Peruvian state to provide security to the Chaupe family
Source: RPP Noticias The national police will visit Tragadero Grande, the home of the Chaupe family, twice a month to ensure the safety of the family. Attorney Mirtha Vasquez said … Continue reading
Murderer gets away with just 6 years prison sentence for killing community leader
Image: Hitler Rojas taken by Colectivo Tomate Public outrage has surged after the killer of Hitler Rojas, community leader and Mayor of Yagen, gets away with just a six year … Continue reading
ASSASSINATION: Environmental Leader Opposed to Mega Dams in Marañón River Fatally Shot
At 9am on 28th December environmental leader Hitler Ananias Rojas Gonzales , 34, was killed by five bullets. Mr. Rojas was a prominent leader in the struggle against the mega dams that the … Continue reading
CAJAMARCA: Farmers protest against Minera Yanacocha for contamination and diminished water sources
By Milton Sánchez Residents of 11 communities from the towns of Huacataz and Otuzco, in the province of Cajamarca, users of the irrigation canals Tres Tingos, Muyoc, Huacatáz, Chicospata, among others, marched … Continue reading
WAR ON WANT: Death Threats Against Indigenous Human Rights Defender
4 August 2015 – 7:45pm NEWS War on Want’s partner in Peru, the Platform Inter-Institutional of Celendin, supporting the struggle of Maxima Acuna, has communicated that a worker of the … Continue reading
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS: Natural resources sector: UN expert calls for binding human rights treaty for corporations
GENEVA (18 June 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, called for a new treaty binding businesses … Continue reading
UPSIDE DOWN WORLD: Peru’s Tia Maria Mining Conflict: Another Mega Imposition
Written by Lynda Sullivan Wednesday, 10 June 2015 Peru has been rocked once again by a social conflict which pits the government, looking out for the economic interests of a … Continue reading
THE GUARDIAN: Peru planning to dam Amazon’s main source and displace 1000s
Over 20 hydroelectric projects proposed for the main trunk of the River Maranon would have devastating impacts ‘No to Chadin 2’: a resident of Mendan, one of the many villages … Continue reading
TESTIMONY: how a mining company mined a society
“THE ONLY THING LEFT TO THE FARMER FAMILIES IN PORCÓN WAS TO COME AND TALK TO US, YOUNG PASTORS AT THAT TIME (…) IT WAS NOVEMBER 1993”. By: Marco Arana … Continue reading
CAJAMARCA: Communities protest against the irresponsibility of Minera Yanacocha
A police contingent arrived to evict more than 800 residents of the Aliso Colorado and Quishuar communities who remain near Yanacocha`s Open Pit Quinoa Sur in Cajamarca. Local leaders reported that this protest … Continue reading
Conga Conflict 