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DRC: Four European development banks are financing a palm oil company that is violating workers’ rights and dumping untreated waste says report; banks responded
Liberia: Country risks delisting from Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative after failing to publish reports of companies' payments
Author: Front Page Africa
"Liberia on Verge of Delisting from Global Extractives Industry Transparency Body Risking further Blow to Economy", 15 October 2019....
- Related in-depth areas: Extractives Latest news on natural resources Natural Resources
Canadian NGOs condemn violence against Indigenous peoples & civil society groups demonstrating against austerity measures
Author: MiningWatch Canada
"Open Letter: Canadian Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Indigenous, Labour and Civil Society Organizations in Ecuador Protesting Neoliberal Economic Reforms", 15 October 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Indigenous peoples Latest news on human rights defenders
Philippines: Alarming number of fatal attacks against environmental defenders related to agribusiness, mining & logging
The new Global Witness report denounces that in 2018, 30 land and environmental defenders were killed in the Philippines, making it the country with the highest number of such killings in the world. Their new investigation shows that mining,...
Defending the Philippines: Environmental activists at the mercy of business at all costs
Author: Global Witness
Violence against land and environmental defenders is a systemic problem, spanning many different regions of the country and many different industries, and the army uses force to silence activism. 52 defenders have been killed extra-judicially in the...
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- Related companies: Del Monte Foods Dole Philippines (see Dolefil) Itochu JPMorgan Chase San Miguel Corporation Standard Chartered
Author: Catherine Morand, Le Courrier (Suisse)
"L’«agrocolonialisme» doit cesser!", 25 septembre 2019...
- Related companies: Herakles Capital Herakles Farms (part of Herakles Capital)
DRC: RAID submits complaint against World Bank for not requesting compensation after corruption on its investments
Honduras: School of the Americas Watch’s report documents critical information on the responsibility of Roberto Castillo in corruption and violence, including Berta Cáceres’ murder
Author: DPLF; GHRC; International Platform Against Impunity; Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Foundation
“Violence, Corruption & Impunity in the Honduran Energy Industry: A profile of Roberto David Castillo Mejía”, August 2019...
- Related companies: Desarrollos Energéticos (DESA)
Colombia: Tribunal sentences State to pay Glencore and questions the methodology used to calculate the damage for the punishment set by the Comptroller's Office
Author: Latin American Post
“Despite losing lawsuit, Colombia will only return US $19 million”, 29th August 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest Legal News
- Related companies: Glencore