A remarkable story of resistance is unfolding in eastern Guatemala. Nuevo Dia (the New Day Central Indigenous Campesino Ch’orti’ organization) is opposed to the Industria de Canteras y Minas (Incamin) SA-owned Cantera Los Manantiales antimony mine on the territory of the Indigenous Maya Ch’orti’ people. For over 40 days, Maya Read more…
The community-based Corporación Regional de Derechos Humanos (the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights or CREDHOS) works on a variety of public interest concerns in Colombia, including environmental issues such as opposition to fracking and stopping the pollution of freshwater. The organization is based in Barrancabermeja, which is known as Read more…
The Luis Carlos Perez Lawyers’ Collective (CCALCP), an organization of eight women lawyers based in Bucaramanga and Cúcuta in northern Colombia, works on crucial public interest issues, notably the defence of territory. In 2016, CCALCP filed a challenge against Isagen’s Piedra del Sol hydroelectric project. The October 2017 report Defending Read more…