In early July, the Children or Oil? Coalition launched a letter writing campaign addressed to the companies responsible for poisoning children from the village of …
Russian Specialists will Explore North Carolina Shorelines
During the next two weeks, Crude Accountability will be hosting a group of seven Russian specialists from the Russian environmental group Environmental Watch on the …
Turkmenistan: End Enforced Disappearances
“Prove They Are Alive!” campaign calls upon the government of Turkmenistan to shed light on the fate of dozens who have been imprisoned for more …
Parents of Berezovka Children Ask for Help
Today, June 1, International Children’s Day, parents in the Kazakhstani village of Berezovka sent inquiries to the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and the …
Crude Accountability Experts Detained in Kazakhstan
On May 19, 2016, the Director of Crude Accountability and our partners from the Children or Oil? consortium had a run-in with the migration police …
EBRD Backsliding on Promises in Turkmenistan
On May 24, 2016, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) President Suma Chakrabarti met with Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to discuss the possibility of …
Kazakhstan Joins International Day of Action against Chevron
May 25, 2016, marked the first international day of action against the US-based Chevron Corporation. Civil society organizations and tens of thousands of activists from …
Documentary about Berezovka Honored at International Film Festival
This week, the documentary Karachaganak: Children in Exchange for Oil, a documentary about the tragedy of the children of Berezovka, Kazakhstan, took second place at …
The Problem of Berezovka’s Poisoned Children is Discussed at the UN Forum
Today is the last day of the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Asia (April 19–20, 2016) held in Doha, Qatar. The forum …
Press Release: Turkmen Special Services Increasing Pressure on Dissidents Abroad
Against a backdrop of growing international criticism of the human rights situation in Turkmenistan, the country’s security services have stepped up operations aimed at suppressing …