Crude Accountability is among 10 civil society organizations that signed the statement by Human Rights Watch demanding that the Turkmenistan government drops charges and immediately …
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Civil Society Hosts a Webinar on Current Environmental Issues Connected to Belt and Road Projects in Central Asia
On the 29th of September, Crude Accountability, together with Social Environmental Fund, and Civil Society Development Association, held an online event to discuss current environmental …
Azerbaijani Authorities Should Immediately Release Opposition Leader Tofiq Yugublu
Washington DC—Crude Accountability is deeply concerned about the detention of opposition leader Tofiq Yugublu who is currently in pre-trial detention in Baku, Azerbaijan on trumped-up …
‘The Other Side of Oil’ documentary depicts the grim side of living near oil production
The Other Side of Oil documentary, focusing on the lives of ordinary people living right beside the largest oil reserves in Western Kazakhstan, premiers online …
Images of the Abandoned Village of Berezovka, Kazakhstan, Showcased at George Washington University
Washington, D.C., Release: February 20, 2020. Immersive photo exhibit ‘Afterword’ by Nata Li opened February 19 at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies …
Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan were marred by fraud and violence
Crude Accountability is deeply concerned about the use of brutal violence against opposition candidates, journalists, and election observers during and following the February 9 snap …

From Ukraine to Wisconsin, Dangerous Work Report reveals alarming trends of reprisals against environmentalists
Crude Accountability, together with Ecoforum of NGOs of Kazakhstan and FracTracker Alliance (USA), is proud to present a report Dangerous Work: Reprisals against Environmental Activists …
Increasing threats to environmental defenders – Crude Accountability intervention at the HDIM 2019
On September 19, Crude Accountability delivered its remarks at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2019 (HDIM) in Warsaw – one of the biggest human rights …
Media: The Police Detained Environmental Activist in Western Kazakhstan Oblast
Translated by Crude Accountability. The original article was published by Uralsk Weekly on May 7, 2019: http://www.uralskweek.kz/2019/05/07/policiya-zaderzhala-ekologicheskogo-aktivista-v-zko/] In Burlin District of Western Kazakhstan Region [of …
EBRD cancels Turkmenistan hydrocarbon-related loan
Crude Accountability is pleased that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development canceled the CMI Offshore loan to Turkmenistan, which would have supported offshore oil …