Myanmar: Female human rights defender killed while protesting mining
الملخص
Date Reported: 22 ديسمبر 2014
الموقع: ميانمار
الشركات
Ivanhoe Mines - Parent Company , Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper Company Limited (MICCL) - Subsidiaryالمشاريع
Monywa - Operationالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
مجتمع: ( Number unknown - اندونيسيا , المناجم , Gender not reported )القضايا
Forced Relocation , Impacts on Livelihoods , القتل , الإحتجاجات , المدافعون عن حقوق الإنسانالرد
Response sought: لا
نوع المصدر: News outlet
"Woman Killed While Protesting Chinese Copper Mine in Myanmar", 22 Dec 2014
A villager protesting the expansion of a Chinese copper mine in Myanmar was shot and killed on Monday, witnesses said, in the latest bout of violence to mar the project... Villagers reached by telephone said the slain woman, Daw Khin Win, 56, was shot by security forces as the police and Chinese employees of the mine were erecting a fence in one of the villages where land had been seized for the expansion of the operation. More than a dozen people were wounded in clashes with security forces, witnesses said...