... with which mining companies can bully their way around in defiance of people´s self-determination and the sovereignty of states.
But just as water protectors press on against tough odds to defend land ...
... if it’s something as vital and popular as ensuring clean and affordable water for all. The terms “water defenders” and “water protectors” resonate broadly and effectively around the world.
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... in the Great Lakes, home to a fifth of the world’s water, is a parallel struggle, and we are inspired by the people from the south—the Eagle and the Condor meet again. Water protectors are the heroes of ...
... 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, ...
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... brief shutdown. As a result, not only have mine sites become a vector for the spread of the coronavirus into rural areas and vulnerable territories, but land and water protectors on lockdown — who’ve been ...
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Indeed, that vote ricocheted across the Pacific to the Philippines, which has emerged as one of the hot spots in the global fight of “water protectors” to end destructive industrial mining. In November ...
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While the recent tribunal decision lifts a tremendous burden off the Salvadoran people, the battle to get the company to pay up and pack up is not over.
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... Rights Council, which is contradictory to this whole situation. Indeed, we cannot be appointed as protectors of international human rights, and at the same be violating the rights to water and food.
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... 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, and Mr. George and ...