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1. National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining demands justice in the case of murdered environmentalists: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Sensuntepeque, Cabañas. A Holy Mass was celebrated, followed by a political act to commemorate the life and struggle of environmentalists, murdered for opposing the El Dorado mining project owned first ...; Created on 01 February 2018
2. Murdered environmental activists remembered: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Recinos Sorto and her unborn child were also murdered. In June 2011, Juan Francisco Durán Ayala, a volunteer with the Cabañas Environmental Committee, was also murdered. Although the string of murders ...; Created on 30 December 2014
3. One Year Anniversary of Murdered Student Environmentalist: (Mining and Human Rights); One Year Anniversary of Juan Francisco's Murder One year ago the body of a student environmentalist, Juan Francisco Duran, was found buried in a common grave. When his body was found, Juan Francisco, ...; Created on 25 June 2012
4. Ruling Rejected in the Case of Murdered Environmentalists: (Mining and Human Rights); Ruling Rejected in the Case of Murdered Environmentalists Environmental Committee of Cabañas rejects the ruling in the case of murders of environmentalists Zoraya Urbina, Diario Co Latino Tuesday ...; Created on 18 April 2012
5. Enviornmentalist Threatened, Murdered in El Salvador: (Mining and Human Rights); Environmentalists threatened, murdered in El Salvador Posted Feb. 2, 2012 / Posted by: Bill Waren Salvadoran environmentalists are fighting for a ban on destructive mining projects in the face of ...; Created on 22 February 2012
6. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... army murdered around one thousand civilians in and around the village of El Mozote, even though courts have ordered him to do so. On January 20, 251 organizations from twenty-nine countries signed a ...; Created on 06 April 2023
7. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... Berta." That chorus of Berta multiplied makes her present, many people know her. She is a woman who was murdered, but could not be silenced. That is why, in 2019, a decade after the coup d'état, the Assembl ...; Created on 25 December 2021
8. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... in which to be a defender. 64 community and social leaders were killed in 2019 according to reports from Global Witness, while Front Line Defenders affirms that of the 177 Human Rights defenders murdered ...; Created on 22 April 2021
9. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Manobo leader on the southern island of Mindanao, who was murdered after opposing illegal mining in his community in the Pantaron mountain range. The Carmen Pit, an open-pit copper mine site in Toledo, ...; Created on 15 April 2021
10. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... was selected to win the Institute for Policy Studies (where Cavanagh works) Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award. They briefly describe Rivera’s disappearance and eventual discovery, murdered, at the bottom ...; Created on 11 April 2021
11. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); ... for ourselves and our children. Those who have stayed to defend our rights, such as Centeno, have put their lives on the line. In 2019 alone, 17 Garífuna activists were violently murdered. “There’s been ...; Created on 03 September 2020
12. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); Democracy Now At least 212 land and environmental defenders were murdered last year — the highest number since the group Global Witness began gathering data eight years ago. Some 40% of those killed ...; Created on 17 August 2020
13. The Duterte era: A state of nature under attack: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... country for land and environmental defenders for the first time in this time period, with 157 defenders murdered largely by suspected government armed forces—a number 36 percent larger than the total cases ...; Created on 25 July 2020
14. Honouring the struggle of Mariano Abarca and Environment Defenders in Chiapas: (Regional News); ... yes because I can see many people here who see things differently and who are doing things differently.” Ten years since Mariano was murdered, there are even more proposed mega-projects in Chiapas, more ...; Created on 26 December 2019
15. Social Organizations demand compliance with the Prohibition of Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... that is not fully applied, or implemented, or monitored,” González concluded. In San Isidro, Cabañas, the population was affected by the incursion of mining explorations. Miguel Rivera, brother of murdered ...; Created on 26 December 2019
16. Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru: (Regional News); ... in which the state intervenes in the social conflicts themselves, especially by declaring states of emergency...then people are killed, literally murdered, and great physical and psychological damage i ...; Created on 28 August 2018
17. REPORT: Golden opportunities for profits, corporate plunder for OceanaGold Corporation: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the country. Salvadoran campaigns continue towards demanding justice for murdered environment defenders and activists. In the Philippines, community organisations include the Samahang Pangkarapatan ng ...; Created on 24 August 2018
18. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... be doing this unless they were paid.” The community continued resisting the mine, and the threats increased. Three activists were murdered, including a pregnant woman. One activist was brutally tortured. ...; Created on 07 May 2018
19. Salvadorans Reinforce Commitment to Sustain Historic Mining Ban on its First Anniversary: (Media Releases); ... that have yet to be fully investigated. This effort is dedicated to these environmental defenders, the martyrs of Cabañas, who were murdered for their convictions,” stated Vidalina Morales a member of ...; Created on 06 May 2018
20. Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... with signs of torture reminiscent from the executions carried out by death squads during the civil war in El Salvador. By 2011 three more antimining activists had been murdered: Ramiro Rivera, Dora Alicia ...; Created on 08 February 2018

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