Myanmar: Female human rights defender killed while protesting mining
Résumé
Date indiquée: 22 Déc 2014
Lieu: Birmanie
Entreprises
Ivanhoe Mines - Parent Company , Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper Company Limited (MICCL) - SubsidiaryProjets
Monywa - OperationConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Communauté: ( Chiffre inconnu - Indonésie , Exploitation minière , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Forced Relocation , Impacts sur les moyens de subsistance , Assassinats , Manifestations , Défenseurs des droits de l'hommeRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: 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...