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21. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... a Supreme Court ruling that suspended his sentence. However, the judicial harassment he and other leaders of the Aymarazo protest movement have faced is a reminder of Canada’s leading role in the global ...; Created on 21 January 2021
22. Honduran justice denies defenders of the Guapinol river to wait for their trial in freedom: (Regional News); ... has generated violence and conflict, causing at least seven deaths to date and the prosecution of 32 community leaders. The denial for environmentalists to wait for their trial in freedom contrasts with ...; Created on 28 December 2020
23. Puno: An indefinite strike announced due to mining contamination in the Coata River: (Regional News); Wayka Arsenic and mercury were found in the bodies of people in the districts near the Coata river basin, in the Puno region, which is being contaminated by mining tailings. Local leaders claim that ...; Created on 28 December 2020
24. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... forced evacuation and closure of indigenous Lumada schools. Indigenous elders and vocal anti-mining leaders, such as Domingo Choc Che from Guatemala and Bae Milda Ansabo from Mindanao, suffered brutal ...; Created on 17 December 2020
25. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... social-cooperation agreement was set up to alleviate some of the residents’ sky-high medical costs, but under Equinox’s leadership, medicines arrived months late and were priced well above market rates. ...; Created on 28 November 2020
26. The hidden connection between a US steel company and the controversial Los Pinares mine in Honduras: (Regional News); ... of social leaders who are protesting the ecological damage the mine may cause in protected land, according to documents obtained through a cross-border journalism collaboration between Contracorriente, ...; Created on 28 November 2020
27. Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: (ISDS); Luis Solano | Ellen Moore | Jen Moore - IPS / Earthworks DOWNLOAD THE STUDY HEREAcross the Global South, and especially in Latin America, international mining companies have used a combination of disturbing ...; Created on 21 October 2020
28. Anti-mining community, Gina Lopez awarded as heroes for the environment: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Police in order to force fuel tankers in the mining site; a local leader was arrested but also bailed out the following day. Gina Lopez’s ‘maverick leadership” remembered A posthumous award was also ...; Created on 07 October 2020
29. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... The community has been militarized, and its leaders subjected to threats, harassment and smear campaigns. Several residents fled, seeking asylum in the US to escape criminal persecution, in a case widely ...; Created on 07 October 2020
30. Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees: (Mining and Human Rights); ... is announced by the Parliament President and the political group leaders 16 December: Sakharov Prize award ceremony in Strasbourg Next steps Based on the official nominations, the foreign affairs and ...; Created on 29 September 2020
31. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... government. Unwavering community opposition and legal actions halted the project in 2016. With the company’s leadership under criminal investigation and its mine suspended, KCA turned to Investor State ...; Created on 24 August 2020
32. Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case: (Regional News); ... dated March 3, maintains the arbitrariness in the case and clearly points to politically motivated judicial persecution of local leaders and community members who have been at the forefront of environmental protection ...; Created on 18 August 2020
33. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... projects fueled by foreign investors and the Honduran government. “We are in danger daily — all the leaders of the Garífuna community, all the defendants of the land in Honduras,” says Carla Garcia, international ...; Created on 17 August 2020
34. HONDURAS: Human rights defenders threatened by armed groups during quarantine: (Regional News); ... social leaders, indigenous and farming communities who vulnerability has increased due to the record number of threats by armed groups in the midst of the COVID 19 health crisis. "The COVID-19 pandemic ...; Created on 31 July 2020
35. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... sided with the company to absolve it of responsibility and to discredit the Shuar People’s elected leadership instead. As documented in Voices from the Ground, other mineral exploration companies have ...; Created on 23 July 2020
36. Timeline: Guatemala mine suspensions: (Regional News); ... with indigenous communities, a requirement of the International Labour Organization’s convention 169 (ILO 169). But while Guatemala ratified the convention in 1996, industry leaders say regulations setting ...; Created on 23 July 2020
37. The state of Siege in Izabal and Alta Verapaz: shelters, poppies, and the fear of repression: (Regional News); ... years to resolve the conflict over land ownership. As palm plantations expand, villages are crowded and arrest warrants are issued against community leaders. In times of siege states, community leaders ...; Created on 22 July 2020
38. Social organizations reject militarization in five municipalities of Guatemala: (Regional News); ... and Morales in the municipality of Izabal, and Santa Catalina La Tinta and Panzós in the municipality of Alta Verapaz. According to community leaders, the president's actions constitute measures of militarization, ...; Created on 20 July 2020
39. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... are brought to justice. It is gratifying for me to see these days, publications and communiqués that commemorate the life of Marcelo, circulated among community leaders, social workers and young people ...; Created on 15 July 2020
40. Lack of a Water Law prolongs the historical crisis in the country: (Regional News); ... of water or environmental resources. And concretely, the National Alliance against the Privatization of Water, has also had to face attacks and accusations and discredit from the economic leadership, and ...; Created on 17 June 2020

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