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Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees

| Mining and Human Rights
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.

| Mining and Human Rights
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...

Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands

| Regional News
Global Voices One of the most essential aspects of COVID-19 prevention is regularly washing your hands; however, hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans are facing COVID-19 without reliable access to water. According to the United Nations, more than 600,000 people did not have access to any type of...

5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras

| Regional News
Massay Crisanto - The Nation It’s been nearly 50 days since five Garífuna leaders were abducted in their homes in Triunfo de la Cruz, on Honduras’s Caribbean coast. On July 18 at 5:30 AM, men wearing police uniforms kidnapped the five leaders after forcefully invading their homes, breaking ...

One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial

| Mining and Human Rights
Trocaire The ‘Guapinol 8’ were detained on 1st September last year for peacefully protesting against the exploitation of their community’s natural resources by private business interests. Two daughters of the imprisoned Guapinol human rights defenders, Liss Jireth Cedillo Zúniga (7) and her fri...

New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala

| Regional News
Institute for Policy Studies EarthWorks 400 million suit against the Guatemalan government. Released today, Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala, examines Kappes, Cassiday & Associate...

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