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21. Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees: (Mining and Human Rights); ... by the regime with unprecedented violence. Meanwhile, a Coordination Council was established to represent the civic nation of Belarus and to facilitate a peaceful transfer of power. “The people of Belarus ...; Created on 29 September 2020
22. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... support from the United States, are implicated in the violence. While Pinares Investments has promised development, investment and jobs through the mine and processing plant, affected communities say ...; Created on 25 September 2020
23. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); ... the environment and threaten our health. Through capitalism and state-sanctioned violence, the government is erasing the cultural and identity richness that the Garífuna people bring to Honduras. The ...; Created on 03 September 2020
24. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... short-lived mining operation. In its arbitration filings, KCA carefully avoids any mention of this violence, instead accusing the Guatemalan government of not doing enough to protect its investment. It ...; Created on 24 August 2020
25. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... for the case of Punta Piedra, he disappeared. He was kidnapped. And six days later, we found him in a river, died, killed. AMY GOODMAN: Can you talk about the years of violence that this Black Indigenous ...; Created on 17 August 2020
26. 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
27. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); by Jen Moore - inequality.org Global South Communities affected by mining face multiple pandemics - health, economic, violence, militarization and corporate capture Over the years, the mining industry ...; Created on 23 July 2020
28. The state of Siege in Izabal and Alta Verapaz: shelters, poppies, and the fear of repression: (Regional News); ... of homicidal violence, published a map with information from the National Civil Police. In the map, it can be observed that of the five municipalities with restricted rights, only in Morales and Izabal ...; Created on 22 July 2020
29. 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
30. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... threats without having to pay with their lives” Besides the demand for justice and reparations for the victims of violence in Cabañas, Luis Gonzales, representative of the National Roundtable against ...; Created on 15 July 2020
31. 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
32. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... as the main responsible for these actions. These human rights violations are a clear example of the widespread violence suffered by rights defenders, indigenous and social leaders, and small farmers in ...; Created on 20 April 2020
33. Map reveals Canadian mining company’s environmental, social conflicts: (Regional News); ... BY-SA 3.0). “The latest EJAtlas map documents serious violence at multiple Pan American Silver mine sites from Mexico to Peru, including how affected communities have faced harassment, threats, and criminalization,” ...; Created on 02 March 2020
34. Criminalization increases against environmental defenders and social movements of the Central American region: (Regional News); ... the environment, the regional political situation of Central America reveals a continuous weakening of the institutions that guarantee the rights of the population and a systematic pattern of violence ...; Created on 26 December 2019
35. Social Organizations demand compliance with the Prohibition of Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... activist Marcelo Rivera, said that Pacific Rim left a legacy of violence, threats and a breakdown of social cohesion after the murder of environmental defenders and community leaders such as Marcelo, disappeared ...; Created on 26 December 2019
36. Environmentalists Denounce that Central American governments favor mining companies and criminalize activists: (Regional News); ... At the meeting, the delegation of Honduras noted an increase in cases of violence against indigenous and peasant communities, after opposing the hydroelectric and mining industries during the government ...; Created on 26 December 2019
37. Walter Aduviri says he regrets trusting Agustín Luque: (Regional News); ... in prison after being convicted of violence during the Aimarazo. Aduviri informed that he regrets having accepted Luque as part of the electoral formula in the elections. Instead of instituting the Collasuyo Plan, ...; Created on 26 December 2019
38. Honduran Land Defenders Receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffit award in Washington: (Regional News); ... which were consolidated with a combination of legal privilege, fraud, coercion and violence – the most infamous figure to emerge after the land accumulation period was Miguel Facusse, known to have accumulated ...; Created on 24 October 2019
39. Getting the shaft on mining abuses: (Background and reports ); ... Rights Watch, Oxfam, the United Nations and countless others have detailed environmental and human rights abuses. Those include targeted assassinations, gang rape, violence against unarmed protesters, ...; Created on 05 May 2019
40. Over two hundred organizations denounce multimillion-dollar suit brought by U.S. mining firm against Guatemala: (Media Releases); ... resistance ‘La Puya’ as anti-development and accused local communities of being responsible for the costly suit. "KCA's suit is an example of present-day corporate colonialism. Through violence along with ...; Created on 04 May 2019

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