22 November 2006 Update
New Criminal ChargesThe Watershed Events of the 1st of NovemberAnd More… Where to begin? I guess by thanking all of you for really coming through. If I’m not in jail now, or worse, it is, in large measure, due to the letters and other types of pressure you were able to generate. A very sincere […]
Read MoreVideo Showing What Really Happened on July 13th
View Clip This clip, taken at the July 13th march in Quito, shows that Carlos Zorrilla (white beard) was on the outside edge of the crowd, thus in no position to steal anything from Leslie Chaplin. Based on this incident, Ms. Chaplin filed robbery and assault charges against Carlos, and which led to the police […]
Read MoreCotacachi, La Hora, 3 November 2006
Español The trouble won’t stop in the Intag area. On Wednesday, 60 people supposedly from the Ascendant Copper mining company entered Intag, which disturbed the residents of Barcelona and Cerro Pelado, who asked them to leave. However, according to the community members, the group ignored their request and actually attacked them. The two groups had […]
Read MoreEARTHWORKS Letter Writing Campaign
TAKE ACTION! Please send a letter demanding an end to the intimidation of Ecuadorian mining activists and urge officials in Ecuador to investigate the circumstances of the police raid and the charges that have been brought against Carlos Zorrilla. Help Protect Mining Activists and Free Speech in EcuadorSend a Letter Now >>
Read More28/10 Police Raid on My Home / Operativo Policial
Español abajo Trumped Up Charges and Collusion Between a Mining Company and the Government of Ecuador The Police Raid on My House By CARLOS ZORRILLA REPRODUCED IN COUNTERPUNCH 26 OCTOBERWhen I received the very early phone call around 6:15 on the morning of the 17th of October informing me that there were “very many policemen” […]
Read MoreCanadian NGO Jamie Kneen on ‘Wake Up with Co-op’
Jamie Kneen, Communications and Outreach Coordinator for MiningWatch Canada, spoke with Yolanda Tsanagarakis Oct. 25th on ‘Wake Up with Co-op’ about Equador and mining in that country. He discusses Ascendant Exploration, and human rights abuses against community members who oppose mining. ‘Wake Up with Co-op‘ is a listener-sponsored radio program out of Vancouver, B.C. Download […]
Read MoreWHAT HAPPENED IN INTAG ON THE 17TH& Que paso el 17
Quito, EcuadorTuesday, October 17, 2006 This morning, 6:30 am, about 10 persons identifying themselves as policemen, some in uniform, two with black ski masks, all armed with handguns and machine guns, arrived at the home of Carlos Zorrilla. Twenty minutes later, another individual, who claimed to be the prosecutor from the city of Cayambe, appeared […]
Read MoreBOLETIN DE PRENSA — COMISION ECUMENICA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS, CEDHU
BOLETIN DE PRENSA | English VersionQuito, 18 de octubre de 2006 COMISION ECUMENICA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS, CEDHU CIUDADANA ESTADOUNIDENSE VINCULADA A LA TRANSNACIONAL MINERA ASCENDANT COOPER CORPORATION, INFILTRADA EN UNA MANIFESTACION, PRESENTA FALSAS ACUSACIONES EN CONTRA DE LIDER DE INTAG Dentro de la campania de persecucion, amedrentamiento y agresiones, iniciada desde el aסnio 2004 por […]
Read More16 oct new update; Imbabura Govn’t : Stop Exploration, and INTAG COMMUNITIES IN IMMINENT DANGER
Mining camp arson suspect NOT GUILTY/acusados por incendio de campamento: SobreseídosProvincial Gov’t NO TO MINING Lower Court’s Decision Imperils Communities and Collective Rights in EcuadorMusical Chairs with Ecuador’s Managers 16 oct- GREAT NEWS. The judge declared the 5 accused for the burning of Ascendant mining camp NOT GUILTY. I haven’t yet read the sentence, but […]
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