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, …
Xavier Network together with the Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar call on European and African political leaders: Climate Action cannot wait
24/11/2020.- The 26th UN climate summit known as COP26 was to take place in Glasgow on November 9. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the organisers decided to postpone the event that will finally take place from 1 to 12 November 2021. Despite the postponement, there is no doubt that it will be an essential …
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 …
Justice in Mining Participates in Global Forum in South Africa
Nine members of the Justice in Mining network will travel to Johannesburg next week to participate in the Thematic Social Forum on Mining and the Extractivist Economy. The Justice in Mining representatives will join more than 300 delegates from faith-based and community groups around the globe to discuss issues arising from mining activity, including environmental …
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Mining and environmental justice: The struggle for water, health, and human security in Honduras
By Fernando Serrano, Ph.D., Saint Louis University; Pedro Landa, ERIC Honduras Orlando Posadas, ERIC Honduras Mercy Ayala, ERIC Honduras; Gustavo Cardoza, ERIC Honduras What is the impact of extractive industries such as mining in Honduras? And how are people in poor rural communities responding? With the support of the US Jesuit Conference and the Jesuit …