Celebrating 10 years of Halt to Open Cast Mining, Commemorating the lives of brave Villagers What? RED Vigil at London Stock Exchange When? 11am to 1pm on Friday, 26 August 2016 Where? London Stock Exchange HQ for International Trading , 10 Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7LS (nearest tube station: St Paul’s) Find Map Friday, the 26th of August marks …
Victory of Phulbari Once Again! The UK government has published a statement yesterday that highlights the fierce opposition to British company GCM Resources’ plans for a massive open cast coal mine in Phulbari, north-west Bangladesh. The statement notes that protestors are “calling strikes, blockading roads and occupying the company’s local offices”. The statement by the UK National Contact Point also …
By Raaj Manik It was Phulbari Day on Thursday. It was the day to commemorate mass protests that prevented a UK-based mining company, Global Coal Management PLC, from building a large-scale open-pit coal mine in Phulbari in north-west Bangladesh. Nine years ago, on 26th August in 2006, three brave protesters were shot dead in the mass protest that took place …
Christine Haigh wrote about how UK’s National Contact Point failed to hold corporations responsible for unethical business in Bangladesh and elsewhere Article is Reproduced from The Guardian Global Development Professional Network A British company plans to build a huge coal mine, stating in its plans that it says will displace more than 40,000 people. It will destroy over 14,000 acres …
