Press Room

We’re pleased to share our 2020 Annual Report which features several significant victories that have been many years in the making and provides an overview of a number of our ongoing campaigns and cases.

Inclusive Development International deplores the arbitrary arrest and detention of Ugandan human rights defender Maxwell Atuhura and calls for his immediate release and an end to the repeated attacks on human rights defenders and environmental activists in Uganda.

Inclusive Development International and Human Rights Watch submitted joint comments on the Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Standard and auditing process, aimed at providing the maximum protection to communities affected by bauxite mining.

This exciting new tool spearheaded by the Made in China Journal and supported by Inclusive Development International provides a collaborative platform for tracking China’s complex and rapidly changing international activities.

Following the signing of an investment decision for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), the #StopEACOP Alliance published a statement responding to Total’s recent attempts to talk up its supposed green credentials.

In 2020, Cambodian plaintiffs representing more than 700 farming families won a landmark appeal allowing them to move forward with their class action against Asia’s largest sugar producer, Mitr Phol. Here is the court-mandated class action announcement.

The #StopEACOP alliance of African and international environmental and human rights organizations has claimed another win in our campaign to stop the construction of the world’s longest heated oil pipeline across East Africa.

Concerned communities in North Sumatra are calling on the Indonesian government to deny developers an environmental permit for a proposed lead zinc mine they believe will threaten their lives, homes and livelihoods.

With a final investment decision nearing, African and International organizations warn banks against joining $2.5 billion loan for a “manifestly irresponsible” project. New campaign website launched at stopeacop.net.

Inclusive Development International joined over 200 civil society organizations from Myanmar and globally in urging international financial institutions like the World Bank, International Finance Corporation and Asian Development Bank to immediately freeze loans and other financial assistance to Myanmar in light of the recent military coup.