Posts tagged "Amnesty International"

Vedanta’s Niyamgiri project given environmental clearance

A bauxite mining project in the Niyamgiri hills, sacred to the Dongria Kondh people in Orissa, India, has been given environmental clearance by the Indian Government’s Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF). The  clearance notification …
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Canadian moves to hold extractives companies to account

A Bill being debated in the Canadian House of Commons calls for greater corporate accountability for the activities of Canadian mining, oil and gas companies operating in developing countries. Bill C-300 deals with issues with …
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Peru: Death threats against journalist who exposed Monterrico

Journalist Julio César Vásquez Calle is pursuing a complaint to the Piura region prosecutor’s office against police officers and mining company security guards he claims tortured him while he was reporting on a protest in …
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