Environmental activism
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The Wrong Gods review – absorbing drama tackles dark chapter in India’s history
Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney; then heading to MelbourneCounting and Cracking creator S Shakthidharan uses family…
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Whaling activist Paul Watson celebrates release from jail after Denmark refuses extradition to Japan
US-Canadian founder of Sea Shepherd, who was arrested in Greenland in July, will now spend Christmas with his …
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The Fisherman and the Banker: film charts Indian fishers’ fight with a giant
Documentary charts historic case of a community who sued arm of World Bank over a power plant’s impact on thei…
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Cambodia jails 10 environmentalists in ‘crushing blow to civil society’
Activists from the award-winning Mother Nature found guilty on charges of plotting against governmentTen activ…
- Culture, Dance, Environment, Environmental activism, India, South and Central Asia, Stage, Trees and forests, UK news, World news
‘She moved me’: the UK dancers inspired by India’s 112-year-old environmentalist
Saalumarada Thimmakka’s story of planting banyan trees led to a determined quest to find her, and a show about…
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Vietnam jails leading climate activist Hoang Thi Minh Hong for tax evasion
Hong’s three-year sentence is the latest in a string of convictions for environmental campaigners in the count…
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US calls on Vietnam to release environmental activist Nguy Thi Khanh
Award-winning founder of green development centre was arrested on tax evasion charges in FebruaryThe US govern…
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UK accused of ignoring plight of green activists in Afghanistan
Environmental campaigners who worked with UK officials fear for their lives after receiving death threatsThe U…
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Myanmar school strikes and a plane diverted to Minsk: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Colombia to China Continue reading.…
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The Goldman environmental prize winners 2020 – in pictures
The Goldman environmental prize honours the achievements of grassroots activists in six continents, recognisin…
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Howey Ou: China’s first school climate striker – video profile
As the first young person in China to engage in Greta Thunberg-inspired Fridays for Future climate s…
- Asia Pacific, Climate change, Environment, Environmental activism, Fossil fuels, Greenhouse gas emissions, South Korea, World news
Could a green new deal turn South Korea from climate villain to model?
Country’s youngest MP is on a mission, inspired by Greta Thunberg, as climate moves up political agendaA year …
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‘The forest is everything’: indigenous tribes in India battle to save their home from Adani – in pictures
Australian photographer Brian Cassey visits Hasdeo Arand, one of the largest contiguous stretches of dense for…
- Asia Pacific, China, Climate change, Environment, Environmental activism, Greenhouse gas emissions, Protest, World news
China’s young climate heroes fight apathy – and the party line
Zhao Jiaxin and Howey Ou are trying to convince Beijing to take radical carbon-cutting actionOne is a student …