PBI
Brent Patterson
On the morning of February 22, Libertad para los defensores de Guapinol (Freedom for the defenders of Guapinol) tweeted: “Minutes from the start of the trial of Jeremías Martínez, ...
... has generated violence and conflict, causing at least seven deaths to date and the prosecution of 32 community leaders.
The denial for environmentalists to wait for their trial in freedom contrasts with ...
... also handed themselves in a few months later, but paradoxically, the judge issued a pre-trial detention order.
No evidence of the alleged crimes having taken place was presented, not to mention evidence ...
... the Foundation for the Application of the Law in El Salvador-FESPAD.
Since 2005, La Mesa has conducted a successful campaign to stop the development of industrial mining operations in El Salvador. Their ...
Given its failure to pay its fees to ICSID, the tribunal rejected the extension request by the mining company Commerce Group in the trial against El Salvador
On August 9th the International Centre for ...
... under normal legal processes and not under the provisions of the current “state of emergency” and that the detainees be released to wait for their trial in the community.
We also demand that the government ...
... can be described as one of the most aggressive industrial activities, environmentally, socially and culturally, because it generates great impacts on the natural and cultural landscape, pollutes the air, ...
... Feminist Camp "Viva Berta" for three and a half months (in the trial against David Castillo, who was identified as a co-author of the murder of Berta Cáceres), in front of the Supreme Court of Justice. ...
... population and the supply for industrial use, risking that supply systems prioritize the latter.
The law does not solve the injustice generated by the agreements signed between ANDA and construction ...
... Marsh, one of the largest wetlands in the country, and further downstream to Davao Gulf and Sarangani Bay, affecting numerous terrestrial and marine species.
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... national industrialization plan and a more robust environmental safety policy regime is in place to rationalize the management of our mineral resources,” Kalikasan PNE said.
Mining moratorium lifted ...
... severely wounded. He is a national spokesperson for the Cordillera Peoples’ Alliance.
Claver knows first-hand the dangers facing land defenders in the Philippines who resist mining and other industrial ...
... Panel found that "there is no basis to justify the trial". In addition to the fact that there is no justification for advancing the trial, the defenders have been prosecuted by a court that "has not responded ...
... favor of their opponents.
In the course of their struggle, the water defenders face trials of biblical proportions, including the brutal and unsolved murder of their leader Marcelo Rivera, a teacher ...
... sand and copper minerals here in the Philippines,” anti-mining coalition Alyansa Tigil Mina said. “All these will only benefit Chinese demands and not Philippine industrialization.”
In Palawan province, ...
... in the region, and thus no opposition to mining. A local mayor from the right-wing ARENA party promoted landfills and industrial hog farms as “development” projects. Local opposition organized against ...
... 85/2020, the Working Group stressed that there is no legal reason for the use of pre-trial detention in the case of defenders José Daniel Márquez Márquez, Kelvin Alejandro Romero Martínez, José Abelino ...
Otago Daily
Hamish Maclean
OceanaGold has welcomed investigations under way to rule out all possible sources of lead in an Otago community’s water supply even after the mining company resurfaced on ...
... Since May 2020, two ZEDEs have been officially launched: the “Honduras Próspera” ZEDE (PZ) on Roatán where Crawfish Rock is located, and the “Ciudad Morazán” ZEDE in the industrial town of Choloma. The ...
... trial there.
In July 2019, after all their appeals had been exhausted, Pan American Silver settled with the plaintiffs, apologizing for the injuries and coming to a confidential agreement. If courts ...