Urgent Action from Amnesty International. Over 4,000 families in India face serious risk from threats of leaks from Vedanta’s red mud pond as the rainy season begins in June. Levels within the pond have already risen, amidst reports of two leaks in the last two months, threatening the communities’ safety, health and livelihoods. Recommend on [...]

Urgent Action from Amnesty International. On 28 February, protesters against the Marlin Mine in south-western Guatemala were attacked.  One protester, Aniceto López, was taken to the office of the local mayor, where he was allegedly beaten and threatened with death for speaking out against the mine. Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the [...]

Local Salvadoran groups are very concerned about a recent wave of death threats and crimes against members of El Salvador’s anti-mining movement as well as other violent crimes recently committed in Cabañas.  Similar crimes in 2009 that went uninvestigated, including robberies, kidnappings, and death threats against members of Radio Victoria, ADES, ASIC, and the CAC [...]

This urgent action is being distributed by the Colombian Network Against Large-Scale Transnational Mining (Reclame Colombia), which brings together nearly fifty organizations in Colombia. Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend

This is a crucial moment for Bill C-300, a private member’s bill that will set minimum standards for Canadian resource extraction companies operating internationally. Please write to your Member of Parliament today, and urge him or her to support Bill C-300 when it comes up for its third reading vote this fall. KAIROS firmly supports [...]