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4 Jan 2016

Ecuador: NGOs allege forced eviction of communities to make room for Chinese mining project Mirador, of Ecuacorriente

NGOs document forced evictions in May and September 2015, preceded by the killing in 2014 of a Shuar indigenous leader opposing Chinese mining project “Mirador”, owned by Ecuacorriente (part of Corriente Resources, which is part of China Railway Construction Company – CRCC - and Tongling).  Front Line Defenders made an appeal in October to stop the evictions. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited CRCC to respond but the company did not