Hanna Hindstrom
@hanna-hindstrom.bsky.social
Senior Investigator at Global Witness, focusing on human rights, environmental crimes and climate justice. Previously based in Myanmar and Southeast Asia.
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New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise
New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise
More people are being jailed in England and Wales as a result of acting to prevent climate breakdown and the war in Gaza, research reveals
Britain has created a new breed of political prisoners through the systematic incarceration of people acting to prevent climate breakdown and the annihilation of Gaza, a report claims.
The research by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and the protest group Defend Our Juries says that custodial sentences for acts of direct action or civil disobedience were once rare but are now being imposed with increasing length and frequency. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2026 at 4:19 PM
New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise
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NEW INVESTIGATION: Who pays the price of the ‘green’ transition?
Our latest report warns that nickel linked to deforestation, river pollution & attacks on land defenders in the Philippines may be entering EV supply chains — incl. Tesla, VW, Mercedes-Benz, BMW & Audi.
https://gwitness.org/4oZGkLm
Our latest report warns that nickel linked to deforestation, river pollution & attacks on land defenders in the Philippines may be entering EV supply chains — incl. Tesla, VW, Mercedes-Benz, BMW & Audi.
https://gwitness.org/4oZGkLm
Power, corruption and reprisals in Philippine nickel mining
How Philippine communities pay the price for Europe’s electric vehicle boom
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December 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
NEW INVESTIGATION: Who pays the price of the ‘green’ transition?
Our latest report warns that nickel linked to deforestation, river pollution & attacks on land defenders in the Philippines may be entering EV supply chains — incl. Tesla, VW, Mercedes-Benz, BMW & Audi.
https://gwitness.org/4oZGkLm
Our latest report warns that nickel linked to deforestation, river pollution & attacks on land defenders in the Philippines may be entering EV supply chains — incl. Tesla, VW, Mercedes-Benz, BMW & Audi.
https://gwitness.org/4oZGkLm
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At least 146 land and environmental defenders were killed or disappeared in 2024, more than worrying!
"Standing up to injustice should never be a death sentence" - @Global_Witness
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"Standing up to injustice should never be a death sentence" - @Global_Witness
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September 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM
At least 146 land and environmental defenders were killed or disappeared in 2024, more than worrying!
"Standing up to injustice should never be a death sentence" - @Global_Witness
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"Standing up to injustice should never be a death sentence" - @Global_Witness
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🚨BREAKING: Defend Our Juries leaders arrested in clear violation of international law
This is a terrifying example of UK authorities’ willingness to use authoritarian practices.
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This is a terrifying example of UK authorities’ willingness to use authoritarian practices.
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Five members of group supporting Palestine Action ‘arrested in police raids’
Defend Our Juries said a number of its spokespeople were held ahead of plans to announce a fresh mass protest against the ban on Palestine Action.
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September 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🚨BREAKING: Defend Our Juries leaders arrested in clear violation of international law
This is a terrifying example of UK authorities’ willingness to use authoritarian practices.
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This is a terrifying example of UK authorities’ willingness to use authoritarian practices.
amn.st/63327A6z3d
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Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19
Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.
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August 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19
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🚨 Myanmar junta hires US PR firm DCI Group to whitewash its atrocities
We condemn DCI Group's decision to serve as an enabler for a junta committing atrocities with total impunity. No amount of spin by D.C. lobbyists can wash the blood off the Myanmar military’s hands. More 👉🏽 buff.ly/IiQjOKL
We condemn DCI Group's decision to serve as an enabler for a junta committing atrocities with total impunity. No amount of spin by D.C. lobbyists can wash the blood off the Myanmar military’s hands. More 👉🏽 buff.ly/IiQjOKL
August 7, 2025 at 5:37 AM
🚨 Myanmar junta hires US PR firm DCI Group to whitewash its atrocities
We condemn DCI Group's decision to serve as an enabler for a junta committing atrocities with total impunity. No amount of spin by D.C. lobbyists can wash the blood off the Myanmar military’s hands. More 👉🏽 buff.ly/IiQjOKL
We condemn DCI Group's decision to serve as an enabler for a junta committing atrocities with total impunity. No amount of spin by D.C. lobbyists can wash the blood off the Myanmar military’s hands. More 👉🏽 buff.ly/IiQjOKL
“Mr Justice Chamberlain said the proscription order against the direct action group risked “considerable harm to the public interest” because of a potential ‘chilling effect’ on legitimate political speech.”
July 31, 2025 at 7:27 AM
“Mr Justice Chamberlain said the proscription order against the direct action group risked “considerable harm to the public interest” because of a potential ‘chilling effect’ on legitimate political speech.”
“An intelligence assessment before Palestine Action was banned under anti-terrorism laws found that the vast majority of its activities were lawful.”
Lawyers slam decision to proscribe the group as “repugnant” and “authoritarian”
Lawyers slam decision to proscribe the group as “repugnant” and “authoritarian”
July 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
“An intelligence assessment before Palestine Action was banned under anti-terrorism laws found that the vast majority of its activities were lawful.”
Lawyers slam decision to proscribe the group as “repugnant” and “authoritarian”
Lawyers slam decision to proscribe the group as “repugnant” and “authoritarian”
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NEW from Liberty Investigates and The Herald:
Scottish university agreed to monitor students for arms company
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2530867...
Scottish university agreed to monitor students for arms company
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2530867...
Scottish university agreed to monitor students on behalf of arms company
Emails reveal that an Edinburgh university agreed to monitor its students at the request of an arms company
www.heraldscotland.com
July 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
NEW from Liberty Investigates and The Herald:
Scottish university agreed to monitor students for arms company
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2530867...
Scottish university agreed to monitor students for arms company
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2530867...
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A must-read article on the insidious tactics of Eni to silence its critics.
Antonio is a brilliant campaigner and the legal case against him and other NGOs is a disgrace.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Antonio is a brilliant campaigner and the legal case against him and other NGOs is a disgrace.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Slapp addict’ Italian oil firm accused of trying to silence green activists
Eni has filed at least six defamation suits against journalists and NGOs since 2019 in what critics say is intimidation campaign
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
A must-read article on the insidious tactics of Eni to silence its critics.
Antonio is a brilliant campaigner and the legal case against him and other NGOs is a disgrace.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Antonio is a brilliant campaigner and the legal case against him and other NGOs is a disgrace.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Oops! AI did it again... you're not that innocent.
Nectar, a 'crime-predicting' system developed with Palantir, could be rolled out nationally.
Race, sex life, trade union membership and health are used to 'predict' criminality so people can be targeted for surveillance.
#SafetyNotSurveillance
Nectar, a 'crime-predicting' system developed with Palantir, could be rolled out nationally.
Race, sex life, trade union membership and health are used to 'predict' criminality so people can be targeted for surveillance.
#SafetyNotSurveillance
EXCLUSIVE: US spy tech firm Palantir is working with UK police forces to develop a real-time surveillance network using sensitive personal data
Liberty Investigates' new story with @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/news/police-...
Liberty Investigates' new story with @theipaper.com
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Police use controversial AI tool that looks at people’s sex lives and beliefs
Senior MPs and privacy campaigners have expressed alarm at the deployment of Palantir’s AI-powered crime fighting software with access to sensitive personal information
inews.co.uk
June 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Oops! AI did it again... you're not that innocent.
Nectar, a 'crime-predicting' system developed with Palantir, could be rolled out nationally.
Race, sex life, trade union membership and health are used to 'predict' criminality so people can be targeted for surveillance.
#SafetyNotSurveillance
Nectar, a 'crime-predicting' system developed with Palantir, could be rolled out nationally.
Race, sex life, trade union membership and health are used to 'predict' criminality so people can be targeted for surveillance.
#SafetyNotSurveillance
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Land and environmental defenders in the Caribbean are under threat and governments are dragging their feet.
The Escazú Agreement could help protect them. It’s time to ratify and implement it.
Why it matters ⬇️
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The Escazú Agreement could help protect them. It’s time to ratify and implement it.
Why it matters ⬇️
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
Why the Escazú Agreement matters for Caribbean defenders
Attacks on land and environmental defenders in the Caribbean are often overshadowed by mainland Latin America, but protecting their rights is just as crucial
globalwitness.org
June 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Land and environmental defenders in the Caribbean are under threat and governments are dragging their feet.
The Escazú Agreement could help protect them. It’s time to ratify and implement it.
Why it matters ⬇️
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
The Escazú Agreement could help protect them. It’s time to ratify and implement it.
Why it matters ⬇️
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
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Reports emerging of dozens of children killed in a junta airstrike on a school in #Myanmar's Sagaing region.
An act so cruel that it defies description.
How many more children must the junta kill before the intl community takes action? #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
An act so cruel that it defies description.
How many more children must the junta kill before the intl community takes action? #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Myanmar opposition says junta airstrike kills 17 school children
Myanmar's shadow government said an airstrike by the ruling junta had killed at least 17 students and injured 20 others at a school in an opposition-controlled area on Monday, despite a ceasefire being in place after a devastating earthquake.
www.reuters.com
May 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Reports emerging of dozens of children killed in a junta airstrike on a school in #Myanmar's Sagaing region.
An act so cruel that it defies description.
How many more children must the junta kill before the intl community takes action? #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
An act so cruel that it defies description.
How many more children must the junta kill before the intl community takes action? #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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📍 In Honduras, a father and son stood up to illegal logging and paid the ultimate price.
Their brutal deaths are a chilling reminder of the dangers faced by land and environmental defenders around the world.
🛑 This must end.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Their brutal deaths are a chilling reminder of the dangers faced by land and environmental defenders around the world.
🛑 This must end.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Killed, dismembered and scattered: the Honduran father and son who made a stand against illegal logging
The country is the most deadly to be an environmental activist – and the brutal murders of Juan Bautista Silva and Juan Antonio Hernández are the latest in a long line of violent acts against defender...
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
📍 In Honduras, a father and son stood up to illegal logging and paid the ultimate price.
Their brutal deaths are a chilling reminder of the dangers faced by land and environmental defenders around the world.
🛑 This must end.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Their brutal deaths are a chilling reminder of the dangers faced by land and environmental defenders around the world.
🛑 This must end.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Over 4,000 lives have been lost in the #Myanmar earthquake.
At the same time, junta airstrikes killed 30+ civilians on Wednesday alone, with many more killed across the country since March 28 in the junta's terror campaign.
Tragedy upon tragedy.
We grieve, we remember, we demand justice.
At the same time, junta airstrikes killed 30+ civilians on Wednesday alone, with many more killed across the country since March 28 in the junta's terror campaign.
Tragedy upon tragedy.
We grieve, we remember, we demand justice.
April 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Over 4,000 lives have been lost in the #Myanmar earthquake.
At the same time, junta airstrikes killed 30+ civilians on Wednesday alone, with many more killed across the country since March 28 in the junta's terror campaign.
Tragedy upon tragedy.
We grieve, we remember, we demand justice.
At the same time, junta airstrikes killed 30+ civilians on Wednesday alone, with many more killed across the country since March 28 in the junta's terror campaign.
Tragedy upon tragedy.
We grieve, we remember, we demand justice.
Some #Myanmar cronies have presented themselves as humanitarians in wake of the earthquake - making flashy donations and getting photographed meeting survivors.
Beneath the veneer of benevolence, their donations are funding and legitimising a brutal dictatorship
Beneath the veneer of benevolence, their donations are funding and legitimising a brutal dictatorship
Press Release 📣 At least US$55.8 million in corporate donations made to Myanmar junta since earthquake, risk funding atrocities
Donations to the junta have been made by multinational corporations and Myanmar cronies. More 👉🏽 buff.ly/oiAeMOv
Donations to the junta have been made by multinational corporations and Myanmar cronies. More 👉🏽 buff.ly/oiAeMOv
April 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Some #Myanmar cronies have presented themselves as humanitarians in wake of the earthquake - making flashy donations and getting photographed meeting survivors.
Beneath the veneer of benevolence, their donations are funding and legitimising a brutal dictatorship
Beneath the veneer of benevolence, their donations are funding and legitimising a brutal dictatorship
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“Communities in the Philippines have watched their water sources turn red and their land poisoned from nickel tailings.”
@globalwitness.org’s @hanna-hindstrom.bsky.social and Kalikasan's Ana Celestial examine how mineral extraction adversely effects Indigenous defenders.
www.landclimate.org/...
@globalwitness.org’s @hanna-hindstrom.bsky.social and Kalikasan's Ana Celestial examine how mineral extraction adversely effects Indigenous defenders.
www.landclimate.org/...
Critical minerals mining boom in the Philippines threatens environmental defenders - Land and Climate Review
Since 2010 the country has lost forest cover three times the size of New York City in mining zones, stripping away the country’s resilience to climate-related catastrophes, including typhoons and floods.
www.landclimate.org
March 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“Communities in the Philippines have watched their water sources turn red and their land poisoned from nickel tailings.”
@globalwitness.org’s @hanna-hindstrom.bsky.social and Kalikasan's Ana Celestial examine how mineral extraction adversely effects Indigenous defenders.
www.landclimate.org/...
@globalwitness.org’s @hanna-hindstrom.bsky.social and Kalikasan's Ana Celestial examine how mineral extraction adversely effects Indigenous defenders.
www.landclimate.org/...
An appeal court ruling has entrenched a dangerous precedent for peaceful climate protesters in the UK, despite slightly reducing jail terms for some climate protesters. My blog explains why.
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UK climate protestors' court ruling sets dangerous precedent
Six climate protesters saw their sentences moderately reduced, while ten others had their jail time upheld, following a crucial Appeal Court test of the UK’s right to protest
globalwitness.org
March 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
An appeal court ruling has entrenched a dangerous precedent for peaceful climate protesters in the UK, despite slightly reducing jail terms for some climate protesters. My blog explains why.
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
UN Special Envoy to #Myanmar Julie Bishop has been accused of 'unacceptable conflicts of interests' over financial ties to rare earth mining companies.
She is a paid advisor to a controversial company suing Greenland for access to its critical minerals. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/economy...
She is a paid advisor to a controversial company suing Greenland for access to its critical minerals. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/economy...
Exclusive: Julie Bishop consults for Chinese military-linked uranium mine
Concerns are being raised about the former foreign minister’s consultancy work for a company suing Greenland over US$11.5 billion of uranium exploitation.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
March 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
UN Special Envoy to #Myanmar Julie Bishop has been accused of 'unacceptable conflicts of interests' over financial ties to rare earth mining companies.
She is a paid advisor to a controversial company suing Greenland for access to its critical minerals. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/economy...
She is a paid advisor to a controversial company suing Greenland for access to its critical minerals. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/economy...
I’m in court to learn the outcome of an appeal for 16 climate activists jailed for 41 years collectively for acts of civil disobedience. It’s a critical moment for the right to protest in the UK.
#DefendTheDefenders
#DefendTheDefenders
March 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I’m in court to learn the outcome of an appeal for 16 climate activists jailed for 41 years collectively for acts of civil disobedience. It’s a critical moment for the right to protest in the UK.
#DefendTheDefenders
#DefendTheDefenders
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Journalist Gerald Flynn was barred from Cambodia on January 5th, 2025, despite having a valid visa and work permit.
Flynn’s deportation appears to be retaliation for his journalistic work, particularly his reporting on environmental issues.
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/camb...
Flynn’s deportation appears to be retaliation for his journalistic work, particularly his reporting on environmental issues.
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/camb...
Cambodia denies re-entry to Mongabay journalist who reported on illegal logging
BANGKOK, Thailand — On Jan. 5, Mongabay journalist Gerald Flynn was denied entry to Cambodia. Flynn has lived and reported in the country since 2019, but upon his return from a brief visit to neighbor...
news.mongabay.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Journalist Gerald Flynn was barred from Cambodia on January 5th, 2025, despite having a valid visa and work permit.
Flynn’s deportation appears to be retaliation for his journalistic work, particularly his reporting on environmental issues.
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/camb...
Flynn’s deportation appears to be retaliation for his journalistic work, particularly his reporting on environmental issues.
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/camb...
Nickel mining is spreading fast across the Philippines, imperiling communities and protected forests. Here I talk about our latest report and why the global energy transition can't come at the expense of people and planet www.youtube.com/watch?v=m414...
Philippines nickel mining: Activists warn of threat to protected forests
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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January 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Nickel mining is spreading fast across the Philippines, imperiling communities and protected forests. Here I talk about our latest report and why the global energy transition can't come at the expense of people and planet www.youtube.com/watch?v=m414...