... waited since Friday that the judge would finally release the defenders of the San Pedro and Guapinol rivers, located in the municipality of Tocoa, in the department of Colón. The defenders are opposed ...
$301 million and the health of El Salvador’s rivers and people are riding on World Bank arbitration next week.
Alex Blair, OXFAM America
Next week in Washington DC, right along Pennsylvania Avenue, ...
... 30 years ago. Now, like thousands of other prisoners in El Salvador, they are in grave danger of dying or being killed while awaiting an opportunity to prove their innocence. Their families and legal team ...
... statement calling on the Salvadoran government to drop the charges against the five water defenders or, at the very least, release them from prison to await their trial. Currently, they are being held ...
... defenders and otherwise release them from prison to await their trial" came a day after a Salvadoran judge ruled that the case should proceed and the leaders of the Association of Economic and Social Development ...
... under normal legal processes and not under the provisions of the current “state of emergency” and that the detainees be released to wait for their trial in the community.
We also demand that the government ...
... it had requested the Guatemalan authorities to “modify” the environmental permit and that it awaits “receiving approval.”
For the mayors, open-pit mining "is more destructive" and the damage to the environment, ...
... it had requested the Guatemalan authorities to “modify” the environmental permit and that it awaits “receiving approval.”
For the mayors, open-pit mining "is more destructive" and the damage to the environment, ...
... awaits the peoples of Southern Mindanao. The project will potentially impact five major river systems: Buayan, Taplan, Padada, Alip, and Manteo, and as the rivers flow, the impacts will be felt in Ligawasan ...
... rights defenders should be pursued without delay and ex officio by the State. The authorities should not, and cannot, wait for the defense to file appeals to request the release. In fact, the time that ...
... of activities of such corporations operating abroad.
Before Trudeau became prime minister, the Liberals promised to establish an independent ombudsperson on mining. But Trudeau’s government waited nearly ...
... and that those responsible for the illegal detention should be investigated.
The Working Group urged the Honduran State not to wait because every day they do not release them, they are committing another ...
... responsible multinational miner, the company is ready and waiting to restart the Didipio operations and to continue contributing to the Philippines’ post-Covid-19 recovery.” Due to the June 10, 2019 expiration ...
... we have ordered to build a pond for the farming of fish. Before, we had to wait for them to sell us fish from the rivers”, said the mayor.
Although he does not know about the processes of organic agriculture ...
... for anything, that’s why we organized, that’s our struggle,” said Juana Zúñiga, 36, whose husband José Abelino Cedillo, a 36-year-old barber, is also imprisoned awaiting trial.
A peaceful protest camp ...
... prison closer to their homes, but bail continues to be denied and the community activists can expect to spend some two to three years in prison awaiting trial.
At the Guapinol river. Gabriela and Briana ...
... is a problem that we need to cut from the root. If not, our people will come to this country to suffer, to wait, to be treated as a criminal, as they are being treated in their own country.
AMY GOODMAN: ...
... while they await a Supreme Court of Justice ruling on whether they can wait for their trial under substitutive measures, are at serious risk of contagion from COVID-19 while in detention.
In this regard, ...
... recorded during the two previous administrations.
Trapped in extreme poverty by the ‘resource curse’ of imperialism, and rendered vulnerable to contagion and catastrophe, the Philippines was just waiting ...
... Nahualá and Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán, Sololá, are still waiting to make their first statement, Santos said. Government decree 13-2020 must be approved by Congress; however, the government has not forwarded ...