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21. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); ... and observers including a group of MEPs. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has stated that “governments should release every person detained without sufficient legal basis, including ...; Created on 01 September 2020
22. The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River: (Regional News); ... of peoples, to the detriment of biodiversity and to the detriment of the cultural diversity of indigenous nations who are the guardians of nature since time immemorial. As member organizations of the ...; Created on 20 August 2020
23. HONDURAS: Human rights defenders threatened by armed groups during quarantine: (Regional News); ... incriminating evidence against them." Along the same lines, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, declared on March 25, 2020: "Now, more than ever, governments should ...; Created on 31 July 2020
24. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... response to the pandemic, Pinares Investment has distributed some basic supplies to families in Tocoa. Like many other mining companies around the world that have made similar charitable donations, Pinares ...; Created on 23 July 2020
25. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); ... According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, or UNCTAD, as of this year foreign investors have filed more than 1,000 claims. Because of lack of transparency, no one knows exactly ...; Created on 23 July 2020
26. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... for the Socioeconomic Development of El Salvador – ADES, stated that “11 years after the brutal assassinations, motivated by the greed of a mining company and covered up by state impunity, we still demand ...; Created on 15 July 2020
27. Lack of a Water Law prolongs the historical crisis in the country: (Regional News); ... right to water. Yet, no results have been obtained. "This situation is worrisome. In fact, in 2010 El Salvador and the United Nations (UN) recognized that safeguarding water as a human right is essential ...; Created on 17 June 2020
28. World Environment Day with nothing to celebrate: (Regional News); ... General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) designated June 5 as World Environment Day. Since the 1970s, the UN has been developing initiatives, calls, and messages with the aim of raising awareness across ...; Created on 06 June 2020
29. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... of Guapinol; To publicly recognize the right of defenders to defend their territory and natural resources without violence, as defined in the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders; A ...; Created on 20 April 2020
30. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... dialogue,” said Dulce. Dulce and other activists have asked the United Nations to intervene, especially because its declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples compels governments to consult with ...; Created on 04 October 2019
31. In Guatemala, north american mining company sues in La Puya case: (Kappes Kassiday & Associates Guatemala ); ... transnational corporations to pass over national courts and undermine the sovereignty of nations. Courts such as ICSID are not courts of justice, but secret panels of highly paid corporate lawyers whose ...; Created on 18 September 2019
32. 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
33. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); ... identify. Some new evidence suggests that the international arbitration community is starting to take the TPF issue seriously. According to attendees at the latest meeting of the United Nations agency ...; Created on 05 May 2019
34. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... and have been widely condemned for privileging corporate interests at the expense of local communities and the environment, while bypassing national courts and undermining the decisions of sovereign nations. ...; Created on 26 February 2019
35. THE STRUGGLE FOR GOOD WATER GOVERNANCE CONTINUES IN EL SALVADOR: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... In this regard, it is a public good and a fundamental human right, recognized as such in 2010 by the United Nations. The predominant role of government in water management: If we recognize water as ...; Created on 27 August 2018
36. From Mining to Water: 25 years of Community Solidarity and Organizing: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... incurred along the way, including the unresolved assassinations of four anti-mining activists in 2009. Morales reminded those present that “We cannot talk about the 25th anniversary of Radio Victoria and ...; Created on 24 August 2018
37. Founding statement: National Alliance against Water Privatization in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... Angel, La Cabaña, Chaparrastique, Jiboa and people linked to the industry as Tomas Regalado Dueñas and Tomas Regalado O'sullivan, disbursed at least $ 3.2 million in political campaign donations mainly ...; Created on 25 June 2018
38. El Salvador: first anniversary of the mining ban A cause for celebration, but the new law faces dangers: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Andrés McKinley - UK LAB On March 29th, 2017, the small country of El Salvador became the first nation in the world to exercise its sovereign right to say “no” to metallic mining after carefully analyzing ...; Created on 22 June 2018
39. Solidarity Statement to the People of El Salvador on the day of OceanGold's AG: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Metal Mining - La Mesa. El Salvador had not issued any mining permits since 2008 and we were made aware of the water crisis facing the country and the threats and assassinations against people and groups ...; Created on 04 June 2018
40. To prevent water privatization: the next battle for Salvadorean environmentalists: (Water no Gold); ... administration agency, ANDA. The idea of a general water law received a boost in 2010 after the United Nations issued a resolution on the right to water. Following the resolution and the UN call for ...; Created on 27 July 2017

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