot of ire about this and shareholders have voted with their feet."

Glencore cleanses the last of Xstrata as Bond is voted out [Published Mail Online UK - May 16 2013]

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Hoang Anh-Gia Lai refutes accusations [Published VietnamPlus - May 17 2013]
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Resources, graft and Africa’s curse [Published Zimbabwe Independent - May 17 2013]
Deutsche Bank and IFC accused of bankrolling Vi... [Published Zunia.org RSS - May 17 2013]
MSWG Invites Stakeholders to Join Responsible S... [Published Rapaport News - May 17 2013]
Paul Low says is powerless, will bank on PM’s s... [Published Malaysian Insider - May 17 2013]
HAGL protests Global Witness’ deforestation acc... [Published Bao Moi.com - May 17 2013]
Tengah urges department to utilise social media... [Published thestar.com.my - May 17 2013]
Glencore cleanses the last of Xstrata as Bond i... [Published Mail Online UK - May 16 2013]
Glencore cleanses the last of Xstrata as Sir Jo... [Published This Is Money - May 16 2013]
Broker says uptrend not in sight this month [Published Saigon Economic Times - May 16 2013]
Letters: Action on land grabs [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 16 2013]
Action on land grabs [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 16 2013]
Logging in South-East Asia: Rubber barons [Published The Economist - May 16 2013]
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Minister must show political will to fight graft [Published The Sun Daily - May 16 2013]
HAGL rejects land, forest grab accusations [Published Bao Moi.com - May 16 2013]
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Paul Low to be judged on results of graft fight... [Published Yahoo! Singapore - May 16 2013]
May 14: Vietnam Stocks Fall Led by Speculative ... [Published Intellasia.net - May 16 2013]
Vested interests pushing Amazonian highway bill... [Published Illegal Logging - May 15 2013]
Vested interests pushing Amazonian highway bill... [Published Global Witness - May 15 2013]

Blogs

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Opposition MP Son Chhay will go to investigate ... [Published Khmerization - May 18 2013] ដោយ អាន ស៊ីថាវ RFA2013-05-18ស្ដាប់ ឬ ទាញយកសំឡេងមន្ត្រីជាន់ខ្ពស់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ លោក សុន ឆ័យ។RFA/Den Ayuthyea. Read in English here.បន្ទាប់ពីអង្គការឃ្លាំមើលពិភពលោក (Global Witness)ដែលបានចេញផ្សាយរបាយការណ៍មួយឲ្យដឹងថាមានក្រុមហ៊ុនច ...
Deutsche Bank and IFC accused of bankrolling Vi... [Published Zunia.org RSS - May 17 2013] Two Vietnamese firms bankrolled by Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation the World Bank's private lending arm are leading a wave of land grabs in Cambodia and Laos, causing widespread evictions, illegal logging and food insecurity, ...
The Cambodian government urges Global Witness t... [Published Khmerization - May 14 2013] ដោយ ទេព សុរ៉ាវី និង សេក បណ្ឌិត RFA2013-05-13 Watch video here.ស្ដាប់ ឬ ទាញយកសំឡេងស្ដាប់ ឬ ទាញយកសំឡេងរដ្ឋលេខាធិការទីស្ដីការគណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រី លោក ផៃ ស៊ីផាននិងជាអ្នកនាំពាក្យរដ្ឋាភិបាលថ្លែងក្នុងសន្និសីទកាសែតស្ដីពីការផ្សាយព័ត៌មានរបស់វិទ្យ ...
How the World Bank funds illegal logging in Cam... [Published Khmerization - May 14 2013] By Denise HrubyGlobalPost.comMay 14, 2013PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Five-months pregnant, Im Chanthy was told thather husband's body had been found in the trunk of his car, brutallyhacked to death for reporting on illegal logging and land concessions inC ...
Rubber Barons – the film [Published Khmerization - May 14 2013] On the road with Global Witness investigators to witness the devastation caused by VRG and HAGL and hear the stories of those most affected. More films at Global Witness site. ...

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Global Witness implicates Malaysian politician [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Mar 19 2013]

Press Releases

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Global Witness Refuses to Comply with Obligatio... [Published PR Newswire - Apr 19 2013]