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Mining and Human Rights

Salvadorans in Solidarity with Panama

| Mining and Human Rights
Salvadorans in Solidarity with Panama On Friday, February 10th, as the clashes between the government of Panama and indigenous groups facing hydo-electric dams and mining projects on their territory continued, the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining in El Salvador (the Mesa) organized ...

New Threats and Attacks in Cabanas

| Mining and Human Rights
A new series of threats towards environmentalists have disrupted the uneasy calm that had settled over Cabañas after almost eight months without violence or intimidation.  On Friday January 20th, around noon, Father Neftalí Ruiz, Priest of Salvadoran Apostolic Catholic Church (ICAS), Secretary...

Human Rights Violations

| Mining and Human Rights
  The CAC Reports a New Round of Threats On the heels of the one year anniversary of the murder of Juan Francisco Duran, the Environmental Committee of Cabañas (CAC) reports new threats towards one of their young volunteers.  Below is the CAC statement documenting the most recent incident....