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1. The Salvadorean State has a pending debt with land defenders criminalized by mining companies: (Mining and Human Rights); ... and Dora Sorto, who were criminalized and killed for opposing mining projects in this area. On this occasion, the commemoration was held in the town of Maraña, home to some of the victims of the repression ...; Created on 26 December 2019
2. Environmentalists Denounce that Central American governments favor mining companies and criminalize activists: (Regional News); ... of the more than 25 organizations who participated, the governments of the region criminalize environmental defenders who oppose extractive projects and to favor mining and other extractive companies. ...; Created on 26 December 2019
3. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... crusade to criminalize, persecute, and demobilize its political opponents," adds the statement, spearheaded by the U.S.-based Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)—which in 2009 honored the National Roundtabl ...; Created on 20 January 2023
4. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... displacement, but also the violation of human rights because we have compañeras in the Bay of Trujillo that have been criminalized. In the last five years, 30 Garífunas men and women have been imprisoned ...; Created on 25 December 2021
5. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... criminalized by the Honduran government for defending the Guapinol River against the environmental impacts of a new iron oxide mine in the Carlos Escaleras National Park. So far, at least eight people ...; Created on 06 May 2021
6. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... in exchange for the protection of its facilities. Moreover, as a result of these conflicts protest has been criminalized and unfair prosecutions have taken place against social leaders in the provinces. ...; Created on 22 April 2021
7. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... and indigenous Hondurans have been forcibly displaced, criminalized and killed in conflicts with powerful conglomerates over land and water. The current struggle dates back to 2011 when the Botaderos ...; Created on 07 October 2020
8. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... “We feel very supported by the exhortation from Pope Francis. To defend the environment is to defend our common home. To defend, to protect our communities, the people who are criminalized, judicialized, ...; Created on 25 September 2020
9. The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River: (Regional News); ... the right to organize, and the right to defend rights, have been denied to the defenders of the Guapinol River. Instead, they have been criminalized by the state for the benefit of corporate rights. With ...; Created on 20 August 2020
10. Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case: (Regional News); ... Honduras who have been criminalized by the Inversiones Los Pinares mining company and the Attorney General’s Office were notified that their appeals to dismiss the case were unsuccessful. The resolution, ...; Created on 18 August 2020
11. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... being criminalized for being the rightful owners of this rich territory. AMY GOODMAN: And this is Garífuna leader Miriam Miranda, the executive director of the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras, ...; Created on 17 August 2020
12. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... and the suspension of rights such as freedom of expression and assembly, will introduce a new penal code to criminalize social protest and jeopardizes civil liberties on June 25. "In the last 20 years, ...; Created on 09 August 2020
13. HONDURAS: Human rights defenders threatened by armed groups during quarantine: (Regional News); ... George was arbitrarily imprisoned and criminalized by the Honduran Public Defender’s office, increasing his vulnerability and risk of human rights violations. Communicator, Karla Zelaya of the Agrarian ...; Created on 31 July 2020
14. In El Estor: a chain of breaches and contempt by CGN-PRONICO puts the lives of human rights defenders at risk: (Regional News); ... people from the Q’eq’chi ’community leadership, journalists and human rights defenders, are criminalized and face “false” trials articulated with the complicity of local officials of the Public Ministry ...; Created on 12 June 2020
15. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... protest, the right to organize, and the right to defend rights, have been denied to defenders of the Guapinol River, who have been criminalized by the state for the benefit of corporate rights. Eight ...; Created on 20 April 2020
16. Criminalization increases against environmental defenders and social movements of the Central American region: (Regional News); ... the creation of “anti-terrorism” laws. In the name of security and the fight against drug trafficking, human rights defenders have been unfairly criminalized. This context of violence for those who ...; Created on 26 December 2019
17. In Guatemala, north american mining company sues in La Puya case: (Kappes Kassiday & Associates Guatemala ); ... with the law in the country," expressed the lawyer. Accordingly, the peaceful resistance of La Puya expressed concern that a lawsuit from “this company that has criminalized, has altered the social peace ...; Created on 18 September 2019
18. More than one hundred organizations reject the unjust payment of USD $31 million to Canadian mining company Bear Creek: (Regional News); ... “I personally have been psychologically destroyed for 8 years. Right now I’m fighting to get my family back,” he said, referring to the consequences of being criminalized in this way. Illacutipa is ...; Created on 16 September 2018
19. Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru: (Regional News); ... and other regions. Dragging the spokespersons of these struggles through the courts is the cornerstone of a much broader trend to criminalize social protest. This includes not only new laws and legal ...; Created on 28 August 2018
20. Communities Oppose Mining Project: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... that have never clarified. “How can we Salvadorans allow intruders to come here and exploit our land and, on top of that, be criminalized for fighting for our lives and the safeguard of our environment?” ...; Created on 30 September 2015

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