Five Years After Mariano Abarca Was Murdered for his Resistance Against Blackfire Exploration, We Demand Justice!

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The following letter has been sent to authorities to demand a response from the Mexican and Canadian authorities to ensure justice for his death. This video is from a vigil in front of the Canadian Embassy in Mexico City mere days after the Mariano's November 27, 2009 murder, held by the Mexican Network of Communities Affected by Mining (REMA). Activist Bety Cariño speaks of Mariano, and the larger Indigenous struggle for land, for water, and for life, forcefully and eloquently.

Lawyers Say Barrick Thwarts Access to Justice for Victims of Violence

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(Ottawa) New evidence is emerging that Barrick Gold’s dealings with victims of violence by mine security and police at mine sites in Papua New Guinea and in Tanzania is primarily designed to protect the company from legal action, rather than to provide fair remedy for women who have been raped and men who have been hurt or killed by mine security.

Lawyers who represent victims of violence at the Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and at the North Mara mine in Tanzania are speaking out.

Feds move toward protecting Canada’s ‘brand’ in foreign mining operations

At a Mining Association of Canada luncheon, two federal cabinet ministers emphasized the need for ethical standards 

Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press, November 22, 2014

OTTAWA – It’s taken almost a decade of loud, often unwelcome advocacy, but the federal government appears to finally recognize that Canada’s international brand needs a little spit and polish.

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Canadian Press

Canada’s CSR Strategy for Extractives 2.0 – Government Acknowledges Power to Act, Declines to Do So

News release: The Government of Canada released its revised Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Strategy for extractive companies operating overseas, finally recognising its power to withdraw the substantial support that it provides such companies in order to make them accountable, but declining to apply that power in any meaningful way.

Do No Harm, Canada

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Blog: The Inter American Human Rights Commission – an independent office of the Organization of American States – has added its voice to a growing list of human rights bodies calling on Canada to prevent mining abuses and hold Canadian companies and state agencies responsible to account.

Peruvian Community Denounces HudBay Minerals for Human Rights Violations over Constancia Project

Press Release: During the morning hours of November 10, local residents from Uchucarcco, in the region of Cusco, Peru mobilized near the Constancia mining project to protest the HudBay MInerals’ sustained failure to make good on commitments with the local population. According to local media, a group of residents crossed the company’s security fence. Two individuals were detained by the significant police force that protects the camp.
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Cooperacción - Traditional Ayllu of Uchuccarco, district of Chamaca, Chumbivilcas, Cusco, Peru

Canada Accused of Failing to Prevent Overseas Mining Abuses

By Carey L. Biron

WASHINGTON, Oct 31 2014 (IPS) - The Canadian government is failing either to investigate or to hold the country’s massive extractives sector accountable for rights abuses committed in Latin American countries, according to petitioners who testified here Tuesday before an international tribunal.

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IPS – Inter Press Service

‘Cracks’ in Canadian Policy for Overseas Mining, Evidence of an Abyss

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“Despite Canada’s assurances that there is good policy, we continue at the commission to see a number of very, very serious human rights violations occurring in the region,” said Commissioner Rose-Marie Antoine for the Inter American Human Rights Commission (IACHR) in Washington this week.

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