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Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South

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Passage Liam Meisner Any future government that’s concerned about environmental and human rights issues will have to rein in mining companies operating abroad. Walter Aduviri knows better than anyone what pushing back against Canadian corporate interests can do. In 2011, Aduviri, an Indigenous ...

How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources

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Nina Lakhani The Guardian The Guapinol community, on the country’s north coast, has become militarized in an effort to defend the river that supplies it. Gabriela Sorto has not seen or spoken to her father in six months, since the Honduran government’s draconian Covid-19 measures banned ...

Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees

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EuroNews The Parliament awards the Sakharov Prize every year to honour exceptional individuals and organisations defending human rights and fundamental freedoms. In 2019 the prize was awarded to Ilham Tohti, an Uyghur economist fighting for the rights of China’s Uyghur minority. Nominatio...

After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.

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Jackie McVicar AmericaMagazine Every Wednesday morning, Gabriela Sorto wakes up early to make lunch for her dad, Porfirio. He has not been convicted of a crime but, along with six other local men from Guapinol, Honduras, he has been held without bail in pre-trial detention for more than a yea...

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