human-rights – Phulbari

Mark the Decade of Resistance, Mark Phulbari Day!

PhulbariSolidarityGroupAugust 15, 2016Bangladesh, Climate Change, Coal Deposits in Bangladesh, Global Coal Management, National Committee of Bangladesh, News, Phulbari, Protect Resources of Bangladesh, Protest against Mining, Uncategorized

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 …

Homage paid to Brave Protesters in Phulbari

PhulbariSolidarityGroupAugust 30, 2015Bangladesh, Coal Deposits in Bangladesh, Global Justice Now, London Mining Network, National Committee of Bangladesh, Phulbari, Protect Resources of Bangladesh, Protest against Mining, Socialist Party of England and Wales

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 …

Why we oppose open pit mine in Phulbari: Grassroot leader, Aminul Islam Bablu, responds to State Minister Advocate Mostafizur Rahman

PhulbariSolidarityGroupDecember 31, 2012AGM 2012, Global Coal Management, News, Phulbari

Why we oppose open pit mine in Phulbari: Grassroot leader, Aminul Islam Bablu, responds to State Minister Advocate Mostafizur Rahman

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Honouring the dead by continuing to demand justice

17th Phulbari Day Statement Yesterday marked 17th Phulbari Massacre Day. On 26 August 2006 three children were shot dead by paramilitary force and more than 200 people were injured during a protest against plans by a London-listed mining company (then Asia Energy, now renamed GCM Resources) for a huge opencast coal mine which would forcefully […]

Joint Statement on GCM Resources.

Statement on GCM Resources’ AGM, 18 January 2023 GCM Resources plc will hold its AGM (Annual General Meeting, or shareholders’ meeting) on Wednesday 18 January 2023. GCM Resources wants to extract 572 million tons of coal at Phulbari in Bangladesh. If it is allowed to proceed with its plans, up to 130,000 people would be […]

<strong>GCM Resources Must Be Brought to Justice and Delisted from London Stock Exchange</strong>

Joint Statement by Phulbari Solidarity, London Mining Network, and Women of Colour Today Friday 26 August marks the 16th anniversary of Phulbari Massacre where three young people Al Amin (11), Mohammad Saleqin (13), and Tarikul Islam (18) were shot dead for protesting against an open cast coal mine in 2006. More than two hundred people […]

We Call on the Bangladesh Government to Implement Phulbari Verdict, Take Legal Actions Against GCM Resources, and End Coal Power Now!

Memorandum of 15th Phulbari Day Remembrance Rally, 26 August 2021 Bangladesh High Commission, London 28 Queens Gate, SW7 5JA. We are here as transnational climate justice campaigners, representatives of Phulbari communities from Northwest Bangladesh, and anti-racist and anti-mining activists, to express our concern about the delay in implementation of the Phulbari Verdict, the banning of […]

Press Release: Protest Held at Bangladesh High Commission on 15th Phulbari Day

41 Climate Justice Organisations Called on the Bangladesh Government to Implement Phulbari Verdict, Take Legal Actions Against GCM Resources, and End Coal Power. On Thursday 26 August, a large number of transnational anti-mining and climate justice campaigners held a 2-hour long protest outside the Bangladesh High Commission in London, where they honoured the victims of […]