Tag: Environment
PHILIPPINES: Anti-mining activist shot dead in Compostela Valley, Mindanao
Dear friends,
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed regarding the killing of an anti-mining activist in Compostela Valley, Mindanao on 3 January, 2014. No adequate police enquiry has yet taken place and none of the perpetrators have been arrested. The incident took place after the victim assisted...
Kerry, Indonesia sign memos on environment, human rights
Secretary of State John Kerry said the country has signed two memorandums of understanding with Indonesia over the environment and human rights.
The deals come as Kerry travels to Asia meeting with governments and discussing environmental issues.
He was in the Indonesian capital Jakarta for the announcement.
Calling Indonesia's biodiversity the "richest...
In Picturesque Thailand, Coal Plant Draws Protests
KRABI, THAILAND — Environmental activists in Thailand are protesting plans to reopen an 800-megawatt coal plant in a coastal region, Krabi, that is popular with eco-tourists. The controversy pits Thailand’s growing energy needs against its image as a seaside paradise.
Along the southwestern coast, tourism is big business, worth more...
Close down mining firms violating laws in Philippines
MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 13, 2014) - The Alyansa Tigil Mina has called on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Mines and Geosciences Bureau to close down many mining companies in the Philippines found violating environmental laws and those that committed human rights abuses.
This is in...
Killing of environmental activists rises globally
BANGKOK (AP) — As head of his village, Prajob Naowa-opas battled to save his community in central Thailand from the illegal dumping of toxic waste by filing petitions and leading villagers to block trucks carrying the stuff — until a gunman in broad daylight fired four shots into him.
A...
Probe urged over missing Thai environment activist
BANGKOK — Relatives and human rights groups urged Thai authorities on Monday to investigate the disappearance of an environmental activist who has worked to help ethnic Karen villagers report illegal activity at Thailand's largest national park.
Por Cha Lee Rakcharoen, known as "Billy," was detained briefly in Kaengkrachan National Park...
Living environment unhealthy, says Suhakam
THE conditions under which about 5,000 foreign workers are being housed in shoplots in Taman Aman Perdana, Meru in Klang, has been described as inhumane.
THE conditions under which about 5,000 foreign workers are being housed in shoplots in Taman Aman Perdana, Meru in Klang, has been described as inhumane.
Human...
Police must protect Himpunan Hijau protesters
PETALING JAYA: Kuantan OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Aziz Salleh and his officers were not doing their duty when they failed to take immediate action against those who had used unnecessary and excessive force against the Himpunan Hijau protesters.
PETALING JAYA: Kuantan OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Aziz Salleh and his officers...
Sickness, foul smell from bauxite mining mar Vietnam province
Locals are suffering from permanent inflammation, crops have been destroyed, and the air stinks in a town in central Vietnam as a result of bauxite mining.
Tuoi Tre News
Updated : 09/17/2014 09:48 GMT + 7
Locals are suffering from permanent inflammation, crops have been destroyed, and the air stinks in a...
Singapore shrouded by Indonesian smog
Jakarta considers seeding clouds to combat fires and pollution from illegal burning of plantations and forest.
Stephanie Scawen Last updated: 16 Sep 2014 05:27
Indonesia is preparing cloud-seeding operations in an effort to combat a haze of air pollution blanketing neighbouring Singapore.
Pollution levels were "moderate" levels on Tuesday morning, according to...
