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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Graeme Green

Environmental campaigners filmed, threatened and harassed at Cop28

women in circle with arms round each other
Activists embrace after a protest against fossil fuels during the Cop28 climate summit in Dubai earlier this month. Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP

Incidents of harassment, surveillance, threats and intimidation are creating a climate of fear at UN events including the recent Cop28 climate conference in Dubai, experts have said.

Indigenous campaigners, human rights defenders and environmental activists say they are increasingly afraid to speak out on urgent issues because of concerns about reprisals from governments or fossil fuel industries.

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