... and Mr. George and the families of the jailed men now fear for their lives. On Aug. 28, a day after Amnesty International issued an urgent action alert related to the case, the Sisters of Mercy in Washington ...
... one of the protests, private security guards employed by the company fired at the demonstrators. One bullet hit a young man in the back and punctured his lung. He was taken to hospital for emergency surgery. ...
... for investment arbitration due to the surge in claims that will arise from it or whether, conversely, it will be a final sweep of the sword by discouraging states from including this dispute resolution ...
... the criminalization of human rights defenders in Honduras.
As an alliance of environmental organizations and social movements, we reiterate the urgency of building models of sustainable development, ...
... But these same measures have introduced new risks for human rights defenders who are now particularly vulnerable to armed groups trying to silence them. We urge the governments of Honduras and Colombia ...
... secretariat@kalikasan.net. Kalikasan PNE is a convening organization of the Citizens’ Urgent Response to End COVID-19 (CURE COVID), a national people’s initiative of various communities and sectors in ...
... corporations in the agri-business, finance, energy and other sectors, threatening to divert resources from managing pandemics and other urgent social needs.
Even before the current public health crisis, ...
Telesur
On Wednesday, July 1st, the National Alliance against the Privatization of Water of El Salvador urged the local Parliament to resume discussion of the Water Law. The organizations that make ...
... of the General Water Law. For this reason, as the National Alliance against the Privatization of Water, we ask this day to the deputies: 1.- The discussion of the General Water Law is urgently resumed ...
... human right to water, and we do not have public policies to effectively guarantee and safeguard this natural resource for the people who need it. A complete re-engineering plan is urgent in order to respond ...
... to mining. To that end, the company has urged the employees of the mine by threatening them with the closure of the company, thus dividing the people of El Estor. As such, the frustration and anger of ...
... humanity and its member states on the urgent commitment to preserve, rescue, and restore the planet's natural resources. Morena Murillo, a member of the National Alliance against Water Privatization, pointed ...
URGENT ALERT FOR ACTION
April 17, 2020
We in the Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) request your support for recent human rights violations directed at Filipino land ...
... urgent law.
However, we are appalled at the decision to start from scratch, once again, annulling the important agreements and progress made in 2013-2015 by the sitting Commission. Faced with this situation, ...
... warn that, "in the face of the current health crisis caused by COVID-19, defenders are at greater risk within the prison and it is extremely urgent that they be able to enjoy a substitute measure for preventive ...
... as there is gold in the country, there will be a threat of mining exploitation, because the law that banned it can easily be repealed. It is urgent to us, therefore, to comply with the mission to implement ...
... with local insurgency threats. Over the years, they have been accused of various human rights abuses and at one point were even disbanded, only to be revived again. In 2018, Duterte granted them financial ...
... by mining companies in the country. The representative also urged the Ministry of Economy (MINEC) to train artisanal miners in order to move to sustainable productive activities instead of mining.
Vidalina ...
... of Nueva Vizcaya.
In its unity statement, Save Nueva Vizcaya declared that “our most urgent mission is to oppose destructive large-scale mining projects such as the 12,864-hectare Didipio copper and ...
... KCA filed its suit, concerns have resurged over militarization of the area, as well as renewed threats and harassment against members of the resistance. The Guatemalan government has labeled the peaceful ...