Friends of MiningWatch Canadian companies linked to allegations of human rights abuse abroad including killings, torture and forced labour – new reports, testimony 14.02.2023
MiningWatch in the News ‘Deeply disturbing’ report raises questions about federal interventions supporting Canadian mining companies overseas despite human rights concerns 30.03.2022
News Release Court Rules Ottawa Can Maintain Secrecy on Aid to Goldcorp in Human Rights Dispute 02.03.2022
MiningWatch in the News Osgoode professor asks feds to disclose alleged aid to Goldcorp in human rights disputes 12.03.2021
News Release Ottawa Must Disclose How It Aided Goldcorp in Human Rights Dispute, Federal Court Hears 02.03.2021
Friends of MiningWatch Mexico: Ejido of Carrizalillo Revokes Agreement, Shuts Down Equinox Gold's Los Filos Mine 03.09.2020
MiningWatch in the News Canadian Mining Harms Around the World: Criminal and Civil Law Reform Needed Now 13.11.2016
Blog Two Years Since Ayotzinapa: Mexico Is a Graveyard and Canada is Quarrying for Headstones 26.09.2016
News Release State of Fear and Terror Deliberately Created to Force Tahoe Resources’ Mine on Guatemalan Communities – Report 11.11.2015
News Release Agrarian Authorities from Guerrero, Mexico, say Canadian Mining Companies Need a Reality Check 07.10.2015
Publication In the National Interest? Criminalization of Land and Environment Defenders in the Americas 21.09.2015
Friends of MiningWatch Indigenous Peoples File for Injunctions Against Mining Concessions in Mexico 14.04.2015
News Release Wiretap Transcripts Raise Troubling Questions About Tahoe Resources' Militarized Security 07.04.2015
Blog Honduran organizations fight to have Canadian-backed mining law declared unconstitutional 26.02.2015
Blog Honduran Organizations Demand Support for Farming Not Mining in Protest of World Bank Sponsored Event 09.02.2015
News Release Norwegian Fund Divests from Tahoe Resources, Canadian and U.S. Investors Urged to Follow Suit 03.02.2015
Blog Speculation Over Delayed ‘Three Amigos’ Meeting Forgets Ayotzinapa, Avoids Tough Questions for Mexico and Canada 22.01.2015
MiningWatch in the News Blood for gold: The human cost of Canada’s ‘free trade’ with Honduras 10.11.2014
Blog Urgent Action: Guatemalan government moves to expel witnesses to police violence at US-Canadian mine site 07.07.2014
Blog Guatemalan Government Moves to Expel Witnesses to Police Violence at US-Canadian Mine Site 07.07.2014
Friends of MiningWatch Supreme Court Hears Grassy Narrows' Legal Case for Treaty Rights and Against Clearcut Logging 15.05.2014
Friends of MiningWatch Ejido Carrizallillo Announces Agreement with Goldcorp, Ending 33-Day Strike 03.05.2014
News Release International Organizations Demand Justice in Deadly Attack Against Opponents of Tahoe Resources' Mine 30.04.2014
News Release Mexican Landowners Demand Respect from Goldcorp as Blockade at ‘Los Filos’ Mine Enters Fifth Week 30.04.2014
Blog Ejido Carrizalillo Denounces Insults and Rejects Goldcorp’s Austerity Offer for New Lease at Los Filos 11.04.2014
Blog URGENT ACTION: Call on Goldcorp to Negotiate in Good Faith with the Ejido Carrizalillo or to Initiate Mine Closure Plan 07.04.2014
Blog Sixteen Canadian and US organizations send letter of solidarity to Ejido Carrizalillo, Guerrero, Mexico 05.04.2014
Friends of MiningWatch Community to File Suit for Restoration of Lands as Goldcorp Refuses Dignified Terms at Los Filos Mine 04.04.2014
Blog Local Community Shuts Down Goldcorp's Los Filos Mine in Mexico; Company Claims It Was Suspended on Purpose 03.04.2014
Friends of MiningWatch Local Landowners to Shut Down Goldcorp Operations at Los Filos, Guerrero Following Breakdown in Land Rental Negotiations 31.03.2014
Blog Canadian Development Aid No Longer Tied – Just Shackled to Corporate Mining Interests 27.03.2014
News Release ‘On the Road for Justice’ Speaking Tour to Bring Attention to Guatemala Mining Conflict, Need for Remedy in Canada 12.03.2014
Blog Dear Mr. Harper: An Open Letter from Mexican Organizations on the Eve of North American Leaders' Summit 18.02.2014
News Release Guatemalan Indigenous Organizations File Complaint over Mining Law with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 03.09.2013
News Release Guatemalan Complainants Celebrate Effective Suspension of Tahoe Resources' Licence 25.07.2013
News Release Complaint Asks Ontario Securities Commission to Investigate Tahoe Resources After Wiretap Evidence Implicates Employees in Violence at Guatemala Mine 03.06.2013
News Release Tahoe Resources Investor Alert Calls Guatemala Project a Dangerous Investment 08.05.2013
Blog URGENT ACTION: Call for investigation and company departure in response to recurring violence in area of Canadian-owned silver project 20.03.2013
News Release Guatemala’s Highest Court Denies Justice to Indigenous Peoples Affected by Mining 15.03.2013
Blog Resistance When Land and Life Are in Peril: Guatemalan Human Rights Defender Speaks in Canada 28.02.2013
News Release Canadian and US Organizations Call for Investigation into Recent Violence at Canadian Owned Mines in Guatemala 28.02.2013
News Release Canadian Parliamentarians Meet with Guatemalan Legislators on Goldcorp’s Ticket 11.09.2012
News Release North American organizations call for stop to criminalization of rights advocates in Guatemala 06.09.2012
News Release Guatemala’s Highest Court to Hear Landmark Indigenous Challenge Against Mining Law 20.07.2012
Blog Canada’s Subsidies to the Mining Industry Don’t Stop at Aid: Political Support Betrays Government Claims of Corporate Social Responsibility 15.06.2012
News Release International Delegation Sends Strong Message to Goldcorp at Annual Shareholders' Meeting in South Porcupine, Ontario 30.04.2012
Blog Honduran Congress Consults with Canadian Government and Mining Companies -- But Not Its Own People 25.04.2012
Blog Goldcorp Shareholders Ask Company to Ensure Full Independent Financing and Disclosure of Closure Plans for Marlin Mine 17.04.2012
News Release Canadian Embassies Bring Journalists to Mining Convention from Countries Mired in Conflict 06.03.2012
Publication Troubled Waters: How Mine Waste Dumping is Poisoning Our Oceans, Rivers and Lakes 28.02.2012
Blog Over two hundred organizations from thirty countries raise concerns with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 21.02.2012
News Release Honduran Civil Society Groups Reject Proposed Mining Law That Puts Corporate Interests Before Human Rights 24.01.2012
Blog Co-author presents study "Searching for Gold in the Highlands of Guatemala: Economic Benefits and Environmental Risks of the Marlin Mine”. 05.01.2012
Blog Video: Co-author presents study "Searching for Gold in the Highlands of Guatemala: Economic Benefits and Environmental Risks of the Marlin Mine”. 05.01.2012
News Release Human Rights Commission's Climbdown a Wake-up Call for Human Rights Defenders in the Americas, Not Indicator of Goldcorp’s Performance 05.01.2012
News Release Impoverishment, Not Development, Could Be End Result of Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine in Guatemala, Says New Study 03.11.2011
News Release Goldcorp Asks Shareholders to Ignore International Consensus to Suspend Operations at its Marlin Mine in Guatemala 19.05.2011
News Release Affected Communities from the Americas Demand that Canadian Mining Industry Respect Their Rights 17.05.2011
News Release Canadian Government Abdicates Responsibility to Ensure Respect for Human Rights 16.05.2011
News Release Shareholders Announce Resolution to Suspend Controversial Goldcorp Mine in Guatemala 22.03.2011
News Release Incomplete Reporting Still Reveals Mining Companies' Toxic Threat: Environmental groups worry some of Canada's mines are dragging feet on federal order to report toxic mining waste 10.08.2010
Blog Urgent Action: Shooting of Community Leader Opposing Goldcorp Inc.'s Marlin Mine in Guatemala; Threats Against Local Leaders Escalate 13.07.2010
News Release Guatemala Suspends Marlin mine - Human rights and environmental organizations applaud the decision, urge President Colom’s government to protect communities against retaliation 24.06.2010
News Release OAS Human Rights Commission Urges Suspension of Mining Activity at Goldcorp's Marlin Mine in Guatemala 24.05.2010
News Release Guatemalan Community Leaders ask Canadian Government to Investigate Human Rights Violations Allegedly Committed by Goldcorp Inc. at Marlin Mine 09.12.2009
Blog Letter to Shareholder Group re: Human Rights Impact Assessment for Goldcorp's Guatemala Mine 15.12.2008
News Release First Ever in Latin America: Mining Corporation Charged with “Crimes Against the Environment” in Argentina 18.06.2008
Friends of MiningWatch Dangerous Contamination Levels in Siria Valley demonstrated by independent study 18.08.2006
News Release Mayan Organisations and Supporters Demand the Closure of the Marlin Mine in San Marcos, Guatemala 27.03.2006
News Release Internal Review Slams World Bank Over Lapses at Guatemala Mine - Backgrounder 22.08.2005
News Release Death Threats in Guatemala Against Community Leaders Opposing the Mining Operations of Glamis Gold, a Canadian/U.S. Mining Company 05.04.2005
News Release Killing of Alvaro Benigno Sanchez by Security Guards Working for Glamis Gold Subsidiary in Guatemala 05.04.2005
Blog Failure to Disclose Material Risk: Are you aware of how Glamis Gold Limited operates in Central America? Is your investment truly "Low Risk"? 09.02.2005
News Release Glamis Gold, Canadian Government, World Bank Implicated as Two Killed, More Injured Protesting Mine in Guatemala - Standoff Ends in Bloodshed, Death 12.01.2005
Blog Mayan National Congress Declaration: “Mining Licences in Mayan Territory: Yet Another Form of Foreign Invasion” 30.11.2004
News Release Glamis Gold Demands $50 Million Compensation for Not Destroying Quechan Nation Lands 07.03.2004
Publication On the Ground Research: A Workshop to Identify the Research Needs of Communities Affected by Large-Scale Mining 01.09.2000