New New / June 14, 2022 Media Alert – Ecuador National Strike & Leonidas Iza Salazar Arrest At dawn today, June 14th, 2022, Leonidas Iza Salazar of Kichwa panzaleo nationality, and current… Read more Amazon Frontlines
Press Releases / February 4, 2022 Ecuador’s Supreme Court Makes Historic Ruling Recognizing Indigenous Right to Consent Over Oil and Mining Projects For more information, contact: Kelsey Flitter at +1.215.680.6191; Kelsey@amazonfrontlines.org Photos, video and spokespeople available upon request…. Read more Amazon Frontlines
Press Releases / December 9, 2021 Report: Rights Defenders Under Threat in Ecuador The Alliance for Human Rights in Ecuador released a report revealing the intensifying dangers that… Read more Amazon Frontlines
Press Releases / April 21, 2021 REQUEST FOR URGENT ACTION Iván Duque President of the Republic of Colombia Antonia Urrejola President of the Interamerican Commision… Read more Amazon Frontlines
Press Releases / March 24, 2021 Ecuadorian Court Rejects Indigenous People’s Lawsuit After Disastrous Oil Spill In Amazon During Pandemic, Reinforcing Legacy of Corporate Impunity For immediate release (Coca, Ecuador. 24th March 2021) — Nearly one year after a disastrous… Read more Amazon Frontlines
Press Releases / March 18, 2021 The Buenavista Reservation of the Siona People and civil society human rights organizations celebrate the cancellation of the “Strategic Alliance” between UNDP-Colombia and GeoPark oil company On April 26, the Buenavista Reservation of the Siona People and the Association for Holistic… Read more Amazon Frontlines
Press Releases / January 27, 2021 Court Rules Against Ecuador’s Oil Industry in Appeal by Children Living Next to “Flares of Death” (Sucumbios, Ecuador. 27 January 2021) — On Tuesday, an appeals court judge ruled that the… Read more Amazon Frontlines
Press Releases / November 19, 2020 “OUR RIGHTS, OUR TERRITORY, OUR DECISION” PRONOUNCEMENT OUR RIGHTS, OUR TERRITORY, OUR DECISION We reject the imposition of a Law of… Read more Amazon Frontlines
Press Releases / October 9, 2020 The Amazon Women Defenders Urge President Lenin Moreno to Respect Human Rights During the Strike and to Listen to the People “We are conscious that the population – tired of inequality and corruption – rejects the… Read more Amazon Frontlines
Press Releases / September 29, 2020 Indigenous “Ceibo Alliance” In Upper Amazon Wins UN Equator Prize For Innovative Solutions to Climate Change Contact: Sophie Pinchetti, sophie@amazonfrontlines.org, Whatsapp: +593 98148 4873. Photos & interviews with Ceibo Alliance leadership… Read more Amazon Frontlines
Press Releases / September 10, 2020 Oil Companies Seek to End Clean-up of Amazon Oil Spill Despite Ongoing Pollution For immediate release Quito, Ecuador. 10 September 2020 – Ecuador’s two oil pipeline operators prematurely… Read more Amazon Frontlines
Press Releases / September 1, 2020 Ecuadorian Judge Dismisses Indigenous Peoples’ Lawsuit Over Oil Spill in Amazon, Undermining Country’s Historic Constitution For immediate release Coca, Ecuador, 1 September 2020 — Today, after months of unjustifiable delays in… Read more Amazon Frontlines