Tired of waiting for fair compensation from mining giant Barrick Gold for gross sexual violence, 119 indigenous women from Papua New Guinea call for United Nations intervention. They sent this video message to the 5th annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights taking place this week in Geneva.
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Communities from the District of Chamaca Strike at HudBay Minerals’ Constancia Mine in Cusco, Peru
Sources: Peruvian Observatory of Mining Conflicts, Human Rights Without Borders – Cusco
Since Monday, about 1,000 community members from the district of Chamaca in the province of Chumbivilcas, in the southern region of Cusco, have been occupying the installation of HudBay Minerals’ Constancia...
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Community members protest damage to homes near Tahoe Resources' mine, fear violent reprisal
In February 2016, houses in the village of La Cuchilla in the municipality of San Rafael Las Flores, began to crack and on April 19th, the houses began to fall down. The community is located less than 3 kilometers from Tahoe Resources’ Escobal mine, which has been operating an underground silver...
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More than a few bad apples: "Militarized neoliberalism" and the Canadian state in Latin America
Stories of bloody, degrading violence associated with Canadian mining operations abroad sporadically land on Canadian news pages. HudBay Minerals, Goldcorp, Barrick Gold, Nevsun and Tahoe Resources are some of the bigger corporate names associated with this activity. Sometimes our attention is...
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The Uphill Battle for Justice over Violence at Tahoe Resources’ Escobal Mine in Guatemala
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...