New report from War on Want on British mining companies in Latin America
The Rivers are Bleeding: British mining in Latin America The vast expansion of mega-mining projects in Latin America is displacing indigenous communities, destroying local ecosystems, and costing lives and livelihoods. In a new report, War on Want exposes the...
PRESS RELEASE: shareholders tell BHP mining giant that trust is running out
Demonstration outside BHP mining company’s AGM, followed by record number of questions asked by human rights defenders and other shareholders Around 30 protesters protested BHP’s annual general meeting on Thursday 17 October, braving the rain with chants,...
PRESS RELEASE: Report on Rio Tinto-BHP proposed mine questions project’s viability
For immediate release – 16/10/18 London, England Controversial Rio Tinto and BHP Resolution Copper mine project was proposed 15 years ago but is yet to get off the ground. Released today to coincide with BHP’s annual general meeting, the report, Potential Impact of...
Showing the cracks: new report shows flaws in proposed Arizona mining project
A new report prepared for the Arizona Mining Reform Coalition to coincide with BHP’s annual general meeting in London, shows serious flaws and deficiencies in the technical design of Rio Tinto and BHP’s proposed Resolution Copper mine. The proposed mine,...
BHP's long trail of disasters
Immediately before the 2018 BHP London AGM, we publish a summary of five cases where BHP has left behind severe environmental damage – and one case where if it goes ahead with a project, it may do so again....
PRESS RELEASE: Colombians threatened with death for opposition to mega-mining project as defenders visit UK
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15/10/18 Indigenous Colombians threatened with death for opposition to mega-mining project as defenders visit UK “Death to all these scum”: threats made by far-right paramilitaries promise to “clean” the region of indigenous... Critics of Cerrejon Coal receive renewed death threats
We have received news of renewed death threats against our friends in The Wayuu Women’s Force – Fuerza de Mujeres Wayuu-Sütsüin Jiyeyuu Wayuu (FMW-SJW). FMW-SJW are among the more prominent critics of Cerrejon Coal (owned by London-listed multinationals...
PRESS RELEASE: human rights defenders seek justice from BHP over its trail of disasters
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10/10/18 Indigenous and human rights defenders from Brazil, Colombia, Chile and the USA visit London 13-20 October to seek justice from BHP over its trail of disasters Human rights and environmental defenders are travelling to...
Beyond BHP: introducing the earth defenders
Meet the five environmental human rights defenders who are travelling from Latin America and the US to the UK for Beyond BHP: breaking free from the world’s biggest mining giant. From 13-20 October we will be mobilizing around the multinational’s annual general...
Beyond BHP: breaking free from the world's biggest mining giant
Join us 13-20 October for eight days of art, discussion and protest with leading environmental human rights defenders visiting London from Latin America to share their experiences resisting the world’s largest mining company, which has been devastating...