Twenty-three indigenous peoples and environmental activists from India, Indonesia, Philippines, United Kingdom, Kenya and Ghana -- forming International Caucus on Mining and the WTO – presented a demand to the Canadian Embassy in Hong Kong calling for the removal of Canadian mining companies from their countries. The Caucus...accused the companies of causing environmental damage and pillaging their resources. Samit Carr of Mines Minerals and Peoples of India explained that the action coincided with the fifth anniversary of the killing by ALCAN of three unarmed tribal villagers of Tikiri who were protesting the Canadian company’s huge bauxite and aluminum project...