CRITERIO
Tegucigalpa. - Eight environmental defenders of the Atlantic zone of Honduras have been in prison for 15 months due to their opposition to a mining project which is plagued with irregularities. ...
... does not seek to strengthen the institutional framework of the MAG.
The Law denies citizen participation. This Law creates a bureaucratic, vertical and centralized institutional framework that continues ...
... mistreatment and torture of the population. The report also urges Glencore to assume its responsibilities, but the company denies responsibility for such events. The conflict in Espinar remains dormant, ...
... with the government to address these concerns, but was ignored. Protesters began sit-ins and other actions, and were accused of starting fires and confrontations with police, a charge Aduviri denies.
The ...
... just declared a climate emergency. This isn’t how you respond to the climate emergency,” Peachey said.
The project is listed on OceanaGold’s website but OceanaGold denies that it’s started any work that ...
... local water supplies — assertions that the company denies. In Guatemala, the Canadian mining company gained control of a mine where operations had been suspended because the country’s supreme court ruled ...
... denies he was ever on the payroll) and had previously attacked two anti-mining activists with a machete. Ramiro survived the attack and was given 24-hour police protection. Oscar Menjívar was arrested ...
... of his proposed mine. Anti-mining groups have accused his company of involvement in the killings of local activists, charges he vehemently denies and for which he says there is no evidence. And the government ...
... the El Dorado mine. He had been shot in the head. The company denies any involvement in these murders.
Shout Out Against Mining Injustice Both Washington-based Institute for Policy Studies Fellow John ...