... the banners declaring, “If they were taken alive, we want them back alive.” In the weeks since there have also been demonstrations in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, as well as protests abroad in the United ...
... detention review hearings, the men continue to be detained.
Two weeks ago the Appeals Court finally released its ruling on the men’s appeal, five months late, and the results are devastating. Not only ...
... in pretrial jail for almost a year without ever having a solid legal reasoning as to why. A year ago this week, the defenders voluntarily appeared before the National Court to clarify their legal situation ...
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Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case, August 17, 2020 Late last week, defense lawyers for the more than 20 environmental defenders from Tocoa, ...
... Organization of Honduras.
All week, Democracy Now! will be breaking with convention as we cover the Democratic National Convention, which virtually begins this evening. We’ll bring highlights of the ...
... in less than a week. It was a success and in the second edition, they produced 2 million watches. Those 18 carats, in terms of extraction, means 3.8 grams of gold. In the Carrizalillo mine, 70% of the ...
... and Developers Association of Canada and draws tens of thousands of people from around the world. This year, the event went ahead despite criticisms only a week before the World Health Organization characterized ...
... Batres -president of the Environment Commission- proposed a roadmap. With this guideline, in a period of 33 weeks, the Water Law could be discussed and, by August of this year, people would have a water ...
... March 8, Doña Feliza Muralles remarked that Christmas, New Years, Holy Week, Mother´s Day, and birthdays have all been celebrated at their peaceful encampment.
“We have done this purely of our own will,” ...
... is especially critical in Honduras. According to the NGO "Global Witness", between 2010 and 2017 alone, more than 120 people who fought in defense of the environment were killed. For some weeks, this risk ...
... defenders of the environment and territory are one of the groups that face the most violence, criminalization and impunity. This week, relatives of the defenders, the Municipal Committee for the Defense ...
... we depend, and to participate in the activities in the week of the "Global Climate Strike" among these, the September 26th gathering in the plaza of the Divine Savior of the World.
As the National Alliance ...
... anniversary of sustaining the 24 hours a day, 7 days a week encampment outside the mine entrance. Social opposition to the project arose from the potential impacts of the mine on water, public health, ...
... released earlier this week by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), Digging for Dividends: The use and abuse of investor-state dispute settlement by Canadian investors abroad. Their report ...
... recent weeks, international organizations from five continents have endorsed a public sign-on letter entitled:Stop the Criminalization of Social Protest and Corporate Impunity in Peru!! The initiative ...
Thomas McDonagh and Aldo Orellana Lopez : OPEN DEMOCRACY
In the coming weeks, the Supreme Court in Peru will decide the fate of Walter Aduviri, an indigenous spokesperson and aspiring politician for ...
... of Nejapa receive water only 2-3 days a week.
Members of the National Alliance Against the Privatization of Water march towards the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. Photo: P. Cabezas.
To protect ...
... San José del Golfo. A week later, on June 6, the Public Ministry launched a series of raids against the company offices as part of their investigation. The investigators located 76 bags of concentrate ...
... two weeks before the 25th anniversary celebration in Victoria, ADES invited communities to commemorate the 9th anniversary of Marcelo Rivera’s martyrdom for defending the human right to water against transnational ...
... the banking system, pensions and sugar mills, among others.
During the week of June 25, 2017 we were visited by Manuel Perez Rocha from the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington and Jennifer Moore ...