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CliDef Joins Greenpeace in Solidarity Against Weaponization of US Legal System, Crushing Financial Penalties 
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CliDef Joins Greenpeace in Solidarity Against Weaponization of US Legal System, Crushing Financial Penalties 
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The decision to fine Greenpeace hundreds of millions of dollars threatens the organization’s future in the US, and is intended to silence the movement for climate justice. 

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CliDef Joins Greenpeace in Solidarity Against Weaponization of US Legal System, Crushing Financial Penalties 
CliDef Joins Greenpeace in Solidarity Against Weaponization of US Legal System, Crushing Financial Penalties 

The decision to fine Greenpeace hundreds of millions of dollars threatens the organization’s future in the US, and is intended to silence the movement for climate justice. 

Eleven Activists Released from Ugandan Jail Following Climate Protest
Eleven Activists Released from Ugandan Jail Following Climate Protest

Global Climate Legal Defense provided support to their legal defense team.

Judge Rules Police Violated Indigenous Leaders’ Rights over Coastal GasLink Pipeline in Canada
Judge Rules Police Violated Indigenous Leaders’ Rights over Coastal GasLink Pipeline in Canada

Global Climate Legal Defense provided support to Sleydo’s legal defense team throughout the case.  

Human Rights and Climate Lawyer Unfairly Charged in Ugandan Military Case, Arbitrarily Detained and Mistreated
Human Rights and Climate Lawyer Unfairly Charged in Ugandan Military Case, Arbitrarily Detained and Mistreated

Global Climate Legal Defense is calling for the release of lawyer and partner Eron Kiiza from a military prison in Uganda.

Halt Imminent Deportation of Youth Climate Defender in Canada, Says Global Climate Legal Defense
Halt Imminent Deportation of Youth Climate Defender in Canada, Says Global Climate Legal Defense

CliDef is calling on the Canadian government to halt the imminent deportation of a climate defender.

Charges Dropped Against Environmental and Human Rights Leaders from Fishing Community in Philippines
Charges Dropped Against Environmental and Human Rights Leaders from Fishing Community in Philippines

A regional court in Bataan dismissed the cyber libel charges against two Filipino environmental and human rights defenders

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What are Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP)?
What are Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP)?

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