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21. Australian-Canadian mining company OceanaGold misleads public on Filipino mine: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... firearms to intimidate them. Residents were beaten and one was shot by OceanaGold security personnel. The report noted that OceanaGold “is largely responsible for the continuing threats to security of ...; Created on 22 April 2021
22. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... mining permits in the Philippines. The order is expected to ease the entry of at least 291 existing mining applications, escalating threats to the environment and its defenders, anti-mining and environmental ...; Created on 15 April 2021
23. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of mining and water, educated their neighbors, and organized farmers, priests, and international allies to speak out — even as some received death threats and four frontline water defenders were brutally ...; Created on 28 March 2021
24. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... at the consular level in the Philippines and through its lack of corporate accountability mechanisms at home. “When some of the villagers were falsely accused, facing threats of extrajudicial killing because ...; Created on 25 February 2021
25. NEW BOOK: The water defenders - how ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... with corporate greed; a transnational lawsuit at a secretive World Bank tribunal in Washington, DC; violent threats; murders; and, surprisingly, victory. The husband-and-wife duo immerses the reader in ...; Created on 14 January 2021
26. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... payment of his salary, added to the risk of being a security employee. In El Salvador, this work involves a high risk of threats, physical attacks or even death by gangs. "(At the beginning) I was worried ...; Created on 05 January 2021
27. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... The railroading of public hearings for the Teesta dam, a China-funded hydropower project approximately worth $1 billion, poses threats to the earthquake-prone environment and customary rights of Lepcha ...; Created on 17 December 2020
28. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... new appointment also comes as the institution is facing serious accusations regarding the deterioration of water quality and its poor distribution. This lack of resources has been used to intensify threats ...; Created on 01 December 2020
29. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... The community has been militarized, and its leaders subjected to threats, harassment and smear campaigns. Several residents fled, seeking asylum in the US to escape criminal persecution, in a case widely ...; Created on 07 October 2020
30. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); ... company damaging the Guapinol river and continue to face harassment and threats. All of the Guapinol detainees have been formally recognised in Honduran law, both individually and collectively, as human ...; Created on 01 September 2020
31. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... with few legal protections and constant threats of violence and legal persecution. These suits reveal profound injustice built into the system,” Jen Moore, Associate Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies. ...; Created on 24 August 2020
32. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... leader Roberto de la Rosa Dávila, who insisted on stopping exploration at the mine, received threats from Grupo Frisco, and it is feared that he may be arbitrarily detained. "Instead of respecting the need ...; Created on 09 August 2020
33. HONDURAS: Human rights defenders threatened by armed groups during quarantine: (Regional News); ... social leaders, indigenous and farming communities who vulnerability has increased due to the record number of threats by armed groups in the midst of the COVID 19 health crisis. "The COVID-19 pandemic ...; Created on 31 July 2020
34. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... fighting to protect community health and water from negative mining impacts — are facing new threats. These trends are laid out in a global solidarity statement released June 2 and signed by over 300 ...; Created on 23 July 2020
35. REPORT: Voices from the Ground: (General mining reports ); ... Mining companies are ignoring the real threats of the pandemic and continuing to operate, using any means available Governments around the world are taking extraordinary measures to shut down legitimate ...; Created on 19 July 2020
36. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... threats without having to pay with their lives” Besides the demand for justice and reparations for the victims of violence in Cabañas, Luis Gonzales, representative of the National Roundtable against ...; Created on 15 July 2020
37. Lack of a Water Law prolongs the historical crisis in the country: (Regional News); ... body in water management is in private´s hands. Truthfully, this sector only defends its interests. However, the threats to water management are still in force,” Oliva affirmed. The National Alliance ...; Created on 17 June 2020
38. In El Estor: a chain of breaches and contempt by CGN-PRONICO puts the lives of human rights defenders at risk: (Regional News); ... by a mob of alleged mine employees who went to their homes to provoke them with threats of lynching. Social organizations and human rights defenders demand that President Giammattei, the Minister of the ...; Created on 12 June 2020
39. Map reveals Canadian mining company’s environmental, social conflicts: (Regional News); ... BY-SA 3.0). “The latest EJAtlas map documents serious violence at multiple Pan American Silver mine sites from Mexico to Peru, including how affected communities have faced harassment, threats, and criminalization,” ...; Created on 02 March 2020
40. Honouring the struggle of Mariano Abarca and Environment Defenders in Chiapas: (Regional News); ... been leading a local fight against water contamination and social divisions arising from a nearby barite mine operated by Canadian company Blackfire Exploration. He had been facing threats from people ...; Created on 26 December 2019

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