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Canadian Mining Company Forcibly Evicts Impoverished Mayan-Q’eqchi’ Communities |
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| Type of violation |
Forced eviction Demolition/destruction |
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| Date | 08 January 2007 | ||||||||||
| Region | LAC [ Latin America/Caribbean ] | ||||||||||
| Country | Guatemala | ||||||||||
| Location | El Estor, Izabal1 | ||||||||||
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| Proposed solution | Provide adequate compensation and alternative housing for the victims. Investigate the claims to land rights by the indigenous people. Halt any further forced evictions. | ||||||||||
| Details |
COHRE-Guatemala07.pdf Mining-Guatemala07.pdf |
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| Housing losses | |||||||||||
| - Number of homes | 18 | ||||||||||
| - Total value € | |||||||||||
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| Costs | € 0 | ||||||||||
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