... repression, the research team found a strong and firm community in their opposition to the mine, determined to defend the water sources of the Guapinol river. The river is their way of life and their families, ...
... 2010 have fiercely defended their main water source, the Guapinol River, from being contaminated by an Iron Oxide mine, owned by one of the most powerful families of Honduras.
Reynaldo Dominguez a leader ...
... similar allegations.
In response to the human rights council, Mick Wilkes, the president and CEO of OceanaGold, wrote, “We are not aware of any forced evictions of 180 families from their homes in connection ...
... associated with water pollution.
Around 96 families in the village of La Cuchilla, on a hill next to the site, had to be evicted because of damage to the walls of the houses, due to the vibrations produced ...
... histap. “Water comes twice or three times a week,” he says. “When I change my filter every few months, it is full of dark, slimy mud.” Like many other families, he relies heavily on commercial bottled ...
... stage.
Displacement, human rights violations
In addition to the failures of reforestation, we found widespread displacement of families around the mine site in Nueva Vizcaya, and human rights violations ...
... left without maintenance and many families who were allowed to build their houses in the company´s property were left without title to the land where they have lived for decades now.
When the company ...
... to the international level- But we have pending challenges from of the mining prohibition in terms of compensation for the victims of violations of human rights and justice for the families of those environmental ...
... and families have to pay over 28% of their monthly income to access clean water delivered in barrels from a nearby community.
“As we have said before, the river is contaminated, there is no access to ...
... members of the Mesa.
This community of 3,500 families, located in the mountains of the department of Cabañas, has been at the forefront in the fight against the metal extractive industry since 2004.
The ...
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Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas, KATRIBU, Phillippines
Indonesia for Global Justice
Migrante Sectoral Party of OFWs and their Families
Mines Minerals RIGHTS, India
National Association ...
... free “gifts” to the community, such as free doctor’s visits. Afterwards it forces families to pose for photographs with the foundation’s workers. But organizations like ADES do a good job in awareness ...
... and activists in environmental, faith, youth, and human rights groups continue to risk their lives to defend their families against the ecological ills of gold mining.
Here in the U.S., we should do our ...
... Visit La Maraña, meet with community leaders impacted by the El Dorado mining project and the Pacific Rim / Oceana Gold lawsuit
5:30pm – Arrive in Arcatao, Chalatenango, stay with host families
Saturday, ...
... management of water, those trading water will be the only beneficiaries.
How is it possible that 30,000 families located next to the San Antonio power plant are threatened by power shortages, while the ...
... expansion of hospital wards belonging to the communities.
“Now they are trying to present Fundacion El Dorado as if we all think their objective is to do charity work” Pineda states.
For the families ...
Six years after the assassination of Marcelo Rivera, family members and environmental leaders of Cabañas continue to demand justice.
“We are outraged that after six years, families of people who worked ...
... the lack of protective measures and comprehensive reparations for the families affected of environmental defenders in the area” read the statement.
Who ensures that the rights of those who are negatively ...
... the lives of their families.
The state of insecurity generated in Cabañas prompted the Inter American Commission on Human Right-IACHR to issue 2009 precautionary measures ordering the Government of ...
... June 2011, five anti mining activists had been assassinated and tens of others environmental defenders live, up until now, under continuous death threats against their lives and their families'.
The ...