New Report from Leading Research and Civil Society Organizations Reveals New Information on the Arrests of Water Defenders and the State of Human Rights in El Salvador under the Bukele Administration

The new report highlights the full extent of human rights abuses under the Bukele administration, as well as evidence that the Bukele administration would like to bring back mining.

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Institute for Policy Studies - Central American Alliance against Mining (ACAFREMIN) - International Allies Against Mining in El Salvador

State of Deception

A fact-finding report on El Salvador’s detained water defenders, the potential return of environmentally destructive mining, and the state of human rights under the Bukele administration. Report Co-Authors: Alejandro Artiga-Purcell, Robin Broad, Pedro Cabezas, John Cavanagh, Bernie Hammond, Manuel Perez-Rocha, Angela Sanbrano, Heather White, Ross Wells, and Scott Wright.

As Canada vies for UN Human Rights Council seat, some Indigenous leaders from the Amazon raise red flags

Tavia Grant, The Globe and Mail 

As Canada vies for a seat on the United Nations human rights council, Indigenous leaders and environmental advocates have launched a co-ordinated campaign drawing attention to Canadian companies operating in the Amazon region and raising questions about their environmental and human rights track record.

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The Globe and Mail

From Ontario to Panama, Indigenous communities are rising up to resist Canada’s mining industry

Owen Schalk, Ricochet

Around the world, Indigenous-led resistance to mining and extraction projects have been intensifying, and it is frequently Canadian companies who are the aggressors, pushing forward with neocolonial land grabs and violent state-sanctioned repression when projects are opposed by locals.

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Ricochet

Review of "Canadian corporate identity: economic diplomacy, mining and racism around the Escobal mine in Guatemala"

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A new chapter provides insight into the role the Canadian Embassy in Guatemala played as the Canadian-owned Escobal mine moved into operations in 2013 in southeastern Guatemala. While Canada tries to paint itself a world leader when it comes to upholding human rights, this chapter offers a clear and little-known picture of the modus operandi of Canadian embassies in promoting Canadian economic interests over human rights and the rights of Indigenous peoples. 

The Fight to Close First Quantum Minerals Canadian Mine in Panama

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Before narrating the latest events on the anti-mining struggle, it is relevant to clarify that we are not a mining country, despite the fact that during the time of the colony and the Spanish subjugation, some gold mines were established with the same logic of extractivist dispossession of a foreign power.

Evicted for Gold Profits: Indigenous Kuria forced off land in expansion of Barrick Gold’s North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania

MiningWatch Canada details gross violations of human rights at Barrick Gold's North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania, as thousands of Indigenous Kuria were forcibly evicted from their lands to make room for the mine's expansion. This latest report was written based on field work conducted by Catherine Coumans in Tarime District, Tanzania, between October and November 2023.

Forced Evictions at Barrick’s North Mara Gold Mine: Report details gross violations of human rights in Tanzania

Today, MiningWatch Canada releases a report describing gross violations of human rights at Barrick Gold’s North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania. Thousands of Indigenous Kuria near the mine have been forcibly evicted from their lands to make room for the mine’s expansion. Most people were evicted in December 2022, with the remaining families losing their homes and lands in August and September of 2023.
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MiningWatch Canada

Indigenous Organization Opposes Sale of Controversial Warintza Mining Project in Ecuadorian Amazon

(Sucúa/Quito/Ottawa) On the 20th of November, the Pueblo Shuar Arutam (PSHA) released a public statement rejecting the Warintza mining project and its possible sale.

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MiningWatch Canada – Shuar Arutam People (PSHA) – Amazon Watch – WITNESS
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