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21. The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River: (Regional News); ... who have been in preventive prison for 11 months, for the alleged crimes of aggravated arson to the detriment of the Los Pinares mining company and deprivation of liberty against Santos Corea, the head ...; Created on 20 August 2020
22. Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case: (Regional News); ... prosecution more than 30 community members for unsubstantiated crimes. The legal team points to the denial of justice for the imprisoned defenders, as five months have passed between the court decision ...; Created on 18 August 2020
23. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... or say, “This person was the one who committed the crime,” or “This person was the one who did it,” but the intellectual authors will remain with impunity. And this is one of the reasons why I feel like ...; Created on 17 August 2020
24. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... Honduras has been considered one of the most corrupt and servile countries to transnational capitals. The situation worsened after the coup d'état, due to its links to organized crime and the increase in ...; Created on 09 August 2020
25. The state of Siege in Izabal and Alta Verapaz: shelters, poppies, and the fear of repression: (Regional News); ... department of Alta Verapaz. The government's justification for decreeing the state of Siege is that the presence of organized crime groups carrying out illicit activities such as drug trafficking, illegal ...; Created on 22 July 2020
26. Social organizations reject militarization in five municipalities of Guatemala: (Regional News); ... such as drug trafficking, organized crime, and illegal activities. The Association of University Students "Oliverio Castañeda de León" and the Center for Legal Action in Human Rights (CALDH) believe that ...; Created on 20 July 2020
27. In El Estor: a chain of breaches and contempt by CGN-PRONICO puts the lives of human rights defenders at risk: (Regional News); ... Interior, the Director of the National Civil Police, and the Public Ministry take measures to prevent another crime of vandalism against defenders of life, water, and nature. [1] The Convention 169 of ...; Created on 12 June 2020
28. Civil society presents a proposal for the Water Law in the Legislative Assembly: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... dispossession of water resources has been committed at the expense of the majority of the population who live in situations of vulnerability. These crimes have been committed even more in rural communities ...; Created on 20 April 2020
29. CEJIL requests revocation of preventive detention of Guapinol water defenders: (Regional News); ... the appeals filed by the defenders' lawyers to review the imposition of preventive detention since September 01, 2019, after having been formally prosecuted for the crimes of aggravated arson and illegal ...; Created on 20 April 2020
30. Social Organizations demand compliance with the Prohibition of Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to the Attorney General's Office (FGR), to open the case and resume the investigation, to clarify who were intellectual authors of the crimes. When these murders took place, we certainly did not know where ...; Created on 26 December 2019
31. Governor Aduviri must remain in jail: (Regional News); ... 105 issued in August 26, 2019, the magistrates imposed effective custodial punishment on Aduviri for being a non-executive co-author of crimes against public peace in the form of disturbances. In May ...; Created on 26 December 2019
32. Honduran Land Defenders Receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffit award in Washington: (Regional News); ... crimes by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (SERNA) and is known for his family ties to the powerful Facusse clan. A SERNA report in 2012 found that the Buena Vista I mining project, owned ...; Created on 24 October 2019
33. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... does not include the Communist Party on its list of international terrorist entities, and Australia’s national security site doesn’t either. “We are really hoping for accountability over the crimes and ...; Created on 04 October 2019
34. US mining company demands $3.5 billion dollars from the Mexican government for stopping project: (FTAs & ISDS); ... Legal Representative of Pemex, on the occasion of a series of crimes that motivated serious property damage to the state company, ”according to the statement of the Attorney General of the Republic. The ...; Created on 24 September 2019
35. In Guatemala, north american mining company sues in La Puya case: (Kappes Kassiday & Associates Guatemala ); ... minerals, even after a court ruling ordering the company to stop which resulted in the opening of an investigation for the crime of illegal exploitation. Guatemala, has previously paid 249 million Quetzales ...; Created on 18 September 2019
36. More than one hundred organizations reject the unjust payment of USD $31 million to Canadian mining company Bear Creek: (Regional News); ... crimes committed during the socio-environmental conflict known as the “Aymarazo” in 2011. On September 17th, 2018, the Peruvian Supreme Court will hear Aduviri’s appeal in Lima. According to the Sign-On ...; Created on 16 September 2018
37. Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru: (Regional News); ... obstruction of public services, disturbing the peace, and aggravated extortion. "Aggravated extortion is a charge used historically in Peru for organized crime cases, but is increasingly being used ...; Created on 28 August 2018
38. Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court: (Regional News); ... also face charges for crimes against the environment. The investigation follows a Guatemala’s Supreme Court decision on May 23, which stated that the mine in San José del Golfo was operating illegally. ...; Created on 27 August 2018
39. Church in El Salvador backs law declaring clean, affordable water as a human right: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... correlates the country’s unequal access to water with its infamous levels of crime, including gang-related violence: “We are convinced that all this social injustice, the violation of rights, the segregation ...; Created on 08 May 2018
40. Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... never investigated as a possible intellectual author of the crimes in Cabañas.” he stated. Chavez is the son of a well-known politician who once was the Minister of External Affairs of El Salvador. ...; Created on 08 February 2018

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