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Greenpeace joins call for action on intimidation lawsuits

Blog entry by Shane Moffatt | October 15, 2012 2 comments

Greenpeace today joined environmental groups endorsing a proposed new law that would defend Ontarians’ rights to speak out on issues of public interest without fear of high-cost lawsuits meant to intimidate them. Hours before the...

Forest Certification Scheme Ignores Human Rights Violations in the Congo Basin

Blog entry by Danielle van Oijen, Forest Campaigner | March 27, 2012

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) industrial logging is still totally out of control. Ongoing social conflicts, including extreme violence, rape and human rights abuse prompted Greenpeace International to file a complaint in...

Tokyo 2 trial-phase one complete

Blog entry by Sarah King | February 24, 2010

It’s been over a week since the trial of the Tokyo 2 began and it’s time for some reflection on the trial and to take the time to highlight the out-pouring of support from our loyal co-defendants around the world.     ...

Ring of Fire Minister not listening to First Nations

Blog entry by Shane Moffatt | July 21, 2012

I recently had the privilege of attending a meeting with the Minister of Northern Development and Mines as an observer with Neskantaga First Nation . You can follow Neskantaga’s campaign to protect their rights here . Talks were...

Free, prior and informed consent for certainty, prosperity.

Blog entry by Shane Moffatt | April 13, 2012

A lot of effort has been made, by Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver and others , to portray the principle of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) for industrial development in traditional Indigenous territories as somehow...

Rights of Tokyo 2 violated according to UN

Blog entry by Sarah King | February 8, 2010

February 15th marks the beginning of the public trial of the Tokyo 2- Junichi and Toru- who were  detained by Japanese authorities after  exposing corruption with the whaling industry.  But thanks to the recent findings of a working...

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