This report assesses the financing of the Malaysian palm oil company Sime Darby by European financial institutions in the past four years (since July 2009). The largest European shareholders of Sime Darby are the Norwegian Government Pension Fund –…
Arbitrary arrest and charges brought against Bertha Caceres, leader of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras – COPINH On Friday 24, on the 53rd day of the roadblock in Rio Branco carried out by the Lenca…
Thousands of people hailing from different regions of El Salvador marched through San Salvador this morning to urge the government to stop metallic mining and to approve legislation to protect water in the country. The Ecological Walk was organized by a coalition…
El Salvador’s battle to protect its water by becoming the first country to ban metal mining could have a wide-ranging resonance No drying up … with their water supply threatened, Salvadorans are hitting back at mining companies such as Pacific Rim.…
Vale continues persecuting and criminalizing Mozambican social activists In mid April, 2013, artisanal brickmakers of Moatize, Mozambique, affected by the largest open-pit coal mine of multinational company Vale were violently repressed during a demonstration. As a response to this situation,…
Delegation protest at the site of Pacific Rim mine in Cabanas, El Salvador. Photo by Ron Carver. Robin is standing in front of a church in Guatemala with some of the other members of the first international delegation on “gold mining and…
International Delegation to El Salvador, May 10-13, 2013 Preliminary Report From May 10-13 2013, an international delegation from 12 countries representing 22 human rights, social justice and environmental non-profit organizations and advocates, along with academics, journalists, artists and grassroots activists,…
We, organisations assembled here, bear witness to a global extractivist boom that is leading to great misery for many hundreds of millions of the Earth’s people and destroying the very basis for life and its reproduction in significant parts of…
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Canadian mining company Pacific Rim has announced it will increase to US $315 million its demand against the Salvadoran Government for failing to grant a license to exploit gold in the El Dorado mine in its northern department of Cabañas.…
Corporate Europe Observatory, the Council of Canadians and the Transnational Institute Amsterdam/Brussels/Ottawa, May 6th.- The proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union (EU) and Canada would grant energy companies far-reaching rights to challenge bans and regulations…
Over 200 people have been killed in the collapse of a building in Bangladesh which housed garment factories making clothes for Primark, Matalan, Mango and other major brands. Take action now and demand these UK high street brands to take…