... 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 ...
... issued. Now, five highly-regarded defenders, Juan López, Leonel George, Reynaldo Domínguez, Marco Tulio Ramon, and José Cedillo, will also face the aggravated arson and unjust detention charges. "At no ...
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At least 212 land and environmental defenders were murdered last year — the highest number since the group Global Witness began gathering data eight years ago. Some 40% of those killed ...
... mined, which would fill two Olympic pools. In times of coronavirus, the value of gold has shot up to the highest level in the last 70 years, due to the uncertainty and instability of the markets, coupled ...
... 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 ...
... are exploring or digging for gold, silver, copper, iron-ore, and other minerals can extend to vast areas of entire countries. Their activities also affect important ecosystems. These include high-altitude ...
... some countries had already become highly indebted to pay awards to corporations.
In 2019, Pakistan was ordered to pay $5 billion in an arbitration case over a gold and copper mine. This is almost as ...
... of the main observations regarding the Quellaveco project has to do with the high water consumption that the operation projects (22 million m3 of freshwater per year). Added to this are the potential impacts ...
... rights of the communities, especially the indigenous Mayan Q’eqchi ’and Garifuna.
Without higher crime rates Diálogos Guatemala, an organization that mainly carries out data analysis and investigations ...