... 85/2020, the Working Group stressed that there is no legal reason for the use of pre-trial detention in the case of defenders José Daniel Márquez Márquez, Kelvin Alejandro Romero Martínez, José Abelino ...
Otago Daily
Hamish Maclean
OceanaGold has welcomed investigations under way to rule out all possible sources of lead in an Otago community’s water supply even after the mining company resurfaced on ...
... Since May 2020, two ZEDEs have been officially launched: the “Honduras Próspera” ZEDE (PZ) on Roatán where Crawfish Rock is located, and the “Ciudad Morazán” ZEDE in the industrial town of Choloma. The ...
... trial there.
In July 2019, after all their appeals had been exhausted, Pan American Silver settled with the plaintiffs, apologizing for the injuries and coming to a confidential agreement. If courts ...
... “My neighbours were completely taken by surprise, too.”
Peachey said she worries the tunnel will increase traffic in the area and further industrialize protected public lands as well as Waihi. “New Zealand ...
... kilometres north of Los Filos in Guerrero state, as well as others elsewhere in the country, as industrial mines in Mexico have become targets for extortion by organized crime, often in collusion with ...
... protesters held in pre-trial detention since 2019 for alleged crimes linked to their opposition to an iron oxide mine which threatens to contaminate their water supply. Five more water defenders from Guapinol, ...
... from Guapinol, Honduras, he has been held without bail in pre-trial detention for more than a year. The incarcerated men were part of a local campaign to protect water sources in their community.
“He’s ...
... in pretrial jail for almost a year without ever having a solid legal reasoning as to why. A year ago this week, the defenders voluntarily appeared before the National Court to clarify their legal situation ...
... in Honduras.
The Appeals Court ruled that five more environmental defenders, in addition to the eight who are already in pretrial detention, must now face legal proceedings. The defenders voluntarily ...
... home in Honduras by hired hitmen in 2016. A judge will decide whether the case against one of the alleged killers, David Castillo, gets sent to trial.
At least 212 land and environmental defenders were ...
... for people to remain isolated and safe in their homes, mining companies have seen the pandemic as an opportunity to position the industrial activity of mining as an essential activity. Their argument is ...
... while they await a Supreme Court of Justice ruling on whether they can wait for their trial under substitutive measures, are at serious risk of contagion from COVID-19 while in detention.
In this regard, ...
... organizations are unable to accompany them or to properly verify and register complaints.
In addition, eight water defenders are being held in illegal pre-trial detention and face additional threats ...
... as the trial of the 1989 assassination of six Jesuits takes place, we now see the statements of high level military commanders who are finally telling the truth. We also see hope as a family, as we realize ...
... people from the Q’eq’chi ’community leadership, journalists and human rights defenders, are criminalized and face “false” trials articulated with the complicity of local officials of the Public Ministry ...
... the renegotiated text of NAFTA 2.0 was made public, the U.S. company Legacy Vulcan LLC and its Mexican subsidiary, Calizas Industriales del Carmen (Calica), filed a notice of intent to sue Mexico under ...
... There must be an advisory council made up of 14 people from the agro-industry, agricultural cooperatives, industrial sector, tourism, indigenous groups, students, and regional watershed committees. All ...
... activities that communities from Cabañas are currently engaged with, and could be promoted as alternatives to artisanal and industrial mining. These activities can generate higher incomes and a better ...