29/03/2021.- On 29 March 2021, a group of nearly 100 Catholic institutions, led by The Special Commission on Integral Ecology and Mining for the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference (CNBB), the international Catholic network Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM) and the German Catholic Church Bank Bank für Kirche und Caritas (BKC) sent a letter to high-ranking Brazilian …
Sign the petition to release Fr. Stan Swamy SJ
13/01/2021.- In recent weeks the campaign in solidarity with Jesuit Stan Swamy SJ and 15 other human rights defenders unjustly imprisoned in India has redoubled its efforts to call for their immediate release. Father Stan was arrested on 8 October 2020 by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) at his residence in Ranchi, Jharkhand state, …
OPEN LETTER TO THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESSES OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN – For the ratification of the Escazú Agreement-
25/09/2020.- On the fifth anniversary of the encyclical Laudato Si’ and, following the recent message of Pope Francis, in which he invites us to take care of the Common House with responsibility and to share, not plunder, the goods of nature, we would like to urge the elected representatives in the National Congresses of Latin …
Electronic industries and human rights: What to do?
Nobody, unless they are sadic or irresponsible, likes to think that the products we consume in our everyday life can be related to breaches or violations of human rights. That is why we tear our apparels, everytime that a clothing factory falls down in Bangladesh. Or we think about it twice before consuming palm oil …
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Amandla! (en espagnol)
par Alicia Aleman Arrastio AMANDLA. AWETHU. El poder, para la gente. Nuestro primer día en el Foro Social de la Minería e Industrias Extractivas ha empezado con ese poderoso grito a favor de la justicia y la dignidad de los pueblos. Las cerca de 300 personas que hemos venido de todos los rincones del mundo …
Amandla!
Alicia Aleman Arrastio (second from right) writes from Johannesburg where she is attending the Thematic Social Forum on Mining and the Extractivist Economy with other members of the Justice in Mining Network AMANDLA, AWETHU. Power to the people. Our first day in the Thematic Social Forum on Mining and Extractives Industries has started with this …