Environmentalist, lawyer. Rivers, corporate accountability, natural resource governance in SE Asia & beyond.
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Maureen Harris retweeted
Great news: after 5 years of unjust imprisonment, environmental lawyer Dang Dinh Bach was finally released on June 24, 2026. We stand in solidarity with Bach and his family. #StandWithBach #VietnamClimateAction
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🇻🇳#Vietnam
I welcome the release of environmental HRD Đặng Đình Bách after serving five years in prison in Vietnam. @UN_SPExperts had previously expressed concern about his detention, which was found to be arbitrary and appeared to be related to his exercise of the right to defend, promote and strive for the protection and realization of Human Rights. Environmental HRD must be able to carry out their vital work without fear of criminalization, reprisals, or arbitrary detention.
@MOFAVietNam
#HRDsPromisingPractices
Maureen Harris retweeted
Join us at NY Climate Week tomorrow, in person or online, for storytelling and solidarity with climate and environmental defenders facing increasing threats and crackdowns across Asia.
🗓️: September 26, 10:00-11:00 ET
📍: The Bench NYC
RSVP: luma.com/lgmen93q
ALT RSVP: https://luma.com/lgmen93q Join online: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/cLg-UqcvQRWvraFCi2Otqg#/registration Speakers include: · Hong Hoang, Obama Scholar and formerly incarcerated climate leader from Vietnam · Maureen Harris, Senior Advisor, International Rivers · Julia Grix, Founder and Executive Director of Climate Defenders Australia · Yu Ting Chen, Taiwan Global Pathfinder Initiatives Fellow, Ministry of Education, Taiwan · Moderated by Shawn Hung (Founder, Happenus, Taiwan)
Maureen Harris retweeted
@UN_HRC ICJ's International Advocacy Director Sandra Epal-Ratjen commented: “It is clear that #EnvironmentalLawyers are often not recognized as doing legitimate human rights work, and too often face pressure and threats as human rights defenders themselves, or as their counsels.”
ALT ‘Protecting #EnvironmentalLawyers: Advancing #ClimateJustice’
Maureen Harris retweeted
On 22 Sep 2025 @ 1400 CEST in Palais des Nations, Geneva / online join IBAHRI for @UN_HRC 60 side event Protecting Environmental #Lawyers: Advancing #ClimateJustice'. Co-organisers @ISHRglobal @L4L_INT, @ciel_tweets @ICJ_org @LRWCanada @OrdreAvocatsGE & @FranciscansIntl. 1/2
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The Tapajós can’t wait.
Read our new report and learn how communities are shaping bold new paths to protect the “River of Life.”
Read now: intlrv.rs/458ww9N
#Tapajos #TapajosRiver #TapajosBasin #Maps
Maureen Harris retweeted
Watch as our CEO, Uzra Zeya, introduces Bach's vital contributions to the fight for climate justice in Vietnam and hear from Bach's wife, Thao, as she accepts the Baldwin Medal of Liberty on his behalf. #FreeBach #StandwithBach #4YearsTooLong
youtu.be/08l6GHZw7BE
Maureen Harris retweeted
Last month marked the somber 4yr anniversary of the arrest of environmental lawyer/climate activist, Dang Dinh Bach. As we present him w/ the 2024 Baldwin Medal of Liberty, we call on the Vietnamese authorities to immediately release Bach from his unjust imprisonment. #FreeBach
Maureen Harris retweeted
This #WorldEnvironmentDay, let’s talk about some of those who defend our planet — and the price they pay.
Know more about our campaign to release Bách at standwithbach.org/
#DefendTheDefenders
#StandWithBach #EnvironmentalLawyers
Maureen Harris retweeted
📢 New Op-Ed from International Rivers & @fidh_en: Shooting the Climate Messenger in Vietnam
Dang Dinh Bach is on a hunger strike, shining a spotlight on Vietnam's ongoing crackdown on civil society and climate and environmental activists.
👉 Read here: intlrv.rs/4e3K3lg
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My book is released today. Yay!
An ethnography of how humans share worlds with elephants at the forest fringes of Assam's capital city. Coexistence is explored through copresence & the vulnerability felt by both communities in their ambivalent relating
taylorfrancis.com/books/mono…
Maureen Harris retweeted
🧵The #Biobio River is one of #Chile’s most vital waterways. More than a natural beauty, it sustains communities, ecosystems & cultural traditions. Protecting the Biobio means preserving #biodiversity, fighting #Climatechange & safeguarding #IndigenousRights.
#RightsofRights
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Today marks the 3rd anniversary of the wrongful arrest & imprisonment of environmental lawyer & #ClimateJustice advocate, Dang Dinh Bach, on trumped-up charges and under harsh conditions.
Join the global letter-writing solidarity campaign
➡️ standwithbach.org/
#StandWithBach
Vietnam urgently needs climate finance for a fair, funded, fossil fuel-free future. Will the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) achieve these goals, with climate defenders in prison? Read our new report, ‘The Missing ‘Just’ in Vietnam’s JETP’ 1/6 internationalrivers.org/reso…
Six climate leaders have been imprisoned in Vietnam for speaking out against coal. How is a just energy transition possible while environmental defenders are silenced? 5/6 #JustEnergyTransition #FreeClimateLeaders #StandwithBach #FreeHong #FreeThemAll
What will it take to succeed? This has implications not just for Vietnam, but for JETPs and just transition financing globally. Read the report recommendations here 6/6 internationalrivers.org/reso…
