On April 27, 2013, Adolfo García was one of seven men shot and wounded as he tried to escape the advance of Tahoe Resources’ private security guards just outside the gates of the company’s Escobal silver mine where they had been peacefully protesting. This week, Mr. García was in Vancouver, along...
Background: MiningWatch Canada Charges Against B.C. Government and Mount Polley Mine
MiningWatch Canada is filing a private prosecution to lay charges against the BC Government and Mount Polley Mine Corporation for violations of the Canadian Fisheries Act in connection with the 2014 tailings pond disaster.
Summary
On October 18, 2016, MiningWatch Canada filed a private...
Take Action: Honduran Authorities Should Not Feel Canada's Trust
Join the call for #Justice4Berta/#JusticiaParaBerta, sign and share our petition here.
Seven months have passed since the brutal murder of Indigenous activist Berta Cáceres in Honduras and the attempted murder of Mexican activist Gustavo Castro, and we are still a long way from justice. While...
North Mara, Tanzania – Unanswered questions for Acacia Mining and Barrick Gold
Acacia’s Response to Globe and Mail Article raises more questions than it answers about human rights violations at the North Mara mine in Tanzania. RAID and MiningWatch Canada note that Barrick has also responded to the newspaper article 'Police killed 65, injured 270 at Barrick mine in Tanzania...
International Solidarity with Women in the Fight for Land and the Environment in Latin America
Over eighty organizations from Canada, the US, Europe and Guatemala, and 650 individuals, have signed onto a statement to express international solidarity with women defenders throughout Latin America and with all people who are defending their water, land, life and territory. These individuals...
Two Years Since Ayotzinapa: Mexico Is a Graveyard and Canada is Quarrying for Headstones
It is two years today since the disappearance of 43 students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Teacher Training College in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, Mexico with no sign of their whereabouts, except for the remains of 19-year-old Alexander Mora Venancio. International experts have shown the Mexican...
The Chevron Case: Debate with Representatives of the Affected Communities of the Ecuadorian Amazon
Thursday, September 15 @ 7:00pm @ Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 252 Bloor St. W., Floor 2, Room 212
Organizers: International Human Rights Program of the University of Toronto (IHRP), MiningWatch Canada, Educators for Peace and Justice, and Union of People Affected by the Oil...
A North-South Dialogue on Extractivism: Resistance and Alternatives
This workshop was held on August 11, 2016, as part of the World Social Forum in Montreal. It was jointly presented by Kairos and MiningWatch Canada.
Predatory extractivism — the exploitation of natural wealth for short-term profit without regard for its consequences — is being challenged ever...
Join MiningWatch at the World Social Forum!
The World Social Forum is coming to Montreal August 9-12, with tens of thousands of people from around the world, hundreds of workshops, and dozens of major assemblies on all kinds of pressing issues, from climate changes to tax justice. Join us in the midst of the craziness to focus on predatory...
Bad News for Eldorado Gold and its Greek Projects
Eldorado Gold’s stock is soaring on the NYSE and TSX stock markets following the rising price of gold, but investors are unaware of the most recent developments regarding the company’s Greek projects.
In Greece, Eldorado is developing the Kassandra Mines in the northern peninsula of Halkidiki...
Federal Government Opens Door to Paradigm Shift in Environmental Assessment
No less than six Cabinet ministers stood in the foyer of the House of Commons yesterday to announce sweeping reviews of key environmental laws. The details are not clear yet – in fact, the government has (perhaps wisely) asked for public input before it finalizes the review processes – but it is...
Berta Didn't Die, She Multiplied
Join the call for #Justice4Berta/#JusticiaParaBerta, sign and share our petition here.
Yesterday, dozens of people gathered in front of the Honduran Embassy in Ottawa to demand justice for Berta Cáceres, a world-renowned Indigenous Lenca leader who was brutally murdered while she slept on March...
Mining Offshore – Jurisdictions, That Is
“The scandal is what’s legal.” – Edward Snowden
The massive leak of secret banking information tagged “The Panama Papers” has made a lot of waves in the weeks since its contents started being made public, and they were renewed this week with the release of a searchable database of leaked...
In Need of Repair: Acacia Mining’s Grievance Mechanism at North Mara Gold Mine, Tanzania
RAID and MiningWatch Canada have engaged in extensive exchanges with Acacia Mining over the past two years about security and human rights concerns at the North Mara Gold Mine. Our organisations have been critical of the continuing high level of violence at the mine site and the lack of a...
Urgent Action: What Does Aura Minerals Have to Hide?
Today, the 'Canada Honduras Delegation for Justice, Land and Life', including First Nations women leaders, lawyers, human rights and solidarity activists, had planned to visit Aura Minerals' San Andrés project in Copán, Honduras. They want to observe and document information that we have been hear...
Six Reasons To Be Concerned About the Ajax Open Pit Mine in Kamloops, B.C.
MiningWatch Canada joins with local, provincial, and national groups in urging the public to voice their concerns to both provincial and federal governments about the proposed AJAX open pit mine located on the edge of the city of Kamloops, British-Columbia.
If this gigantic open pit mine is...