The UNECE Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders Is Tracking a Disturbing Global Pattern – It’s Getting Worse in America Too.
Karel Dekar
When someone who attended a public meeting regarding a nearby mine is the subject of a criminal investigation, a certain kind of unease descends upon the community. Not a demonstration. Not disobedience to the law. Just a gathering. For the past three years, Michel Forst, the UNECE Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders, has been gathering...