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21. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... groups.” The permit lasts for six months and costs $200. In an audio file sent to the community, NeWay CEO Erick Brimen has claimed, as has the Honduran government, that Próspera holds no intention to ...; Created on 15 February 2021
22. NEW BOOK: The water defenders - how ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... from Big Gold. Based on over a decade of research and their own role as international allies of the community groups in El Salvador, Robin Broad and John Cavanagh unspool this untold story, replete ...; Created on 14 January 2021
23. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... million Indigenous Peoples depending on Amazon forest faces the attacks of criminal groups and illegal miners. The oil spill in Coca and Napo river in Ecuador affecting 200,000 Kichwa and Shuar people ...; Created on 17 December 2020
24. ATM Statement on illegal entry of fuel trucks in Nueva Vizcaya: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of the mining company to deliver the fuel. Local barangay officials and environmental groups from the area tried to prevent the illegal entry, but the police allegedly threatened protestors they will ...; Created on 28 November 2020
25. Anti-mining community, Gina Lopez awarded as heroes for the environment: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... as one of the founder of Sagipin ang Kalikasan organization. She was involved in an environmental investigative mission, together with civil society groups, on mining-affected areas that were later and ...; Created on 07 October 2020
26. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... condemned by lawyers, rights groups and US and European lawmakers. “My dad has been jailed for defending a river which gives our community life, for trying to stop the exploitation of natural resources ...; Created on 07 October 2020
27. Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Tohti, an Uyghur economist fighting for the rights of China’s Uyghur minority. Nominations for the Sakharov Prize can be made by political groups and/or groups of at least 40 MEPs. The democratic opposition ...; Created on 29 September 2020
28. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... by armed groups in the area. Opposition to mining projects generates great violence and repression in the communities. Golden belt, a calamity for communities Carrizalillo is a community in the ...; Created on 09 August 2020
29. Timeline: Guatemala mine suspensions: (Regional News); ... following an injunction by CALAS. 2017 May 24: CALAS launches an injunction aimed at overturning the Escobal mining license, claiming indigenous groups were not consulted, in breach of ILO 169. Tahoe ...; Created on 23 July 2020
30. The state of Siege in Izabal and Alta Verapaz: shelters, poppies, and the fear of repression: (Regional News); ... department of Alta Verapaz. The government's justification for decreeing the state of Siege is that the presence of organized crime groups carrying out illicit activities such as drug trafficking, illegal ...; Created on 22 July 2020
31. Social organizations reject militarization in five municipalities of Guatemala: (Regional News); ... restricting the constitutional rights of the population. Instead, in a presidential statement, Alejandro Giammattei explained that the measures responded to counteract the violence of criminal groups, ...; Created on 20 July 2020
32. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... have. While international groups should never have a place to dictate political strategy to local actors, this campaign, started by Marcelo, showed the very effective ways of applying many mechanisms ...; Created on 15 July 2020
33. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... California Sur, claiming a whopping $3.54 billion dollars. Fishing cooperatives, citizens groups and environmental organizations have been opposed to this project for years given the threat to their livelihoods ...; Created on 03 May 2020
34. Civil society presents a proposal for the Water Law in the Legislative Assembly: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... parties, does not represent an efficient option and the recent problem of algae in the drinking water in the San Salvador Metropolitan Area (AMSS) was in reality orchestrated by economic groups who want ...; Created on 20 April 2020
35. CEJIL requests revocation of preventive detention of Guapinol water defenders: (Regional News); ... defenders of the environment and territory are one of the groups that face the most violence, criminalization and impunity. This week, relatives of the defenders, the Municipal Committee for the Defense ...; Created on 20 April 2020
36. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... to defend the territory where they live and their water sources. The victims and the witnesses interviewed identified the military, police and local armed groups, employed as security guards by the company, ...; Created on 20 April 2020
37. Map reveals Canadian mining company’s environmental, social conflicts: (Regional News); ... justice groups doing similar work. The mine in Guatemala remains closed, pending a new consultation process. Pan American Silver, one of the world’s largest mining companies, operates eight mines in ...; Created on 02 March 2020
38. Criminalization increases against environmental defenders and social movements of the Central American region: (Regional News); ACAFREMIN Social and environmental movements in the defense of human rights, groups of environmental women, indigenous peoples among other expressions organized mainly from the Central American region ...; Created on 26 December 2019
39. Honouring the struggle of Mariano Abarca and Environment Defenders in Chiapas: (Regional News); ... efforts to organize at the community level, they have faced defamation, criminalization, arbitrary detention, physical threats from armed groups and forced displacement. Internationally, in the ongoing ...; Created on 26 December 2019
40. Honduran Land Defenders Receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffit award in Washington: (Regional News); ... reads a statement from IPS. This year the award was granted to the Municipal Committee for the Defense of Commons of Tocoa, a coalition of community groups, NOGs, faith and social organizations who since ...; Created on 24 October 2019

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