search

21. The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River: (Regional News); ... and San Pedro Rivers There were serious irregularities in the issuance of mining licenses within the limits of the Carlos Escaleras National Park. There was a lack of prior consultation with the ...; Created on 20 August 2020
22. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of Honduras. This is Centeno in a recent video testimony prior to his forced disappearance. ALBERTH SNIDER CENTENO: [translated] We have witnessed how the Garífuna people are being killed, how we’re ...; Created on 17 August 2020
23. HONDURAS: Human rights defenders threatened by armed groups during quarantine: (Regional News); ... presented a plan to guarantee the country's food security, but the plan prioritizes agribusiness operations, leaving little support for small independent producers or land rights advocates, and he does ...; Created on 31 July 2020
24. Timeline: Guatemala mine suspensions: (Regional News); ... for the assets. The injunctions – which have also derailed Solway Investment Group’s Fénix nickel mine and Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Tambor gold operation – have hinged on the lack of prior consultations ...; Created on 23 July 2020
25. Anglo American responses to AGM queries raise more questions than they answer: (Mining and Human Rights); ... be prioritized at the regional level by independent researchers who help determine “ecological flows” and other pertinent studies. A mercantile vision of water and its excessive use for mining derives ...; Created on 22 July 2020
26. Social organizations reject militarization in five municipalities of Guatemala: (Regional News); ... license of the Fenix mine from the Guatemalan Niquel Company, a subsidiary of the Swiss firm Solway Investment Group, was ratified on June 19. Further decisions are suspended until a prior consultation ...; 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); ... Nickel Company) for breach of the Free, Prior, and Informed Consultation of Indigenous Peoples as stipulated by ILO Convention 169 [1]. In the middle of last year, the Constitutional Court of Guatemala ...; Created on 12 June 2020
28. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... trade deal curtails this “investor-state” dispute settlement (ISDS) somewhat. But it falls far short of the progressive demands for an alternative system that prioritizes human rights and the rights of ...; Created on 03 May 2020
29. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... In 2016, the peaceful resistance turned to the courts. They achieved the mine´s suspension for lack of prior consultation with Indigenous people. Shortly later, an investigation was opened against the ...; Created on 03 May 2020
30. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... Pinares / Ecotek company. There were serious irregularities in the issuance of mining licences within the limits of the Carlos Escaleras National Park. There was a lack of prior consultation with ...; Created on 20 April 2020
31. Water, transparency and mining concerns in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... is not because of the lack of enthusiasm from the civil society and the extractive companies. The lack of interest and leadership to prioritize good governance in the sector comes from the national government. ...; Created on 08 March 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. Environmentalists Denounce that Central American governments favor mining companies and criminalize activists: (Regional News); ... of President Juan Orlando Hernández. In Guatemala, during the government of President Jimmy Morales, according to Guatemalan environmentalists, mining investments have been considered a priority, thus ...; Created on 26 December 2019
34. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... is no free, prior, and informed consent, but also in the violation of their rights to their land and way of life,” said Claver. Julie Simongo, an Indigenous Ifugao leader, found her name and 26 others ...; Created on 04 October 2019
35. National Alliance Against the Privatization of Water “Water is not for sale, we care for it and defend it: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... Climate Strike, we as the National Alliance Against the Privatization of Water express the following: The world is in a global crisis, climate change, caused by a system which prioritizes profit over the ...; Created on 26 September 2019
36. ATM Statement re OGPI FTAA renewal: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... FTAA. It did not inform the local governments about its application and has not secured the free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) of the affected indigenous peoples. This interim renewal smells ...; Created on 26 September 2019
37. Save Nueva Vizcaya Movement Launched: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... a continuing context that the legislative probe intended to look into. Violations were noted as early as 2007 involving the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous Tuwali-Ifugaos in the mine’s area. ...; Created on 16 September 2019
38. Global protest launched against OceanaGold mine in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... has figured in human rights violations. Kalikasan PNE noted that from 2007 to 2018 various rights violations were recorded such as lack of free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC), forced demolitions, ...; Created on 02 September 2019
39. Central American antimining activists gather in El Salvador to discuss joint strategies for action: (Media Releases); ... of the impacts of extractive industries in the CA4 region; Deepening the knowledge on the topic of technical closure of mines, which has been identified in the region as a priority for environmental ...; Created on 05 May 2019
40. Over two hundred organizations denounce multimillion-dollar suit brought by U.S. mining firm against Guatemala: (Media Releases); ... Policy Studies in Washington D.C. The Guatemalan Supreme Court of Justice suspended the mine in 2016 for lack of prior consultation with Indigenous communities in the municipalities of San Pedro Ayampuc ...; Created on 04 May 2019

Start
Prev
1
2
3
Next
End

Allied Organizations

Contact Us