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1. Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... role in securing a historic mining ban in El Salvador have been detained accused of civil war era and gang-related crimes, in what rights groups fear is a ruse to restart mining. Miguel Ángel Gámez, ...; Created on 04 April 2023
2. Honduras: Supreme Court must correct distorted ruling & free arbitrarily detained Guapinol defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... basis for having detained the defenders and even less so for continuing to detain them. The group took into account that the charges initially filed against the defenders were dismissed for lack of evidence, ...; Created on 11 May 2021
3. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5: (Free the Santa Marta 5); ... detained environmental defenders in El Salvador REGISTER HERE FURTHER INFORMATION Read the following articles to learn more about the criminalization of the Santa Marta 5 and threats to the metal mining ...; Created on 08 April 2023
4. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Laínez, Teodoro Antonio Pacheco, and Saúl Agustín Rivas Ortega were detained in northern El Salvador on January 11. In a case that critics call politically motivated, they are accused of murdering an alleged ...; Created on 20 January 2023
5. Public statement from social movement organizations on the detention of members of the Santa Marta community and ADES in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... in the municipality of Victoria, department of Cabañas. In a simultaneous operation, carried out on the same day and time, in the municipality of Guacotecti, Cabañas, state agents also detained Teodoro ...; Created on 13 January 2023
6. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business: (Mining and Human Rights); ... during which at least three people were detained and beaten by police. Shareholders directed a question to Pan American Silver’s new Chair of the Board, Gillian Winckler, asking if the company would end ...; Created on 17 May 2021
7. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... and peaceful assembly.” In addition to the eight men detained in 2019, a judge will soon decide whether five others, whose cases were originally dismissed, must also await trial in prison or at home. ...; Created on 07 October 2020
8. Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees: (Mining and Human Rights); ... activities had led to contamination of the rivers Guapinol and San Pedro. While other inmates were set free, the Guapinol defenders are still detained and the prosecution has not presented any solid evidence ...; Created on 29 September 2020
9. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... security guards working for the mine showed up at the camp, and a young community member was shot. In response, members of the camp allegedly detained the head of security and held him until the police ...; Created on 25 September 2020
10. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); Trocaire The ‘Guapinol 8’ were detained on 1st September last year for peacefully protesting against the exploitation of their community’s natural resources by private business interests. Two daughters ...; Created on 01 September 2020
11. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... leader Roberto de la Rosa Dávila, who insisted on stopping exploration at the mine, received threats from Grupo Frisco, and it is feared that he may be arbitrarily detained. "Instead of respecting the need ...; Created on 09 August 2020
12. HONDURAS: Human rights defenders threatened by armed groups during quarantine: (Regional News); ... on multiple occasions, by phone and in person, for her to meet with Lenir Pérez, one of the owners of the Guapinol mining project, for which they are Seven land defenders were illegally detained. The leader ...; Created on 31 July 2020
13. German parlamentarians demand justice for Honduran environmental activists: (Regional News); ... protester was injured, shot by a security guard, so protesters detained the security chief and handed him over to the police. On the same day, a car and two containers of the security guards were burned. ...; Created on 20 April 2020
14. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... of the 31 criminalized defenders remain illegally detained, the rest, along with their family and friends, continue to be stigmatized and forced to live in a state of fear and anxiety. Despite the ...; Created on 20 April 2020
15. Honouring the struggle of Mariano Abarca and Environment Defenders in Chiapas: (Regional News); ... working for the company and, just a few months prior to his murder, plain-clothes police detained him without charge for eight days in response to outlandish accusations that Blackfire filed against him. ...; Created on 26 December 2019
16. Honduran Land Defenders Receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffit award in Washington: (Regional News); ... many, dozens more were wounded, three people were detained by the authorities and Levin Alexander Bonilla, a 32 year-old from the community of Ceibita, was killed. The military action was followed by ...; Created on 24 October 2019
17. Central American anti-mining activists form coalition in Nicaragua: (2013 North America Tour); ... 40 detained for protesting," said to Acan-Efe the deputy director of the Humboldt Center, Victor Campos. Organizations meeting in Managua came from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua with ...; Created on 08 December 2013
18. Crime in Cabañas: (Mining and Human Rights); ... However, in some cases, heavy arms and military ambushes were used. Up until now almost all these crimes remain unpunished and there is only one suspect detained. Mountain paths, with many treacherous ...; Created on 20 March 2012
19. Cross Border Struggles: Anti-Mining Ties between WI and El Salvador: (Commerce Group); ... activist was detained for “creating a disturbance” by playing a tribal drum. Recently, the state government has changed the restrictions for protest activities. “We've lost more freedom in this country ...; Created on 28 February 2012
20. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... interests over human rights and its willingness to attack their citizens’ freedom of association, expression, and peaceful assembly.” In addition to the eight men detained in 2019, a judge will soon ...; Created on 07 October 2020

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