Water Justice News
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NEWS: Patkar detained in protest against Pench water diversion project
Madhuresh Kumar writes on Facebook, “Just got the news that Medha Patkar, along with Mukesh Bhagoriya of NBA; Balram Burma, Rakesh, Devi Singh and others of Kisan Sangharsh Samiti forcefully evicted from Satyagraha site and now arrested in presence of SDM. Brought to Chindwara Kotwali. Total 22 people brought in four police jeeps to thana……
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UPDATE: Barlow in Mexico (day one)
Maude Barlow is in Mexico to participate in the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on the impacts of dams, visit Real de Catorce where a Vancouver-based company seeks to mine, and speak at a public forum in Mexico City on the right to water. This is her first blog from this trip. Travel, travel and […]
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UPDATE: Barlow on PPT panel examining the La Parota dam
Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow will be in Mexico this coming week to participate in the Permanent Peoples Tribunal examining the impacts of the construction of dams in Mexico. The Tribunal panel will hear about the El Zapotillo, Cerro de Oro, Paso de la Reina, La Parota and El Naranjal dams. Barlow will be…
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UPDATE: Barlow en route to Mexico for Permanent Peoples Tribunal
Maude Barlow will be in Temacapulín, Mexico this coming November 5-6 to participate in the Permanent Peoples Tribunal examining the impacts of the construction of dams in Mexico. The Tribunal panel will hear about the El Zapotillo, Cerro de Oro, Paso de la Reina, La Parota and El Naranjal dams. The pre-hearing in Temacapulín on…
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UPDATE: Blue October comes to an end
English below ¡Finalizó Octubre Azul! ¡Cada año se unen más países y organizaciones que apoyan la Defensa del Agua como Derecho Humano en nuestro planeta! Durante el 2012 participaron Grecia, Argentina, Canadá, Bélgica, Francia, Italia, Colombia, Estados Unidos, Perú, Uruguay, México, Alemania, Noruega, Bolivia, Sudáfrica, Chile, El Salvador y Ecuador. En países como Francia, Italia…
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UPDATE: Campero at mining protest at Canadian embassy in Mexico City
People gathered in front of the Canadian embassy in Mexico City this afternoon to express outrage at the number of community activists who have been killed while opposing Canadian mines in Mexico. Blue Planet Project organizer Claudia Campero Arena was there to participate in this protest. Most recently, on October 22, Ismael Solorio Urrutia and…
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UPDATE: Barlow to participate in Permanent Peoples Tribunal in Mexico
Maude Barlow will be in Temacapulín, Mexico this coming November 5-6 to participate in the Permanent Peoples Tribunal examining the impacts of the construction of dams in Mexico. The Tribunal panel will hear about the El Zapotillo, Cerro de Oro, Paso de la Reina, La Parota and El Naranjal dams. The pre-hearing in Temacapulín on…
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UPDATE: Pascua Lama mine scheduled to start in 2014
Barrick Gold’s highly-destructive Pascua Lama mine is scheduled to begin operation in mid-2014. In July 2007, CBC reported, “Prime Minister Stephen Harper was greeted with ‘Harper go home’ and ‘Canada: What’s HARPERing here?’ signs as he spent his last day in Chile visiting a controversial Canadian mining company. Dozens of protesters waited outside Barrick Gold’s…
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UPDATE: Barlow and PPT to study the Cerro de Oro dam in Mexico
Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow will be in Temacapulín, Mexico this coming November 5-6 to participate in the Permanent Peoples Tribunal examining the impacts of the construction of dams and reservoirs in Mexico. The Tribunal panel will hear about the El Zapotillo, Cerro de Oro, Paso de la Reina, La Parota and El Naranjal…
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ACTION ALERT: Council of Canadians demands an end to impunity for mining corporations in Mexico
The Council of Canadians is issuing a statement of solidarity as hundreds of protestors gather in front of the Canadian embassy in Mexico City (1 p.m. EST) to express their outrage at the growing death toll of community activists opposing Canadian mining in Mexico. Most recently, in the state of […]