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International community calls for release of El Salvador antimining activists

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by Maxwell Radwin on 2 August 2023 - MONGABAY   Calls from the international community are growing for the release of five environmental activists fighting water pollution and mining in El Salvador who were arrested in January.  A lack of evidence behind the allegation ...

From dreams of gold to organic agriculture

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* Angélica Cárcamo / Norma Ramírez  - ARPAS In 2000, the Pacific Rim mining company intended to employ 450 families in the Department of Cabañas, north of El Salvador. Although the mining project was in its exploration phase, the company closed its facilities in 2017 due to the approval of the L...

ATM Statement on illegal entry of fuel trucks in Nueva Vizcaya

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PRESS RELEASE Nov. 26. 2020 Quezon City - Alyansa Tigil Mina strongly condemns the illegal forceful entry today of five fuel trucks by Oceana Gold Philippines, Inc. (OGPI) in Brgy.  Didipio, Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya. This is an illegal act by the mining company, as it’s mining contract has...

Oceanagold violates restraining order from N. Vizcaya government

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Aarons Macaraeg | Bulalat MANILA– Local environmental group Kalikasan- People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE) lambasted on Thursday the illegal shipment of fuel for the continuing operation of Oceanagold mining company. The fuel tankers were escorted reportedly by about 100 elemen...

Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera

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P. Cabezas  On July 11th, environmental justice activists in El Salvador commemorated the 11th anniversary of the 2009 assassination of Marcelo Rivera, a community cultural activist and water defender from the small town of San Isidro, Cabañas, who died due to his relentless opposition to...

Arrests, harassment of environmental defenders amid COVID-19 Pandemic in the Philippines

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URGENT ALERT FOR ACTION April 17, 2020 We in the Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) request your support for recent human rights violations directed at Filipino land and environment defenders in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. These violations are characterized...

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