The Xinka Parliament accepts the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation's Human Rights Award, photo credit: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Foundation On June 6, the Xinka Parliament was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Foundation's annual Human Rights Award. The award honors human rights defenders who face oppression [...]
Community in resistance to the Cerro Blanco mine holding a press conference. Signs behind them read "No to the Cerro Blanco Mine: We defend the River Basin Ostúa, Guija, Lempa... For water, life, for the dignity of the people..." Photo Credits: Ruda Written by Maria Reyes. The Cerro [...]
Congressional hearing on February 7th, 2022 with Congress member Aldo Davila. Community members from Asuncion Mita and El Salvador bring concerns to corresponding ministries over the conversion of the Cerro Blanco mine from underground tunnels to open-pit mining The Cerro Blanco open-pit mining project threatens the right to [...]
During this interactive webinar, we collectively reflected on the various forms mining resistance can take, how mining resistance functions in both Guatemala and in Canada, and our futures within mining resistance work. This webinar consisted of 4 guest speakers who gave updates on current mining resistance efforts [...]
(Street art depicting the violent reprisal against the Maya Q’eqchi’ communities of El Estor. Including the peaceful Indigenous mining resistance who faced violent reprisal of state forces, including the use of tear gas and the Maya Q’eqchi’ community of Chinebal, El Estor, who experienced the theft of their ancestral [...]
In solidarity and celebration of the communities of Mataquescuintla and San Carlos Alzatate, celebrating their 11th and 9th anniversaries of municipal consultations of the Escobal mining project, property of the Canadian company Pan American Silver. Please read the letters of solidarity and recognition from international organizations and supporters below. La [...]
Testimonio and Storytelling: Canadian extractivism in territories affected by genocide was an online event organized by KAIROS and Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network. The event was and co-sponsored by the Global Social Justice Project at Cape Breton University, NB Media Coop, Solidarité Fredericton, Atlantic Human Rights Centre, MiningWatch Canada, Department of Human Rights at St. [...]
A la Resistencia Pacífica de Mataquescuintla, Jalapa En el marco del 9a aniversario de la consulta municipal de Mataquescuintla, las organizaciones firmantes deseamos expresar nuestras felicitaciones a la lucha digna de la Resistencia Pacífica del pueblo de Mataquescuintla. Sabemos que ustedes están enfrentando un monstruo del modelo extractivista - el [...]
