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Police attack Bangladesh environmental protest

Last updated: May 23, 2012

Environmental protesters in Dhaka say they were beaten up by police as they attempted to demonstrate for more renewable energy. The protesters demanded, among other things, that the Government of Bangladesh continue to oppose plans …
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Campaign Update: Bangladesh: Mining Company Renews Efforts

Last updated: May 12, 2012

With the appointment of a new director, the London-based company GCM Resources is redoubling its efforts to install the Phulbari coal mine in Northern Bangladesh, despite calls by the UN for the project’s immediate halt. …
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UN Calls for Immediate Halt of Phulbari Coal Project in Bangladesh

Last updated: Apr 12, 2012

Taking co-ordinated action to avert yet another massive violation of human rights, seven United Nations special rapporteurs have issued a press release calling for an immediate halt to plans to excavate a vast open-pit coal …
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Report calls for stricter regulation of UK mining companies

Last updated: Mar 7, 2012

London Mining Network has today published a report calling on the government to include a review of regulatory regimes as part of the current discussion on the Financial Services Bill. The Bill is replacing the …
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Phulbari project criticised in submission to Parliamentary inquiry

Last updated: Mar 2, 2012

Written evidence submitted by London Mining Network and International Accountability Project to an inquiry by the Parliamentary International Development Committee (‘Tax in Developing Countries: Increasing Resources for Development’) concerns a proposed mining project in northwest …
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GCM’s Phulbari project threatens fundamental rights, warn UN experts

Last updated: Feb 28, 2012

UN experts believe that GCM’s Phulbari project would cause “massive disruption”.

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GCM Resources in the red with loss of £690,000

Last updated: Feb 7, 2012

GCM Resources plunged into the red in the six months to the end of December posting an after-tax loss of £690,000 against a profit of £3.3m last time. GCM says the Phulbari coal project remains …
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GCM challenged to pull out of Phulbari coal project

Last updated: Dec 17, 2011

Bangladeshi activists demonstrate against GCM Resources

See Morning Star report on the demonstration organised by the UK Branch of the National Committee for the Protection of Bangladesh’s Oil, Gas, Natural Resource, Power and Ports.

For …
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Climate Vulnerable Forum Declaration adopted

Last updated: Nov 15, 2011

Nineteen climate vulnerable countries have signed the Climate Vulnerable Forum 2011 Dhaka Declaration: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Maldives, Nepal, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and …
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Investors out of Phulbari

Last updated: Nov 10, 2011

London Mining Network joined 84 other organisations in signing a letter to investors in London-listed GCM Resources’ Phulbari coal project in Bangladesh, calling on them to disinvest.

See http://www.accountabilityproject.org/article.php?id=668.…
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Phulbari tragedy victims remembered

Last updated: Aug 31, 2011

The people of Phulbari upazila observed Phulbari Day in honour of the protestors who were killed during firing by law enforcers in 2006. Commemorating the deceased, Phulbari people built an altar on the riverbank of …
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Phulbari Coal Mine, Bangladesh: Take Action Now

Last updated: Jul 14, 2011

Write a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina or email her today.

In the Phulbari area of Northwest Bangladesh, communities have come together to raise their voices against the proposed Phulbari Coal Project–which threatens to …
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Police attack Bangladesh environmental protest

Campaign Update: Bangladesh: Mining Company Renews Efforts

UN Calls for Immediate Halt of Phulbari Coal Project in Bangladesh

Report calls for stricter regulation of UK mining companies

Phulbari project criticised in submission to Parliamentary inquiry

GCM’s Phulbari project threatens fundamental rights, warn UN experts

GCM Resources in the red with loss of £690,000

GCM challenged to pull out of Phulbari coal project

Climate Vulnerable Forum Declaration adopted

Investors out of Phulbari

Phulbari tragedy victims remembered

Phulbari Coal Mine, Bangladesh: Take Action Now

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