Friends of MiningWatch Will Canada ignore human rights violations to advance free trade with Ecuador? 03.11.2025
Friends of MiningWatch CIAM PANAMA - We reject the smear campaign by actors who support the reopening of mining operations 13.10.2025
News Release Silvercorp Metals’ Mining Project in Ecuador Faces National Rejection and Investor Risks 26.09.2025
Friends of MiningWatch International Allies against Mining in El Salvador Applauds Judicial Ruling That Finds All Five Water Defenders Innocent of All Charges 24.09.2025
Blog Ecuadorians Flood the Streets in Massive March for Protection of Water in Cuenca, Sending a Strong Message to DPM Metals Inc 22.09.2025
Friends of MiningWatch Neskantaga First Nation Rejects Federal and Provincial Push to Fast-Track Ring of Fire Development, Calls Out Neglect of Community Crises 15.09.2025
Blog Letter to the Minister of International Trade: Canada’s commitment to a strong Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) 04.09.2025
Brief Prospective brief on the omnibus bill on regulatory relief from Quebec's Ministry of Economy coming this fall 22.08.2025
MiningWatch in the News Stonewalling voices at risk: Human rights obligations at Canadian embassies dead on arrival 31.07.2025
Blog Communities at Risk: New Barrick Tailings Dam Sparks Environmental and Human Rights Concerns in the Dominican Republic 23.07.2025
News Release Over 280 Ecuadorian and International Organizations Speak Out Against the Criminalization and Violence against Environmental Defenders Resisting Canadian Mining 03.07.2025
Friends of MiningWatch Legal setback for mining company Aclara: Chile’s Supreme Court overturns ruling against environmental defenders 12.06.2025
Friends of MiningWatch Carrizalillo Denounces Equinox Gold's Failure to Negotiate in Good Faith 09.06.2025
Blog On the Day of Barrick Gold’s Annual General Meeting, Communities in the Dominican Republic Reaffirm their Call for Relocation 06.05.2025
Publication Reflections on Legal Proceedings in Canada against Barrick Gold Regarding the North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania 05.05.2025
Blog Panamanian Organizations Sound Alarm About Reopening First Quantum's Cobre Panama Mine 25.03.2025
Friends of MiningWatch Declaration of “Panama is worth more without mining” regarding the attempt to reopen the Cobre Panama mine 21.03.2025
Blog Threats Against the Community of Carrizalillo, Guerrero and Call for Respectful Negotiations 13.03.2025
Blog Carrizalillo denounces death threats and reiterates call for respectful negotiations with Equinox Gold as company leadership makes surprise visit 03.03.2025
MiningWatch in the News Outraged by Toronto mining convention, demonstrators disrupt opening day proceedings 03.03.2025
MiningWatch in the News Despite Regional Opposition, a Canadian Company Pursues Mining in Santander 19.02.2025
Friends of MiningWatch Ejido de Carrizalillo Announces it Will Halt Operations at Equinox's Los Filos Mine in Mexico 19.02.2025
Blog Concern about Criminalization of Environmental and Human Rights Defenders in Bolívar, Ecuador 14.02.2025
MiningWatch in the News Good for mining but bad for democracy? Why Indigenous groups in Ecuador oppose free trade deal with Canada 11.02.2025
News Release Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement Threatens to Worsen Human Rights Abuses Facing Indigenous Nations and Communities 07.02.2025
Friends of MiningWatch Five prominent water defenders in El Salvador refuse to attend court hearing denouncing lack of judicial independence that poses a threat to their lives 04.02.2025
Publication Analysis on Bill 63 in Quebec, An Act to Amend the Mining Act and other provisions 22.01.2025
MiningWatch in the News Sidelined in Mali, Barrick turns Tanzania mine into ‘armed encampment’ 13.01.2025
Blog “We already held a consultation. We said no." Communities denounce attempt by Ecuadorian government and Canadian mining company to conduct another controversial consultation 18.12.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Experts say First Quantum’s Cobre Panama tailings dam is at very serious and imminent risk of failure due to internal erosion and a lack of proper monitoring 12.12.2024
News Release 100+ Organizations Voice Deep Concern Over Violence to Advance Canada’s Atico Mining Project in Ecuador 12.12.2024
Guest Publication ELAW: Preliminary Comments on Panama Cobre find Dam at Serious Risks of Failure 09.12.2024
MiningWatch in the News On sidelines of UN nature summit in Colombia, Canadian mining companies pillage 06.12.2024
Blog Continued Militarization and Criminalization of Environmental Defenders to Advance Canadian Mining Project in Ecuador 11.11.2024
News Release Santa Marta Community and International Allies Call on Appeals Court to Reaffirm the Innocence of the Five Salvadoran Water Defenders 01.11.2024
News Release 121 International Organizations Call on Canada to Withdraw All Support for First Quantum Minerals One Year After Historic Anti-Mining Protests in Panama 23.10.2024
News Release International Allies Applaud the Acquittal of the Five Unjustly Jailed Water Defenders in El Salvador 18.10.2024
News Release Barrick in Toronto Court over Allegations of Acts of Extreme Violence at North Mara Mine in Tanzania 15.10.2024
Brief Reported Violence against Indigenous Kuria by Mine Police at Barrick Gold’s North Mara Gold Mine during 2023-2024 15.10.2024
MiningWatch in the News Indigenous women from Ecuador bring concerns on mining abuses, free trade to Parliament Hill 03.10.2024
News Release Why We Say No: Ecuadorian Indigenous women and rights defenders bring message of concern to Canada amid high-stakes trade negotiations 26.09.2024
Publication Canada's Mining Footprint in Ecuador: A brief on the impacts of mining as trade negotiations advance 25.09.2024
Friends of MiningWatch “Free the Santa Marta Five” International Speaking Tour Will Feature Events in Canada, USA, and Germany, Sept. 23 – Oct. 7 23.09.2024
News Release Organizations Ask Canadian Embassy to Uphold Human Rights Commitments in Panama 17.07.2024
Brief Putting Voices at Risk: Brief to UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor on Canada's support for mining over human rights 28.06.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Mayan Q'eqchi' Ancestral Council and human rights defenders speak out about possible reactivation of Fénix mine in Guatemala 14.05.2024
Publication Human Rights Violations, Abuses, and Incidents Registered During the Protests Against the Mining Contract in Panama (October-November 2023) 06.05.2024
MiningWatch in the News Barrick accused of using virtual AGM format to misrepresent or ignore shareholder concerns 30.04.2024
News Release Human Rights Organizations Sound Alarm as Canada-Ecuador Trade Talks Get Underway 30.04.2024
MiningWatch in the News Salvadoran Court Decried for Letting Case Against 'Santa Marta 5' Continue 10.04.2024
Friends of MiningWatch International Community Condemns April 10 Ruling in El Salvador’s Court on the Santa Marta Five Water Defenders 10.04.2024
MiningWatch in the News Indigenous Ecuadorians warn against Canada-Ecuador free trade pact 06.04.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Canada is Assessed at the UN, Receiving Recommendations to Curb Abuse by its Companies and Financial Institutions 25.03.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Indigenous and Campesino Organizations in Ecuador Denounce Criminalization in Mining-Affected Area 19.03.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Transnational mining company Red Eagle’s loss in Santurbán could mean a victory if Colombia pulls out of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system 13.03.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Why the Ecuador trade deal Canada wants hinges on a misleading referendum question 13.03.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Letter to Canadian Ambassador to Ecuador: Ecuadorian Organizations Denounce Efforts to Promote More Canadian Mining Investment at PDAC 04.03.2024
News Release Over 100 International Organizations Denounce Belo Sun’s Efforts to Criminalize Brazilian Land Defenders 16.02.2024
Blog MiningWatch’s Viviana Herrera Testifies Before Canada’s International Trade Committee on a Possible Ecuador-Canada Free Trade Agreement 14.02.2024
MiningWatch in the News Human-rights groups decry rising trend of corporate SLAPP lawsuits 13.02.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Peru: Plan Unidos and the Boluarte Administration’s Insistence on Expanding Mining 20.01.2024
MiningWatch in the News As Canada vies for UN Human Rights Council seat, some Indigenous leaders from the Amazon raise red flags 30.12.2023
Blog Review of "Canadian corporate identity: economic diplomacy, mining and racism around the Escobal mine in Guatemala" 20.12.2023
Publication Impacts of Mining Activities on Water: A technical and legislative guide to support collective action 21.11.2023
Guest Publication Review of the Environmental Impact Study for a New Facility for Co-Disposal of Tailings and Waste Rock at the Barrick Gold Pueblo Viejo Mine, Dominican Republic 15.11.2023
News Release Communities Demand Accountability for Mining Injustices in the Dominican Republic 15.11.2023
Blog More than a Hundred Organizations Demand Justice for Assassination of Xinka Leader Noé Gómez Barrera 10.11.2023
Blog People Power and Pushback: First Quantum’s Stock Price Plummets Amidst Massive Protests in Panama 01.11.2023
Brief Going Upstream: The impact of industrial mining on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 15.10.2023
Blog International Organizations Express Concern for Democracy in Guatemala Amidst Attacks 13.10.2023
Friends of MiningWatch Amazon Watch Launches Report "Unmasking Canada: Rights Violations Across Latin America" 01.09.2023
News Release International Mission Urges Colombia to Withdraw from 'ISDS' System of Corporate Abuse and Impunity 15.08.2023
Blog With Little Transparency from Barrick, Affected Communities Hire Independent Expert to Review Pueblo Viejo Expansion Plans 14.08.2023
Friends of MiningWatch Statement by ENTRE on Expert Visit to Review Barrick's Plans for Expansion in the Dominican Republic 10.07.2023
News Release As Solaris Shareholders Meet, Indigenous Communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon Reaffirm their Opposition to the Warintza Mine 23.06.2023
Blog Canada’s bid for UN Human Rights Council marred by allegations of inaction on corporate abuse 12.06.2023
Friends of MiningWatch Petition Filed Against Canada at Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 08.06.2023
MiningWatch in the News Supporters of slain mining activist take case against Canada to international body 07.06.2023
News Release Did Canada Fail to Protect a Human Rights Defender Assassinated for His Opposition to a Canadian Mine in Mexico? 05.06.2023
Blog Canada’s Unconditional Support for Mining Puts Environment Defenders at Risk – REMA Spokesperson 05.06.2023
News Release Communities Demand Transparency in the Approval of Barrick Gold's Dominican Republic Mine Expansion 05.06.2023
Publication Petition Against Canada for Violations of the Right to Life and Other Rights of Mariano Abarca 05.06.2023
Friends of MiningWatch International Mission to Colombia to Share Ways to Stop Abusive Corporate Claims 23.05.2023
MiningWatch in the News Gold miner faces global protests as it rekindles a mine with a violent legacy 01.05.2023
Blog Consultation on the Mining Framework: QMM Coalition Briefing Documents for Participants 27.04.2023
News Release Arbitrary Arrests of Water Defenders in El Salvador Puts at Risk Peace Accord 25.04.2023
News Release Rhetoric vs Record: Communities Call out Barrick for Falling Short on Human Rights 11.04.2023
News Release Canadian Diplomats Prioritize Mining at the Expense of Human Rights, Legal Experts Tell the UN 05.04.2023
Publication Canada’s Systematic Failure to Fulfill its International Obligations to Human and Environmental Rights Defenders Abroad 04.04.2023
Friends of MiningWatch Over 220 organizations call on Colombian government of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez to withdraw from international investment treaties that enable million-dollar corporate claims 07.03.2023
Blog Recording - "Lithium mining in Mexico: Public interest or transnational extractivism?" 27.02.2023
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 Trudeau government’s support for Peruvian coup regime all about Canadian mining companies 01.02.2023
Blog Letter to Barrick Gold: Forced Evictions and Related Human Rights Abuses Ongoing at North Mara Gold Mine 27.01.2023
News Release End of the Road for Justice in Canada: Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Appeal by Family of Murdered Mexican Environment Defender 23.01.2023
MiningWatch in the News Canadian officials ignored their obligation to support activist detained in 2017 over mining dispute in Peru: report 27.12.2022
Publication The Two Faces of Canadian Diplomacy: Undermining Human Rights and Environment Defenders to Support Canadian Mining 11.12.2022
News Release Report Finds that Canada's Policies on Human Rights and Environment Defenders are Effectively Meaningless 11.12.2022
MiningWatch in the News 'Barrick is responsible for the violence': New lawsuit filed in Ontario about troubled Tanzania mine 23.11.2022
MiningWatch in the News Barrick Gold faces Ontario lawsuit for alleged killings and abuses at Tanzanian mine 23.11.2022
News Release Barrick in Charge: Ongoing Killings of Local Kuria by Mine Police and Forced Evictions at the North Mara Gold Mine 11.10.2022
Blog Barrick Gold Corp.’s Porgera Joint Venture Mine: A Legacy of Ignoring Human and Environmental Rights Abuses 27.06.2022
Blog "Why We Mobilize" — Statement by Acción Ecológica as Mining-Affected Communities Join National Strike 22.06.2022
MiningWatch in the News Shopify finds conflict minerals in its third-party manufactured components 03.06.2022
News Release Barrick’s Rhetoric Belies the Lived Reality of Communities at its Mines Around the World 03.05.2022
Blog The Quebec Government Announced it Will Lower Air Quality Regulations for Nickel. This is Why That’s a Bad Idea. 04.03.2022
Blog International Solidarity Statement with 2021 Mariano Abarca Environmental Defence Award Recipient La Sociedad Civil las Abejas de Acteal, Chiapas, Mexico 26.11.2021
MiningWatch in the News Hundreds of land defenders were killed in 2020, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg 15.09.2021
Blog International Organizations Join Shuar Arutam People to Press Canadian Embassy in Ecuador to Condemn Canadian Company’s Threats and Abuses 31.08.2021
Friends of MiningWatch Statement: REMA Joins the Demands of the San Pedro Apóstol Community, Ocotlán, Oaxaca, that Semarnat Not Give in to Lobbying Tactics Promoted by the Environment-Destroying Canadian Mining Company Fortuna Silver Mines 21.08.2021
News Release Activists Call for Protection of Xinka Leaders Participating in Escobal Mine Consultation 18.08.2021
MiningWatch in the News Leaked report accuses Canada of covering for mining companies in war-torn Ethiopia 13.08.2021
Blog Book Launch! The Water Defenders: A Celebration and Reflections on International Solidarity in El Salvador's Victory over Mining 05.07.2021
News Release Human Rights Advocates and Legal Experts Deliver Blueprint for New International Corporate Accountability Law in Canada 31.05.2021
MiningWatch in the News The Blackwash Part Two: Crimes against Black people no obstacle for signing the BlackNorth pledge 12.05.2021
News Release Civil Society and Downstream Users to Barrick: No Dominican Republic Expansion 04.05.2021
Blog Open Letter: Canadian Organizations Stand in Solidarity with People of Andalgalá Protesting Yamana Gold’s Agua Rica Project 16.04.2021
MiningWatch in the News Barrick Gold lost its 'social licence' in Papua New Guinea. This is the price it's paying to earn it back 15.04.2021
Blog Canadian Organizations Ask Government to Publicly Condemn Violence Against Indigenous Land Defenders in Guatemala 30.03.2021
MiningWatch in the News Osgoode professor asks feds to disclose alleged aid to Goldcorp in human rights disputes 12.03.2021
News Release Human Rights Organization Condemns Police Repression Against Peaceful Protesters at HudBay Mine in Peru 11.03.2021
News Release Ottawa Must Disclose How It Aided Goldcorp in Human Rights Dispute, Federal Court Hears 02.03.2021
MiningWatch in the News Canadian parliament asked to probe role of mining companies in PH killings 28.02.2021
MiningWatch in the News Petition vs human rights abuses in PH tabled in Canadian Parliament 26.02.2021
News Release Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines 25.02.2021
Blog 195 International Organizations Denounce Latest Attacks Against Members of the Peaceful Resistance to Escobal Mine 21.01.2021
News Release “It Did Not Go Well” – Barrick Continues Pressure on Papua New Guinea Government While Ignoring Human Rights 04.12.2020
Publication Conference report: "Turning Down The Heat: Can We Mine Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?" 16.11.2020
Blog Xinka Parliament Announces Breakthrough in Escobal Mine Consultation Process, Rejects Pan American Silver’s Bad Faith 26.10.2020
Blog RMI Report 2020: Even the Best Mining Companies Fail to Protect Human Rights & the Environment 08.10.2020
News Release Parliamentary Petition Launched on Deteriorating Human Rights Situation in the Philippines, Mining, and Canada's Role 22.09.2020
Blog Parliamentary Petition Addresses Human Rights Crisis in the Philippines, Mining, and Canada's Role 22.09.2020
News Release Barrick Goes To International Arbitration in Last Ditch Effort to Hold onto Lucrative Porgera Mine 13.07.2020
News Release Put People First, Demand Over 150 Canadian Organizations with the Launch of Six Principles for a Just Recovery 25.05.2020
Blog Barrick Gold AGM 2020 – CEO Mark Bristow Responds to Questions about North Mara Mine in Tanzania 05.05.2020
News Release Global Civil Society Organizations Condemn Violent Dispersal of Indigenous Peoples’ Mining Barricade in the Philippines 29.04.2020
Friends of MiningWatch ATM Statement: Condemnation of violent dispersal of peoples’ barricade in Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines 06.04.2020
Friends of MiningWatch Message from the Indigenous Xinka Parliament, Guatemala, re: COVID-19 25.03.2020
News Release Groups Oppose Repressive Chilean Government Seeking Increased Canadian Mining Investment at PDAC 03.03.2020
Friends of MiningWatch Hundreds Block Entrances, Surround World’s Largest Mining Convention 01.03.2020
News Release Supreme Court Rules that Canadian Courts Can Hear Slave Labour Lawsuit Against Canadian Company 28.02.2020
MiningWatch in the News Barrick Faces Fresh Legal Battle Over Alleged Human Rights Abuses in Tanzania 11.02.2020
News Release Canadian Delegation Receives Report Linking Human and Environmental Abuses to Canadian Mining Activities in Chile 28.01.2020
Blog Selected Background Readings for "Turning Down the Heat: Can We Mine Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?" 21.11.2019
News Release Community Demands Justice Following Death of Neighbour Shot by Security Guard at Canadian-Owned Mine in Chile 08.11.2019
Friends of MiningWatch Peruvian Court Rules Hudbay Minerals’ Contract with Police Influenced Criminalization of International Researchers 21.10.2019
Blog Some Key Points to Understand What Is Going on in Ecuador in Light of Recent Massive Protests 10.10.2019
Blog Mariano Abarca's Powerful Speech in Front of Canadian Embassy Is Heard in Chiapas to Mark Family's Submission of Appeal and 10th Year of Impunity 19.08.2019
News Release OceanaGold Philippines Mine Shut Down – Villagers Blockade Site, Permit Renewal Withheld 09.08.2019
News Release Plaintiffs Conclude Lawsuit with Pan American Silver over 2013 Shooting in Guatemala, Communities Reaffirm Opposition to Escobal Mine, Warn of Rising Tensions 31.07.2019
News Release Federal Court Judge Concedes – If Canadian Embassy in Mexico Had Acted Differently, Mariano Abarca Might Not Have Been Murdered, But Refuses to Order Investigation 29.07.2019
News Release Indigenous Peoples Blockade OceanaGold Mine in the Philippines: Company Operates Despite Expired Licence 10.07.2019
MiningWatch in the News Canada brushed off abuse complaints against Barrick-linked gold miner in Tanzania, emails show 10.07.2019
News Release Letter with over 65 signatures of Guatemalan and International Organizations delivered to Attorney General Demanding Protective Measures Be Upheld for Xinca Lawyer and Communities Opposing Escobal Mine 03.07.2019
Blog International Media Expose Human Rights Abuses by Security at Barrick Gold’s North Mara Mine in Tanzania 19.06.2019
News Release MEDIA ALERT: MiningWatch Canada Available for Comment on Global Affairs Canada’s Updated “Voices at Risk Guidelines for Supporting Human Rights Defenders” 14.06.2019
News Release “Boxing with My Hands Tied Behind My Back”: Barrick Grievance Mechanism in Tanzania Not Fair, Say Lawyer, Village Representatives 11.06.2019
MiningWatch in the News Canadian mining companies will now face human rights charges in Canadian courts 07.06.2019
MiningWatch in the News Barrick proposes low-ball buyout offer for beleaguered Tanzanian subsidiary Acacia 22.05.2019
News Release Indigenous People Call On Pan American Silver to Cease Local Interference Out of Respect for Consultation Process in Guatemala 08.05.2019
News Release Hundreds Take to Toronto Streets to Call for Justice for Communities Abused by Canadian Mining 04.05.2019
MiningWatch in the News UN watchdog critical of government delays with new corporate ethics ombud 02.05.2019
Presentation State Duty to Protect Human Rights: How Canada’s Embassy Staff and Trade Commissioners Are Not Fulfilling Their Duty 30.04.2019
News Release Ground-Breaking Federal Court Hearing over Canadian Mining Diplomacy and Assassination of Mexican Community Leader 26.03.2019
MiningWatch in the News Osgoode Hall professor will argue Canada should investigate assassination of Mexican activist 24.03.2019
News Release “Will Today’s Deal Bring Tomorrow’s Disaster?” Mining Companies Denounced for Human Rights Abuses and Environmental Disasters 03.03.2019
MiningWatch in the News Top court weighs precedent-setting case of human rights breaches at Canadian mine in Eritrea 23.01.2019
Blog Can Slave Labour Charges Against Canadian Company Be Heard in Court in Canada? Supreme Court of Canada Hears Arguments Today 23.01.2019
MiningWatch in the News Canada’s overseas mining practices on trial in alleged rights abuse case 18.01.2019
News Release Securities Commissions Asked to Investigate Ahead of January 8 Tahoe-Pan American Silver Merger 03.01.2019
News Release Indigenous Rights Defenders Targeted Over Opposition to OceanaGold Mine, Seek Support from Canadian Embassy in Philippines 18.12.2018
News Release Mining-Affected Communities Ask: Where Is Canada's Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise? 28.11.2018
News Release Family Members and Allies of Mariano Abarca Denounce Nine Years of Impunity for His Assassination 26.11.2018
Friends of MiningWatch Papua New Guinea Landowners to Challenge 29 Year Old Porgera Mine in Supreme Court 18.11.2018
News Release New Study Supports Calls for OceanaGold’s Didipio Mine in the Philippines To Be Closed 30.10.2018
News Release More Than One Hundred Organizations Call for the Annulment of Sentence Against Aymara Spokesperson in the Peruvian Supreme Court and Reject the Unjust Payment of USD $31 Million to Canadian Mining Company Bear Creek 13.09.2018
News Release First Nation, Citizens Oppose Pancontinental Resources’ Mining Project in Sensitive Watershed Area Near Bancroft, Ontario 10.09.2018
News Release Tanzania: Victims of North Mara Gold Mine Violence Find No Justice in New Compensation Scheme 04.09.2018
Blog Organizations Demand Justice for Murder of Member of Peaceful Resistance to Tahoe Resources' Project in Guatemala 02.08.2018
Blog Justice for Manuel Gaspar Rodríguez and Respect for Indigenous Territorial Rights in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, México 18.06.2018
Blog New Report Points To Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Abuses in Eritrea as Canadian Company Goes To Supreme Court Over Allegations of Forced Labour 14.06.2018
News Release Integrity Commissioner’s Refusal to Investigate Canadian Embassy Prompts Application to Federal Court of Canada 17.05.2018
Blog MiningWatch Partners Join International Gathering of Women Resisting Extractivism in Montreal 27.04.2018
Publication Review of Barrick Gold/Acacia Mining’s Draft “Community Grievance Process - Standard Operating Procedure” for the North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania 24.04.2018
News Release Victims at Barrick Mines in Papua New Guinea and Tanzania Demand Halt to Ongoing Violence and Fair Reparations for Human Rights Abuses 24.04.2018
News Release Mexican Delegation Questions Role of Canadian Embassy in Complaint to Integrity Commissioner 06.02.2018
Blog Canadian Embassy in Mexico Subject of Complaint to Public Sector Integrity Commissioner 05.02.2018
Blog Indigenous Malaysian Forest Activists Bring Quest for Justice to Canada with Film Tour 25.01.2018
News Release Long-Fought-For Ombudsperson Announced to Investigate International Complaints against Canadian Mining Companies 17.01.2018
News Release At Last, Communities Affected by Canadian Corporations Overseas Will Be Heard: Government Creates Human Rights Watchdog 17.01.2018
MiningWatch in the News Raids, incarceration and decimated Indigenous land stains Canada's reputation in Guatemala 06.12.2017
News Release Justice Now! Eight Years of Impunity Since the Murder of Mariano Abarca in Chiapas, Mexico 27.11.2017
Blog Does the Canadian Government Have a Message for Mining-Affected Communities in Mexico? 25.10.2017
Blog Response to Barrick Gold Subsidiary Acacia Mining on Alleged Excess Use of Force by Mine Security at the North Mara Gold Mine 19.10.2017
News Release Acute Human Rights Crisis in Mexico Must Become a Priority for Canada, Visiting Mexican Rights Advocates Say 17.10.2017
Blog This Week in Ottawa: Breaking the Silence - Mexican human rights defenders to testify about worsening crisis 15.10.2017
MiningWatch in the News Guatemala court clarifies consultation area, denies action on export permit 27.09.2017
Blog Letter to Acacia Mining re: new report of violent death and ongoing concerns regarding access to remedy for victims at the North Mara Gold Mine 01.09.2017
Blog Tahoe Resources Lobbies U.S., Canada to Intervene Over Guatemala Court Decision to Suspend Escobal Mine 31.08.2017
Blog Correspondence with Acacia Mining re: Use of Force by Mine Security at the North Mara Gold Mine, Tanzania. 29.08.2017
MiningWatch in the News The Anti-Mining Struggle in El Salvador – Corporate Strategies and Community Resistance 31.07.2017
Publication Anger Boils Over at North Mara Mine – Barrick/Acacia Leave Human Rights Abuses Unaddressed 19.07.2017
News Release Barrick Gold Tanzania Operations Accused of Financial and Human Rights Abuses – Executives Once Again Fail to Address Human Rights Abuses 05.07.2017
News Release Mexican Organizations Bring the Fight for Justice for the Murder of Mariano Abarca to the International Level 30.06.2017
Blog BC First Nations Stand United and Declare Pípsell a “Cultural Heritage Site” To Be Protected from Mining 20.06.2017
News Release Lawsuit against Tahoe Resources cleared for trial in Canada, ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ with regard to risks 12.06.2017
Friends of MiningWatch Algonquin Nation Takes Mining Fight to Company's AGM: “No Means Never” 01.06.2017
Friends of MiningWatch A Breach of Human Rights - The Impact of the Mount Polley Mine Disaster, British Columbia 24.05.2017
Publication Remarks to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights on Operational-Level Grievance Mechanisms 23.05.2017
News Release British Columbia Securities Commission Asked to Investigate Mining Company’s Failure to Disclose Material Facts to Investors 23.05.2017
News Release Indigenous Women from Papua New Guinea Appeal to Government of Canada for Help Obtaining Remedy for Ongoing Human Rights Abuses at Barrick Mine 09.05.2017
News Release Landmark Decision: Quebec Court Approves Class Suit Against Gold Giant Canadian Malartic 05.05.2017
News Release Almost A Quarter-Million People Worldwide Join Call For Nevsun Resources Investors to Divest Over Abuses at Eritrea Mine 03.05.2017
News Release Media Advisory – Nevsun Resources Investors To Face Petition Calling for Divestment Over Abuses at Eritrea Mine 01.05.2017
MiningWatch in the News Women from Papua New Guinea bring rape complaints to Canadian mining company’s door 25.04.2017
Blog Statements and Questions from Everlyn Guape and Joycelyn Mandi at Barrick Gold’s 2017 Annual Meeting 25.04.2017
Blog #WeAreUofT E.19 - #WeBelieveSurvivors of Barrick Gold ft. Porgera Women's Rights Watch & MiningWatch Canada 24.04.2017
News Release What does Hudbay have to hide from Peruvians? MiningWatch Canada Staff Member, US Journalist Arbitrarily Detained in Peru over Documentary About Hudbay Minerals’ Operations 24.04.2017
Friends of MiningWatch Peruvian police detain filmmaker after showing documentary critical of Hudbay Minerals 24.04.2017
Friends of MiningWatch Alleged Killer in Canadian Mining Company Lawsuit Acquitted in Guatemala 06.04.2017
News Release Village Houses Burnt Down – Again – at Barrick Mine in Papua New Guinea; Violence Against Local Men and Women Continues Unabated 28.03.2017
News Release 25,000 Canadians Join First Nations, Local Residents in Seeking Justice for Canada's Biggest Mining Spill 27.03.2017
Blog Ecuadorian Organizations Decry Promotion of Ecuador as 'Mining Country' during Mining Convention in Toronto 08.03.2017
Publication Submission to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights ahead of its Visit to Canada 06.03.2017
News Release European Report Features Tahoe Resources as a ‘Harmful Investment’, Reveals Billion Dollar Funds Have Divested 09.02.2017
News Release International Organizations Celebrate Precedent-Setting Step Toward Justice in Civil Suit Against Tahoe Resources in Canada for Violence in Guatemala 27.01.2017
Blog Dozens of International Organizations and Networks Call for End to State of Emergency and Militarization in Ecuador's Southern Amazon 19.12.2016
News Release Mining Affected First Nations and Citizens Join Efforts in Urging the Quebec Government to Respect Their Rights 21.11.2016
News Release Murder of Young Assistant from Guatemalan Environmental Organization is Evidence of Escalating Risk to Human Rights Defenders 16.11.2016
News Release Report Calls for New Measures to Prevent and Remedy Harm by Multinational Companies 15.11.2016
MiningWatch in the News Canadian Mining Harms Around the World: Criminal and Civil Law Reform Needed Now 13.11.2016
Blog More than a few bad apples: "Militarized neoliberalism" and the Canadian state in Latin America 07.11.2016
Blog The Uphill Battle for Justice over Violence at Tahoe Resources’ Escobal Mine in Guatemala 05.11.2016
News Release New Law Would Create Human Rights Ombudsperson to Investigate Violations Associated with Canadian Mining, Oil and Gas Operations Overseas 02.11.2016
News Release Civil society urges World Bank to withdraw funding from Colombian mining project 01.11.2016
MiningWatch in the News Violence at Canadian-owned mines turns up heat on Trudeau to create new standards 31.10.2016
News Release Guatemalans to Appeal Case Against Tahoe Resources in B.C. Court: Reminder that Canada Must Be Open for Justice 31.10.2016
News Release MiningWatch Predicts KGHM Ajax Would Face At Least $100 Million in Compensation or Litigation Costs If Mine Opens 21.10.2016
News Release There Are No Winners: After Seven Years and Millions of Dollars, Pac Rim Mining Loses Suit Against El Salvador 14.10.2016
Friends of MiningWatch Vancouver Court Clears Way for Slave Labour Lawsuit Against Canadian Mining Company To Go To Trial 06.10.2016
MiningWatch in the News Police killed 65, injured 270 at Barrick mine in Tanzania, inquiry hears 26.09.2016
Blog Two Years Since Ayotzinapa: Mexico Is a Graveyard and Canada is Quarrying for Headstones 26.09.2016
News Release Tanzanian Government Investigation Receives Hundreds of Reports of Violence and Deaths at North Mara Gold Mine 22.09.2016
News Release US Securities and Exchange Commission asked to investigate Tahoe Resources’ failure to disclose secret lawsuits 11.08.2016
Publication Mining in a State of Impunity: Coerced Negotiations and Forced Displacement by Aura Minerals in Western Honduras 29.06.2016
News Release Honduran Village Resists Forced Relocation and Exhumations by Canadian Mining Company 29.06.2016
News Release Barrick Once Again Ignores Human Rights Victims – Peaceful Protest Planned at Porgera Mine in Papua New Guinea 23.06.2016
News Release OceanaGold Not Welcome in El Salvador and the Philippines, Company Told During Toronto Meeting 09.06.2016
MiningWatch in the News Newfoundland's Sisters of Mercy challenge Potash Corp in board room 25.05.2016
News Release Is Ivanhoe Mining Informing its Shareholders of Ivanplats’ Real Risks, Liabilities, and Irregularities? 18.05.2016
Blog In Need of Repair: Acacia Mining’s Grievance Mechanism at North Mara Gold Mine, Tanzania 10.05.2016
News Release Victims of Violence at Barrick Mines in Papua New Guinea and Tanzania Demand Justice 26.04.2016
News Release Latin American organizations hope for stronger accountability of Canadian mining overseas 25.04.2016
News Release Canadian Delegation to Participate in the International Gathering Celebrating the Life of Berta Cáceres in Honduras 12.04.2016
Publication Report - Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Conflict: OceanaGold and the El Dorado Foundation in El Salvador 23.03.2016
Blog Another Indigenous Leader Killed in Honduras, Canadian Organizations say Enough is Enough 18.03.2016
Publication Barrick Consultant Delivers Biased Report on Inequitable Remedy Mechanism for Rape Victims 15.03.2016
Blog Urgent Action: Urge immediate protection for Gustavo Castro, injured during the assassination of Berta Cáceres 03.03.2016
News Release Broken Bones and Broken Promises: Barrick Gold Fails to Address Ongoing Violence at Tanzania Mine 17.11.2015
News Release B.C. Supreme Court Stays Lawsuit against Tahoe Resources, Denies Justice in Canada for Guatemalan Victims 17.11.2015
News Release State of Fear and Terror Deliberately Created to Force Tahoe Resources’ Mine on Guatemalan Communities – Report 11.11.2015
News Release International Organizations Denounce Violence Against Indigenous Community in Mexico; Community Seeks Answers from Teck Resources 06.11.2015
News Release Upcoming ‘Under Siege’ Speaking Tour: Peaceful Resistance to Canadian Mining and Militarization in Guatemala 02.11.2015
News Release Impunity Reigns, History Repeats: Anti-Mining Activist Survives Second Armed Attack 22.10.2015
News Release Agrarian Authorities from Guerrero, Mexico, say Canadian Mining Companies Need a Reality Check 07.10.2015
Blog Supreme Court of Canada Affirms International Enforcement of the Law, Allows Ecuadorans to Pursue Chevron Assets in Canada 26.09.2015
Publication In the National Interest? Criminalization of Land and Environment Defenders in the Americas 21.09.2015
Blog Letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights re: Barrick Gold’s Grievance Mechanism at Porgera Mine 13.07.2015
News Release Wiretap Transcripts Raise Troubling Questions About Tahoe Resources' Militarized Security 07.04.2015
News Release Barrick Settlement on Rapes and Killings in Papua New Guinea Proof that Victims Need Independent Legal Counsel 03.04.2015
News Release Canadian Mining Company Eldorado Gold Devastates Greek Communities, Uses the Netherlands, Barbados to Avoid Tax 30.03.2015
News Release Mexican Network Deplores Conclusion of Canadian Investigation into Blackfire in Chicomuselo, Chiapas 11.03.2015
Blog Canadian Embassy went too far to protect mining company interests in Mexico, critics say 25.02.2015
Friends of MiningWatch Community Responds to Report Revealing Complicity of Canadian Embassy in Excellon Violations against La Sierrita 25.02.2015
Publication Unearthing Canadian Complicity: Excellon Resources, the Canadian Embassy and the Violation of Land and Labour Rights in Durango, Mexico 25.02.2015
News Release Out-of-Court Settlement Good for Some Tanzanian Villagers – But Many Others Hindered from Participation by Barrick’s Grievance Mechanism 09.02.2015
News Release Norwegian Fund Divests from Tahoe Resources, Canadian and U.S. Investors Urged to Follow Suit 03.02.2015
News Release International NGOs Call for Transparency in Murder Investigation of Ecuadorian Indigenous Leader 19.01.2015
Blog Five Years After Mariano Abarca Was Murdered for his Resistance Against Blackfire Exploration, We Demand Justice! 27.11.2014
MiningWatch in the News Blood for gold: The human cost of Canada’s ‘free trade’ with Honduras 10.11.2014
News Release Washington, D.C. hearing to spotlight the Canadian Government’s failure to prevent harm and ensure justice for mining-affected communities abroad 23.10.2014
Blog Witness for the Indefensible: A Cheat Sheet for Kevin McArthur on Tahoe Resources’ Tactics to Silence Opposition in Guatemala 17.10.2014
News Release Guatemalan Prosecutor Summons Tahoe Resources CEO to Testify about Criminalization of Community Leaders 17.10.2014
MiningWatch in the News Barrick Gold refuses to relocate villagers who suffer murder, rape and house burning 12.09.2014
News Release Increased Violence at Barrick’s Porgera Mine: Indigenous Ipili send Envoy from Papua New Guinea to Canada 11.09.2014
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 Glencore’s Ruthless Cost-cutting Harms Communities in the Congo, Say NGOs 18.06.2014
Friends of MiningWatch Human Rights and Environmental Organizations Denounce De Facto State of Emergency in Intag, Ecuador 10.06.2014
News Release Sixteen-year old girl murdered in continued violence associated with Tahoe Resources' mine – Canada Pension Plan urged to divest 07.05.2014
News Release International Organizations Demand Justice in Deadly Attack Against Opponents of Tahoe Resources' Mine 30.04.2014
Blog Response to African Barrick Gold re: non-judicial grievance mechanisms at North Mara, Tanzania 22.04.2014
Brief A Pattern of Abuse: Human Rights at Risk at African Barrick's North Mara Mine in Tanzania 26.03.2014
Presentation Evolving Standards and Expectations for Responsible Mining: A Civil Society Perspective 05.02.2014
News Release African Barrick’s Confidential Compensation Agreements Questioned at Troubled Tanzania Mine 17.12.2013
News Release Barrick Ignores UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Recommendation Regarding Papua New Guinea Rapes 28.10.2013
Blog Submissions to the Federal Review Panel for Taseko's New Prosperity Gold Copper Project 05.09.2013
Blog UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Responds to Allegations Regarding Porgera "Remedy" Framework 05.09.2013
News Release Taseko's New Prosperity Project Fails on Environment, Human Rights, and Economics 22.08.2013
News Release Canadian Complaints Office Should Investigate Destructive Large-scale Mining Project in the Ecuadorian Amazon 25.07.2013
News Release International Condemnation for Barrick Gold’s Effort to Seek Immunity from Legal Action by Rape Victims 06.06.2013
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
News Release Report Reveals How Canadian Diplomacy Supported Deadly Blackfire Mining Project 06.05.2013
Publication Corruption, Murder and Canadian Mining in Mexico: The Case of Blackfire Exploration and the Canadian Embassy 06.05.2013
Friends of MiningWatch Mexican Landowners in Toronto to Demand Accountability from Excellon Resources for Abuses 30.04.2013
News Release Barrick Seeks Immunity from Rape Victims at its Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea 24.04.2013
News Release Guatemala: Tahoe's Mining Licence Approved in Wake of Violence; Investigation into Murder Pending 08.04.2013
Blog Letter to UN Commissioner for Human Rights re: Barrick Gold's "grievance" procedure for victims of rape by security guards at the Porgera Joint Venture mine in Papua New Guinea 23.03.2013
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 Innovative Play Puts Spotlight on Violence at Canadian Mine in Guatemala: Ottawa Theatre Presentation Echoes Toronto Lawsuit 04.03.2013
News Release Canadian and US Organizations Call for Investigation into Recent Violence at Canadian Owned Mines in Guatemala 28.02.2013
News Release MiningWatch Canada Visits Demolished Protest Camp near Excellon Resources’ Mine in Durango, Mexico 03.12.2012
Guest Publication No Means No: The Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug and the Fight for Resource Sovereignty 26.11.2012
News Release International Solidarity with Families of Murdered Mining Activists Opposed to MAG Silver in Chihuahua, México 31.10.2012
Blog URGENT ACTION: Protest camp at Excellon Resources' La Platosa mine violently destroyed 24.10.2012
News Release North American organizations call for stop to criminalization of rights advocates in Guatemala 06.09.2012
News Release Chile: Communities and Government Officials Redraw Borders that Barrick Gold Seeks to Dissolve 07.08.2012
News Release Guatemala’s Highest Court to Hear Landmark Indigenous Challenge Against Mining Law 20.07.2012
News Release World Bank Group Opens Case on Eco Oro Minerals' Gold Mine in Fragile Colombian Wetlands 16.07.2012
Blog URGENT ACTION (Mexico): Excellon Resources, Inc. Threatens Landowners of La Sierrita with Arrest and Judicial Action 11.07.2012
News Release Leading Human Rights and Environmental Groups Urge Peru to Halt Repression and Human Rights Abuses Against Mining Protesters 11.07.2012
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 Complaint Filed Against World Bank Group for Funding Eco Oro Minerals' Gold Mine in Fragile Colombian Wetlands 13.06.2012
News Release Mexican Workers, Landowners File Second Complaint Against Canadian Mining Company Excellon Resources 29.05.2012
News Release Congolese Victims’ Pursuit of Justice Against Canadian Company Goes to Supreme Court 26.03.2012
News Release Murder of Indigenous Opponent of Canadian Mine Sparks Protest at Canadian Embassy in Mexico City 21.03.2012
Blog Indigenous Rights and Mining: Submissions to the UN Committe on Elimination of Racial Discrimination 23.02.2012
Blog Over two hundred organizations from thirty countries raise concerns with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 21.02.2012
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
Blog Defending land and life against an impending train wreck: Canadian mining in Colombia 04.12.2011
Blog International Organizations Protest Against the Criminalization of Environmental Defenders in Ecuador 24.09.2011
News Release In Response to Murder of Priest in Colombia, Canadian Civil Society Calls for Stronger Protection of Human Rights Defenders 15.09.2011
News Release ACTION ALERT: Student Anti-Mining Activist Assassinated in El Salvador – Call on the Attorney General and the Minister of Security to Investigate! 17.06.2011
Blog Having the Ruggie Pulled Out From Under Us: From “Sanction and Remedy” to non-judicial grievance mechanisms 06.06.2011
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 Indigenous Papua New Guinea Leaders Protest Ongoing Abuses at Barrick’s Porgera Mine 05.05.2011
News Release Shareholders Announce Resolution to Suspend Controversial Goldcorp Mine in Guatemala 22.03.2011
Blog Request for Review of the Operations of Barrick Gold Corp. at the Porgera Joint Venture in Papua New Guinea 15.03.2011
News Release Human Rights Report Confirms Rapes by Security Guards at Barrick Mine in Papua New Guinea 01.02.2011
Blog Urgent Action: Denounce recent wave of death threats and crimes against El Salvadoran anti-mining movement 31.01.2011
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 El Salvador's National Coalition Against Metallic Mining Condemns the Murders of Ramiro Rivera and Felícita Echeverría 23.12.2009
Publication Land and Conflict: Resource Extraction, Human Rights, and Corporate Social Responsibility - Canadian Companies in Colombia 01.10.2009
News Release Urgent Action: Kidnapping of Opponent of Canadian Mines in Chicomuselo, Chiapas, Mexico 18.08.2009
Blog Urgent Appeal to United Nations Special Rapporteurs Regarding Human Rights Abuses at Porgera Mine 02.12.2007
Friends of MiningWatch Barrick's Dirty Secrets: Communities Protest Gold Mining Impacts Around the World 02.05.2007
Friends of MiningWatch Urgent Action in Support of the Civilian Population of Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador 21.12.2006
News Release TVI Pacific Again Implicated in Forced Evictions at its Canatuan Project in the Philippines 24.10.2006
Blog House of Commons Committee tells Government - “Regulate Canadian Mining Companies Abroad - Investigate TVI Pacific in the Philippines 07.09.2005
News Release Parliamentary Committee Wants the Government of Canada to Stop Supporting Destructive Mining Projects Overseas! 13.07.2005
Blog Report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade: "Mining in Developing Countries - 05.07.2005
News Release Anvil Mining and the Kilwa Massacre, D.R. Congo: Canadian Company Implicated? 16.06.2005
Blog Seven Deadly Secrets: What Export Development Canada does not want you to know: Canadian Companies May Be Wreaking Havoc with Taxpayers' Support 10.01.2003
Blog Environmental and human rights repercussions of Canadian mining investment in Ghana, West Africa 23.02.2000
Presentation Review of the Export Development Act - Presentation to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade 16.11.1999
News Release MiningWatch Responds to Request for Help from Philippines — TVI repressing Subanen people 27.10.1999