Green activist killings up by a fifth - Global Witness

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-32377110

Green activist killings up by a fifth - Global Witness

Killings of environmental activists have risen by 20% in the last year, according to campaign group Global Witness.

A report published by the organisation said there were 116 deaths worldwide in 2014, including 29 in Brazil, 25 in Colombia and 15 in the Philippines.
Activists also faced abduction and other threats if they interfered in corporate or state interests, it added.
Last year saw a spike in killings related to hydropower programs.

Fourteen people died defending their land and rivers against dam projects.

Activists are often portrayed as enemies of the state, with some countries using anti-terror legislation to target them.

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[Seth]

Dammit, the projections called for at least a 40 percent increase for last year. Something's gone wrong with the program....

[Seth]

Activists are often portrayed as enemies of the state, with some countries using anti-terror legislation to target them.

[mistermack]

Activists are often portrayed as enemies of the state, with some countries using anti-terror legislation to target them.

More fucked up than fixed... but he meant well.


My theory is that it's not for political reasons that they are being killed.

It's really that green activists are just fucking annoying people.

[cronus]

If the greens really want to protect the environment they need to build an assassination bureau like the CIA and start a campaign for change that is effective. Same with scientist climate change enthusiasts....if change isn't going right then use plan B and throw a spanner in the works of modern casino capitalism.... Earth is gonna be dead in a hundred years might as well cut the trees down and send them all to IKEA where they belong.

[laklak]

Dammit, the projections called for at least a 40 percent increase for last year. Something's gone wrong with the program....

That's because they don't find any remains of a lot of them, particularly the ones that protest at hog farms.

[Seth]

Dammit, the projections called for at least a 40 percent increase for last year. Something's gone wrong with the program....

That's because they don't find any remains of a lot of them, particularly the ones that protest at hog farms.

Wu's Pig Farm, Deadwood, Dakota Territory.