Every year, Global Witness works with partners to gather evidence, verify and document every time a land and environmental defender is killed or disappeared. Our methodology follows robust criteria, yet undocumented cases pose challenges when it comes to analysing data Global Witness documents killings and long-term disappearances of land and environmental defenders globally. In partnership…
Two imminent inquiries must clarify whether the minister was motivated by valid concerns or improper political motives. At his dramatic 6 July media briefing, KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi made several allegations that raise serious questions about the role of corrupt politicians and police in facilitating organised crime in South Africa. The allegations will…
A murder suspect wanted in connection with the “targeted” July deaths of four people in Tennessee after a baby was discovered abandoned in a person’s front yard was captured after a multi-day manhunt. Austin Robert Drummond, 28, was taken into custody, police in Jackson, Tennessee, said Tuesday morning. U.S. Marshals captured him after he was…
A suspect has been arrested in the killings of a couple who were attacked on an Arkansas hiking trail Saturday, state police said Wednesday. James Andrew McGann, 28, of Springdale, was arrested at 4:57 p.m. Wednesday at a business in Springdale and is charged with two counts of capital murder, Arkansas State Police said in…
Israeli attacks at aid distribution sites sending increased number of casualties to hospitals says ICRC. Gaza’s healthcare system is “extremely fragile” amid the ongoing Israeli war, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned. The organisation said in a statement on Sunday that the enclave’s hospitals are in urgent need of protection and…
