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1. To the General Public, The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya states: (La Puya International Support Letter); Guatemala Solidarity Kevo Dell The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya (La Resistencia Pacifica La Puya) published the above announcement regarding the encroachment of members of the National Police into ...; Created on 23 May 2021
2. PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya as court ruling gives mining company access to the site: (La Puya International Support Letter); Peace Brigades International Brent Patterson On May 21, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya in the symbolic act of handing over machinery to the mining company ...; Created on 22 May 2021
3. The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya fights for the right to water: (Regional News); ... mine located just north of Guatemala City since March 2010. The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya, which is made up of members from these communities, has stated, "[The environmental impact assessment] ...; Created on 03 May 2019
4. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... part that the government failed to adequately protect its mine from local communities that set up a peaceful protest camp out of fear that gold mining would contaminate scarce water supplies. This accusation ...; Created on 07 June 2021
5. Pan American Silver Pressured to Shut Down Community Interference in Guatemala: (Mining and Human Rights); Counterpunch Jen Moore In the wake of a shooting attack, death threats, and fear of further violence against members of the peaceful resistance to Pan American Silver’s Escobal silver mine in Guatemala, ...; Created on 12 May 2021
6. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... recognized rights of the communities to organize, defend the environment and protest peacefully against the mine. A poster of the members of the Municipal Committee in Defence of Common and Public Goods ...; Created on 06 May 2021
7. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... who have peacefully opposed the mine for years, were falsely accused of sedition, making them targets for extrajudicial killings,” said Catherine Coumans of MiningWatch Canada. “In 2020, police used violent ...; Created on 25 February 2021
8. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... court by Guatemalan plaintiffs who alleged the company’s private security were guilty of negligence and battery when they attacked and injured peaceful protesters at a mine operated by a subsidiary of ...; Created on 21 January 2021
9. Vizcaya governor asks Rody to end 2 mine operations: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... and human rights abuses associated with the mining projects, including “loss of forests, agricultural lands, biodiversity, surface and ground water, peaceful co-existence among communities and loss of ...; Created on 21 January 2021
10. Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: (ISDS); ... to provide adequate protection for KCA’s investment against local resistance. But KCA’s claim omits evidence of how violent police repression against peaceful protestors was used to open its mine. This ...; Created on 21 October 2020
11. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... for anything, that’s why we organized, that’s our struggle,” said Juana Zúñiga, 36, whose husband José Abelino Cedillo, a 36-year-old barber, is also imprisoned awaiting trial. A peaceful protest camp ...; Created on 07 October 2020
12. Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees: (Mining and Human Rights); ... a recount of the votes had to flee to Lithuania in fear of imprisonment. In response to the allegations of electoral fraud, large peaceful protests have erupted across the country and were pushed back ...; Created on 29 September 2020
13. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... who have peacefully protested demanding the guarantee of social, cultural and environmental rights as human rights,” according to a Saint Isidro Parish statement released in August 2019 when the jailed ...; Created on 25 September 2020
14. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); Trocaire The ‘Guapinol 8’ were detained on 1st September last year for peacefully protesting against the exploitation of their community’s natural resources by private business interests. Two daughters ...; Created on 01 September 2020
15. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... and despite this, they pressured the government to repress us. That’s exactly what happened on May 23, 2014 and how they managed to operate for two years,” remarks Álvaro Sandoval, member of the Peaceful ...; Created on 24 August 2020
16. The lawyers in the Guapinol case reject denial of appeal stating that it was copied and pasted form a different resolution: (Mining and Human Rights); ... company came to intimidate a peaceful camp that had been installed in the community of Guapinol as a demonstration of their legitimate opposition to an iron oxide mine operating illegally in the Carlos ...; Created on 24 August 2020
17. The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River: (Regional News); ... Public Ministry, the Police, and the Army, with the purpose of protecting the interests of the Inversiones los Pinares company. Internationally recognized rights, such as the right to peaceful protest, ...; Created on 20 August 2020
18. Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case: (Regional News); ... member of the peaceful resistance to the mine was shot and injured by a security guard. This took place on September 7, 2018 in the community of Guapinol when the security chief arrived with dozens of ...; Created on 18 August 2020
19. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... mining companies suing over projects that people have managed to halt through direct action and in the courts. This month, in Guatemala, the Peaceful Resistance “La Puya” celebrates eight years of struggle ...; Created on 03 May 2020
20. CEJIL requests revocation of preventive detention of Guapinol water defenders: (Regional News); ... detention. The process faced by the defenders resulted from a series of peaceful demonstrations carried out in the municipality of Tocoa, Colón, in order to stop the operations of the Los Pinares mining ...; Created on 20 April 2020

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