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21. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... this book is the brutal 2009 abduction, torture, and murder of Marcelo Rivera. The first sentence of The Water Defenders reads, “In late June 2009, the two of us received deeply disturbing news: Marcelo ...; Created on 11 April 2021
22. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the unsolved murder of one of the environmental activists killed in the lead up to this mining ban. Marcello Rivera was his name. Who was he and how did his story resonate with Salvadorans across the political ...; Created on 22 March 2021
23. 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
24. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... governance. In Karen territory in Burma, 1,500 villagers mobilized after Burmese soldiers killed and robbed an indigenous Karen woman in July. Another murder of West Papuan in palm oil plantation by ...; Created on 17 December 2020
25. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... community in 2015, and the murders of an estimated 55 community members as of 2019. Such extreme violence has also been reported in connection with Toronto-based Torex Gold’s mining operation about 45 ...; Created on 28 November 2020
26. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Investments, the company behind the mine, went so far as to accuse them of murder in an attempt to discourage support of the water protectors. Since the August court ruling, smear campaigns have intensified, ...; Created on 25 September 2020
27. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); ... for ourselves and our children. Those who have stayed to defend our rights, such as Centeno, have put their lives on the line. In 2019 alone, 17 Garífuna activists were violently murdered. “There’s been ...; Created on 03 September 2020
28. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); Democracy Now At least 212 land and environmental defenders were murdered last year — the highest number since the group Global Witness began gathering data eight years ago. Some 40% of those killed ...; Created on 17 August 2020
29. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... false charges. Honduras, repression against activists. Honduras: repression against activists The murder of activist Berta Cáceres continues with impunity. The intellectual authors are still ...; Created on 09 August 2020
30. The Duterte era: A state of nature under attack: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... country for land and environmental defenders for the first time in this time period, with 157 defenders murdered largely by suspected government armed forces—a number 36 percent larger than the total cases ...; Created on 25 July 2020
31. The state of Siege in Izabal and Alta Verapaz: shelters, poppies, and the fear of repression: (Regional News); ... high rates of homicides, and crimes against private property are reported. Guatemalan municipalities with higher murder rates (2019). According to PNC figures on criminal acts in 2019, of the 5 municipalities ...; Created on 22 July 2020
32. Honouring the struggle of Mariano Abarca and Environment Defenders in Chiapas: (Regional News); ... working for the company and, just a few months prior to his murder, plain-clothes police detained him without charge for eight days in response to outlandish accusations that Blackfire filed against him. ...; Created on 26 December 2019
33. Social Organizations demand compliance with the Prohibition of Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... that is not fully applied, or implemented, or monitored,” González concluded. In San Isidro, Cabañas, the population was affected by the incursion of mining explorations. Miguel Rivera, brother of murdered ...; Created on 26 December 2019
34. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... “You get desensitized at some point because of how wholesale the murders are,” Dulce told VICE News. “We are basically living with half of our body already six feet under.” A number of activists and ...; Created on 04 October 2019
35. Marcelo's Legacy: The environmentalist who fought against metal mining in El Salvado: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... murder of human rights defender Marcelo Rivera, who launched the first cry against the OceanaGold/Pacific Rim mining company. Marcelo´s life was threatened for a long time, but he continued to organize ...; 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); ... go to jail, my son is not a thief, he is not corrupt, he is not a murderer,” he said, lamenting the great hardships that this process has brought on his entire family. Also present was Patricio Illacutipa ...; Created on 16 September 2018
37. Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru: (Regional News); ... in which the state intervenes in the social conflicts themselves, especially by declaring states of emergency...then people are killed, literally murdered, and great physical and psychological damage i ...; Created on 28 August 2018
38. REPORT: Golden opportunities for profits, corporate plunder for OceanaGold Corporation: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the country. Salvadoran campaigns continue towards demanding justice for murdered environment defenders and activists. In the Philippines, community organisations include the Samahang Pangkarapatan ng ...; Created on 24 August 2018
39. Threats to the Law Against Metallic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... killed. Although the separate murders of 4 activists were attributed to criminal gangs, community members state that the clear link is their involvement in the opposition to the mining company. Similarly, ...; Created on 07 May 2018
40. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... be doing this unless they were paid.” The community continued resisting the mine, and the threats increased. Three activists were murdered, including a pregnant woman. One activist was brutally tortured. ...; Created on 07 May 2018

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